I felt bad for my iPhone as I popped the sim card out of and into a shiney new Blackberry Bold. Could the Blackberry with it's tauted email capability, new web browser, revamped gui keep me away for my old iPhone...nope. Here's why:
1. The email was much more difficult than on the Iphone. Not saying it takes a genious, but the iphone is so much easier. The Bold only lists 2 lines of email, and the only way to view them is by using a trackball. With the iphone, it's a flick of the finger...walla.
2. As I test, I sent a pdf file to both the Bold and Iphone. The bold was unable to open it, the iphone didn't break a sweat and allowed me to zoom in and out, and rotate landscape.
3. Humm..on a Mac, how the heck can I get this bold to sync...spend $40 on a third party app.
4. Okay, my iPhone has 16 gigs, the Bold 1. That's okay, because the Bold has expandable memory but to add a 16 gig memory card would be another $50.
5. I could never figure out how to bring youtube up. On the iphone, you click the application and walla. I was told that the Bold could not stream youtube unless you are on wifi or 3g. (I'm in crappy edge territory).
6. Web browsing, stinks stinks stinks and did I say stinks stinks stinks on the Blackberry Bold. For example, you can load masonsoftexas.com but to actually click on something, you have to manipulate a ball on the phone, then zoom in to a particular area, and then you can click your link. iPhone, you just double tap and single tap to click.
7. Okay, like a dummy I bought the $40 program to sync the Bold with my Mac. Video transfers (movies) took forever, music was just as bad. bah
End the end I wanted a phone with a full keyboard, but for my use the bold just can't touch the iphone. The only thing that stood out was better bluetooth support, profiles, and GPS (although you gotta pay another $10 on top of the $30 you already pay for data plan).
BTW, I messed around with the Blackberry Storm the other day...I had high hopes. It stinks too. The entire screen clicks when you type on it. I found it frustrating to type fast on it as you have to literally depress the screen everytime you hit a key. Sorry bb owners, I couldn't find much the blackberry could do better (enterprise aside). I'm sure the Blackberry has their fan base, but I'm not one. Guess I'll have to wait till the Google Android platform is matured, Windows Mobile 6.5 or the Palm WebOS (which looks awesome).
1. The email was much more difficult than on the Iphone. Not saying it takes a genious, but the iphone is so much easier. The Bold only lists 2 lines of email, and the only way to view them is by using a trackball. With the iphone, it's a flick of the finger...walla.
2. As I test, I sent a pdf file to both the Bold and Iphone. The bold was unable to open it, the iphone didn't break a sweat and allowed me to zoom in and out, and rotate landscape.
3. Humm..on a Mac, how the heck can I get this bold to sync...spend $40 on a third party app.
4. Okay, my iPhone has 16 gigs, the Bold 1. That's okay, because the Bold has expandable memory but to add a 16 gig memory card would be another $50.
5. I could never figure out how to bring youtube up. On the iphone, you click the application and walla. I was told that the Bold could not stream youtube unless you are on wifi or 3g. (I'm in crappy edge territory).
6. Web browsing, stinks stinks stinks and did I say stinks stinks stinks on the Blackberry Bold. For example, you can load masonsoftexas.com but to actually click on something, you have to manipulate a ball on the phone, then zoom in to a particular area, and then you can click your link. iPhone, you just double tap and single tap to click.
7. Okay, like a dummy I bought the $40 program to sync the Bold with my Mac. Video transfers (movies) took forever, music was just as bad. bah
End the end I wanted a phone with a full keyboard, but for my use the bold just can't touch the iphone. The only thing that stood out was better bluetooth support, profiles, and GPS (although you gotta pay another $10 on top of the $30 you already pay for data plan).
BTW, I messed around with the Blackberry Storm the other day...I had high hopes. It stinks too. The entire screen clicks when you type on it. I found it frustrating to type fast on it as you have to literally depress the screen everytime you hit a key. Sorry bb owners, I couldn't find much the blackberry could do better (enterprise aside). I'm sure the Blackberry has their fan base, but I'm not one. Guess I'll have to wait till the Google Android platform is matured, Windows Mobile 6.5 or the Palm WebOS (which looks awesome).