Ultimate Battle - BlackBerry Or iPhone

My word, people have gone crazy over these things!
They find it so easy to toss one for the other then toss
that one for the newest… How in the world can people
gripe about gas prices when we are totally out of contro
concerning electronics! Gimmie …… gimmie….. gimmie
Yeah, you’re thinking I am the same only on a lesser scale,
and you would certainly be right. But, is obsession a
growing disorder among the millions?

Aside from the cost of switching phones, doesn’t each of the applications that makes it worth have a Blackberry or iPhone add to the cost of the phone bill?

Don’t get me wrong. I paid $100 for a gZone phone that I was sure would survive the length of my contract, let me talk in the shower or let me drop in a pitcher of water or bath tub. My kids were going through a couple Motorolas per contract till I found the Casio gZone.

And I like all the gadgets. But the single feature that it would take to make me switch phones is a USB port or other connection that let me update my address book, calendar up/download pictures etc. directly to & from my computer (not at some website that has to call my phone to get the job done).

Agreed, it costs more to buy all kinds of dedicated gadgets (that do the job better than the phone) that fill up a camera back and weigh a ton. But they DO do the job better, and they DO plug right into my computer.

When I ask myself “which would you pay more for, the ability to connect directly to my computer (and/or remote access to my network), or the ability to connect (stuff besides phone calls & voice mail) with my phone?”

I guess my answer is, connecting with the phone is an entirely different lifestyle than I have, or want.

BUT, it’s a beautiful phone, and I’d love to have one. But I’d probably just use it for phone calls. And I’d really be pissed if I dropped it in a puddle.

I have had a go of all 3 phones top of the pile.

The iPhone seems to be the most finished phone in terms of looks and appliaction intergration.

The G1 os is close to the iPhone, so close it comes down to personal pref, but the looks, oh dear.

Now to the main part, the Storm

the screen, brilliant.

Its Media centre, not as good as the iPhone to use as the iPhone, the playback however is a match, movies look awsome.

the clickable touchscreen, this phone wins the user frieindly for typing on a virtual keyboard hands down, no contest.

The os looks nice and the browser while fast, is not quiet as good as safari or the G1’s, buts its very very fast fast.

the lack of “ooohhh” trasition effect when switching apps, I didnt actually notice this detracting from the experience.

This phone will steal iPhone and G1 sales, and keep so BB users who were temped to go to the other 2.

its problems, the omission of WiFi, not good RIM, you dropped the ball there, but I hear on the Grape vine Verizon and Vodafone asked you to remove it.

And for UK users, VodaFones who have the exclusive, the poor 500meg maximum data plan, combined with no WiFi, these will loose it a lot sales.

If Voda matched T-Mobile UK’s 3gigabytes a month for the G1, or even better the iPhones unlimited, it would do a lot better.

For the moment until you boost that, no sale to me.

I would get an iPhone. Mine had surpassed all my expectations. It is the greatest mobile phone I have ever owned and from what I have seen read and heard from the BlackBerry Storm, I just think the iPhone has the edge.

Right now I have a BlackBerry World Edition with a Verizon contract. I have the new for 2 deal with Verizon. So, I hear they are planning to sell the Blackberry Sorm for $199.00 and I will be getting it for $100.00.

Been reading the Voda and Crackberry forums.

there seem to be a few problems.

bugs, and some being shipped as BES corprate phones and not BIS private customer phones.

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