To determine if the blackberry is more reliable than iphone, a leading venture capitalist has been using an iPhone and a BlackBerry 8800 side-by-side for the past few weeks. His conclusion: despite the overall attractiveness of the iPhone, it lacks too many vital features to replace the BlackBerry as the corporate weapon of choice.
For starters, a BlackBerry set up with Microsoft Exchange Server sports intelligent push email while the iPhone does not. When an email is sent to an account on a BlackBerry, the message is downloaded immediately and an LED on the phone notifies the user that he or she has a new message.
The iPhone, on the other hand, recognizes new messages at most every 15 minutes and must be checked actively to see if anything has arrived. This deficiency makes handling email on the iPhone slower and less efficient; it also translates into wasted battery power as users need to perform the extra step of opening the iPhone’s email program every time they want to check for new mail.
Perhaps even more significantly, the iPhone fails to synchronize as well as the BlackBerry. When a BlackBerry user changes a calendar event or some contact information on his or her desktop computer in Exchange, the changes automatically appear on the BlackBerry. This makes keeping track of basic business information a snap because one never has to worry about acting on outdated data or manually updating one’s handheld. In contrast, the iPhone does not synchronize calendar and contact information wirelessly, which makes it less dependable for information ultimately stored on a server. The iPhone makes full use of the motion sensor and touchscreen to bring us dynamic games from flight simulators to action games to simple board games. Playing games on the iPhone is a fantastic and handy experience, especially multiplayer games.
As for personal usage, the Blackberry is a sturdy and reliable phone. But due to the wide range of applications and amazing graphical interface and selection of games, the iPhone wins the personal use battle by a wide margin. Read on
Faith, I read that guy’s post but its full of old stuff. Its evident he has not updated any of his gadgets.
1. the iphone was made to work on a mac. it can work on pc but its best is got out when on a mac.
2. iphone just like the blackberry, you get instant notifications when an email come in. to save users from undue data charges you have the option of reloading every 15 minutes, 30 minutes, after an hour or strictly manually. it has several options.
3. to me the only drawback o the iphone is the lack of a keyboard. their virtual one is good but for someone moving on from a nokia its a hussle.
4. why i don’t like the blackberry is its browser. terrible interface and the screen is very small.
5. Your man claims there is no cut and paste on iphone?? when did he last use one?
I think the blog post was not updated.
NB: apple will release the latest software that people say will blow away all the competition in the smartphone sector and its free download for 3G or 3GS users. cant wait