Comments on: iPhone vs. BlackBerry

By: rita

rita — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 19:17:21 +0000

I have the bb 8830 and I love it… I also have the ipod touch screen. I find myself using the ipod for web browsing and the bb for everything else.I just love bb messenger. So kewl

By: Michael Patrick

Michael Patrick — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 01:08:09 +0000

I hate my Blackberry 8830. My most recent disappointment after buying a Jawbone bluetooth headset today is that the 8830 can’t connect anything to a bluetooth headset except phone – so my music and the langauge lessons I have been listening to are completely inaccessible. Yes, I’m a corporate user but I’m a human being as well, and to me this is unforgivable. The browser is a joke compared to the i-phone. I essentially bought the 8830 over the i-phone because I write long, fast e-mails with my thumbs, but the 8830 keyboard seems specifically designed to make the lettters and numbers impossible to see in any but the best of light. My old corporate clunker blackberry was light-years easier to use, including larger icons on the screen.

I bought the blackberry in December so I could travel to Italy twice in January and February. On both trips it developed some sort of problem where its internal processes were tied up and it would sit there twirling a little hourglass at me while I tried to receive a call from the woman I was there to visit (who got away – I partly blame the blackberry … just kidding!).

I bought the 8830 because of loyalty to Verizon’s USA network coverage and because I thought I could use a sim card in Italy to keep the cost down (which did not turn out to be true, as far as I can tell). I deeply regret the decision and wish I had bought an i-phone. Only problem is, my business partners lives in an area where ATT (i-phone) doesn’t have great service and we need free in-calling. I am incredibly frustrated.

Finally, a little things, but … no option to have a camera on the 8830?!? I’m an architect, I need a camera for the job site, buildings I visit, etc. I have a nice full-size digital camera, but because the 8830 didn’t come with a camera, I had to buy a separate little camera, so now I have two devices again.

What a disappointment on so many levels. I will say Verizon has been good to work with, though.

Michael

By: Erin

Erin — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 04:30:39 +0000

I have had my blackberry for 3 days and am satisfied wtih it. I understand it is very reliable and has all the bugs and kinks worked out. The only thing I don’t like about the iphone is that it doesn’t not have mms capability to send and receive picture messaging. Is that true? An AT&T representative told me that tonight. How can they not have that basic functionality as many older phones have? Also, does it really take that long to receive (& pull) the emails?

By: joe momma

joe momma — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 13:19:33 +0000

the iphone is basically NOTHING but just a pretty face with a built-in widescreen ipod, a cool web browser, and touch screen feature(virtual keypad and blah, blah, blah). what else?

NOT a business user phone but just a “fun” phone for consumers. it doesn’t really make sense to compare it to a blackberry.

iphone = consumers
blackberry = business users

By: anna namoose

anna namoose — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 13:10:13 +0000

the iphone is no doubt a (excuse me, THE…) revolutionary cell phone device PERIOD. i don’t believe it to be the greatest device for business users but maybe primarily more for general consumers.

as you all may already know, the down side is that it only works with at&t and cannot be unlocked. the phone itself cost a lot of money ($500-$600 w/o tax) plus you are required to subscribe to a monthy data plan on top of your calling plan. without any of that it’s literaly just a useless piece of an electronic brick.

at first i really wanted an iphone (lucky for me, i am with at&t) but after learning everything i mentioned above, i changed my mind in a heartbeat and looked for another alternative phone. my choice was the blackberry curve 8300. no regrets. i’m not a business person but i’ve always wanted a pda. i love the curve.

By: chris

chris — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 04:44:15 +0000

I have been a Mac user since 93, I have 3 macs at the house and my recording studio, so the iPhone is so amazing, but when it comes to the Blackberry 8800, even though there is no camera, it is the total bomb, from business to entertainment. I have been a blackberry user since ’98. IPhone is fantastic, especially when it’s on the 3G network, but still going blackberry. My battery goes bad, I don’t have to send it off, just replace the battery. Now media and business on the 8800 minus the camera? I am totally kewl that, I love my blackberry.

By: Digon

Digon — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 22:08:36 +0000

I LOVE MY Blackberry 8830, stylish and can do anything the iphone can also (execpt multi touch and full web browsing oh and no camera(im still waiting on verizon for the curve)) but anything else it can do , plus email is awsome the Iphone already gives you to many limitations on email accounts. I LOVE MY BLACKBERRY. dont get me wrog it looks beutiful for me blackberry all the way!

By: Nelson

Nelson — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 16:30:08 +0000

When Apple comes out with a wide touch screen iPod video with Wi-Fi, and that safari browser, I will take it and a BlackBerry over an iPhone any day of the week.

By: sean76

sean76 — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 15:14:43 +0000

The Blackberry , especially the newer 8800 series and 8300 Curve series are much better every day devices! Yes the iphone browser is real nice, but unless your using wifi, it’s so very slow. I took the jump to Apple land when the iphone hit, but returned it after 2 weeks. From the beginning I just felt like I was missing something without my berry. The iphone is a pretty device, and yes it is a hint at what the future is for mobile devices. But at this point it just lacks to many things to beat out a Blackberry.