Notice that in the second paragraph of this post I qualified my assertion by stating, “with their current model” meaning Apple’s current mode of operation with the iPhone. Most of what you point out here is Apple changing their mode of operation. It assumes, however, that RIM, Google, Palm, Microsoft, and everyone else, however, aren’t adapting themselves.

Hypothetically speaking, RIM could make a better BlackBerry, with better application memory allocation, with an overhauled OS that is better than that on the iPhone, and a better mobile browser than Safari. RIM could also make it easy for developers to port applications between platforms such as Android and WebOS.

At the end of the day, the iPhone is a cool device, but, unless we change the definition of dominance, in the here and now, RIM is still top dog and will be for some time to come.

Ok my two cents!

1. Just one carrier – AT&T, for many, sucks is not an option…

AT&T, like O2 in Europe will lose their rights to be the sole distributor of the iPhone. When that happens then Apple will take each application for distribution on a case by case basis. Look at the UK where you can now get the iPhone on Orange, 02, Vodafone and Tesco mobile (yeah that’s right Tesco, the supermarket chain.) So now all that remains as a barrier is what the new carriers will charge in terms of their Data packages.

2. No iPhone with a physical keyboard – iPhone diehards can say that the virtual keyboard on the iPhone is all that anyone ever needs until they are blue in the face. The fact is that people who want physical keyboards don’t buy iPhones.

But how many people actually want a physical keyboard? Hmmm? That is a bs argument cause the amount of people who prefer virtual to physical probably cancels each other out. But…the iPhone installed dictionary is much smarter than the BB one. I mean it recognises more words and installs punctuation much more accurately.

3. The iPhone is not that great of a phone – The network may have a bit to do with this, however, if your primary goal is making phone calls, their are much better options.

A phone is a phone is a phone! Dropped calls and poor call/signal quality are nothing to do with the handset and all to do with the network so this is another bs argument.

4. The iPhone is expensive – Smartphones in general are expensive but the iPhone really doesn’t have an inexpensive model (relatively speaking).

The iPhone will come down in price when it opens up to new carriers. It happened here and it is obvious that it will happen there too.

5. The competition is catching up – I will give it to Apple… When they introduced the iPhone they showed the world something they had never seen before. The iPhone 3G and 3Gs, aren’t really all that much different than the original. Web OS, Android, and dare I even say BlackBerry devices have done and continue to do a lot of catching up.

Are you talking about the Storm 1 and 2? Seriously? The Storm 1 is easily one of the worst put together pieces of kit in christendom. I have one and it’s the biggest load of garbage I’ve ever had the misfortune to use as a phone. The battery life is terrible, it has no WiFi, the internal memory for apps etc is shockingly small, the browser is timid and slow, the accelerometer is easily the worst in it’s class and the touch screen is more like a push screen and it using it in landscape to type is horrible. The Storm 2 was given to me cause I complained so bitterly about the Storm 1. I handed it back after 2 days because it was just as crap as the Storm 1.

If you aren’t I’m assuming you are talking about the apps etc which again is utter garbage. Apps on the BB are hard to find and even harder to download in case you crash your phone cause the internal memory can’t handle the app size. Through iTunes you have access to hundreds of thousands of apps that do everything that the BB can do and they are easy to download and easy to use.

6. The iPhone really hasn’t made a significant dent in corporate America — Corporations are allowing iPhones access to corporate email. Corporations, on the other hand, have standardized on BlackBerry and Windows Mobile.

How long do you think this is going to last? Honestly?

7. No Single Killer App – I know that the iPhone has over 100,000 applications but, they don’t have BIS or BES Push email, PIN Messaging, or BlackBerry Messenger. They don’t have Google Voice either which I think will move into the realm of BlackBerry Messenger one day…

I’ve never used PIN, I use BBM maybe once a week and so what if you have to get your phone to check your mail. Maybe that’s not such a bad thing and we won’t be ruled by our emails coming in! I’m a BB user and sometimes when my phone chimes at 2am with some spam email then I get annoyed. And I know I can turn of alerts – but sometimes I forget.

The point is that there are so many apps for iPhone that it doesn’t need a killer app. Really, it doesn’t.

8. No Multitasking — Are you really a smartphone if you can only do one thing at a time?

Multitasking isn’t a game breaker for me, it is for some. Again it’s a personal choice, but I wouldn’t bet on Apple not introducing it in the near future. But seeing as you are asking, are you really a smart phone if you as slow as my Storm 1 is? I mean multitasking is fine if the phone can actually multitask without wheezing!

9. The iPhone is a closed garden – When developers can effectively create applications they want to create on other platforms as compared to what Apple allows them to create on the iPhone, they will. Google is coming after the iPhone and they just may have the legs to do it…

Google may have the legs but they to have their issues to contend with such as poor customer service and if you say the iPhone is costly then surely you must think the same for the Nexus 1. I for one have no problem with Apple trying to have some sort of control over what apps get licenced. I may mean that some of the terrible apps that I’ve paid for on my Storm wouldn’t even be available which wouldn’t be a bad thing!

10. I can think of countless other reasons why the iPhone won’t dominate here in the U.S., but, since RIMarkable is a BlackBerry blog, probably with a lot of BlackBerry users that feel as I do, I’ll let you enter the tenth reason in via the comments as I am sure that I really missed some good ones…

I don’t own an iPhone. I’ve said before I’m considering getting one, just as I am considering a Nexus 1 or perhaps a Nokia N900. I’ll never go RIM again unless its supplied to me for work. How long has OS 5 been available for the Storm 1 and VFIRE and RIM are still discussing how to roll it out in Ireland!

At the end of the day the iPhone isn’t perfect but nor is the RIM offering and saying that iPhone will never dominate in the US is utter BS. You can’t say that with any certainty! Saying RIM will go under is utter bs too, there are too many out there who like what they get, but for my money, if you are a personal user, then you get a better offering from other handsets, iPhone included.

Oh and anyone who tries to defend the Storm 1 think about this!

The only reason RIM launched the Storm 1 is because they didn’t want to fall behind Apple in the touchscreen race. When it went to market, within days, they had to drop the price because the feedback was so terrible. They launched to emulate Apple and ended up with Apple Struddel all over their faces.