Comments on: To Get An iPhone Or Not To Get An iPhone? http://www.rimarkable.com/to-get-an-iphone-or-not-to-get-an-iphone The Unofficial BlackBerry Weblog Sun, 21 Mar 2010 08:38:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: stacyhttp://www.rimarkable.com/to-get-an-iphone-or-not-to-get-an-iphone/comment-page-1#comment-115979 stacy Thu, 24 Jul 2008 02:43:19 +0000 http://www.rimarkable.com/to-get-an-iphone-or-not-to-get-an-iphone#comment-115979 I had a first generation iPhone and accidentally left it out in the rain a couple weeks ago. So, when the 3G came out I was planning on getting one. After calling 17 AT&T and Apple stores last week & this week, and NONE of them having phones in stock, I got really frustrated and visited an AT&T store today. I had a Pearl before the iPhone and absolutely loved it, but the deal breaker being that it didn't have a QWERTY keyboard. Although, out of all the phones I've had in my life it was by far my favorite. So, today I picked up a Curve. So far I'm not regretting it. Maybe it will surpass the Pearl and be my all time favorite! ;) Like others have said... there is just something about Blackberries... they just WORK... There is a reason they are called crackberries. The iPhone is sleek, beautiful, and for some things, it's amazing.. but if you want to get the job done and have a phone that you can RELY on no matter what, a Blackberry is the one you want in your pocket. I might pic up an iPod Touch later on down the road for the apps & music if I REALLY need to pay for some mobile games & fun. All in all, I might not be BLOWN away immediately by my Curve, but I know that tomorrow and 6 months from now I will be just as happy with it as I am today. I can't say that about the iPhone - a lot of what you hear is plain HYPE and great marketing. I had a first generation iPhone and accidentally left it out in the rain a couple weeks ago. So, when the 3G came out I was planning on getting one. After calling 17 AT&T and Apple stores last week & this week, and NONE of them having phones in stock, I got really frustrated and visited an AT&T store today. I had a Pearl before the iPhone and absolutely loved it, but the deal breaker being that it didn’t have a QWERTY keyboard. Although, out of all the phones I’ve had in my life it was by far my favorite. So, today I picked up a Curve. So far I’m not regretting it. Maybe it will surpass the Pearl and be my all time favorite! ;) Like others have said… there is just something about Blackberries… they just WORK… There is a reason they are called crackberries. The iPhone is sleek, beautiful, and for some things, it’s amazing.. but if you want to get the job done and have a phone that you can RELY on no matter what, a Blackberry is the one you want in your pocket. I might pic up an iPod Touch later on down the road for the apps & music if I REALLY need to pay for some mobile games & fun. All in all, I might not be BLOWN away immediately by my Curve, but I know that tomorrow and 6 months from now I will be just as happy with it as I am today. I can’t say that about the iPhone – a lot of what you hear is plain HYPE and great marketing.

]]> By: JoAnnhttp://www.rimarkable.com/to-get-an-iphone-or-not-to-get-an-iphone/comment-page-1#comment-115948 JoAnn Tue, 22 Jul 2008 13:24:08 +0000 http://www.rimarkable.com/to-get-an-iphone-or-not-to-get-an-iphone#comment-115948 If someone else pays for it, I'd like to get an iPhone. :-) But since it's my money, I'll stay with my Curve for now. If someone else pays for it, I’d like to get an iPhone. :-)
But since it’s my money, I’ll stay with my Curve for now.

]]> By: Anonymoushttp://www.rimarkable.com/to-get-an-iphone-or-not-to-get-an-iphone/comment-page-1#comment-115947 Anonymous Tue, 22 Jul 2008 12:21:27 +0000 http://www.rimarkable.com/to-get-an-iphone-or-not-to-get-an-iphone#comment-115947 So, I picked up an iPhone 3G day one and even though I am a big time BlackBerry user and must continue to use it for work, I figured that I would just be one of those folks who carries around a BlackBerry for work and some other device for personal use.Yesterday, I got my hands on a BlackBerry Bold. You can read all the reviews where everyone is telling you how good it is and I am going to tell you the same thing right here. The Bold is the baddest BlackBerry that I've ever seen.When it comes to the Browser, the iPhone still wins, however, the new browser in the Bold is so much better that it almost doesn't even feel like a BlackBerry.I am telling you, if you haven't gotten an iPhone yet, just hold off until AT&T officially releases the Bold. I am being told that it will be a matter of weeks before they do.Don't get me wrong, the iPhone is a great device, but I don't think that it will at all be a BlackBerry killer like so many are trying to make it out to be. RIM has nothing to worry about on the business side of things. So, I picked up an iPhone 3G day one and even though I am a big time BlackBerry user and must continue to use it for work, I figured that I would just be one of those folks who carries around a BlackBerry for work and some other device for personal use.

Yesterday, I got my hands on a BlackBerry Bold. You can read all the reviews where everyone is telling you how good it is and I am going to tell you the same thing right here. The Bold is the baddest BlackBerry that I’ve ever seen.

When it comes to the Browser, the iPhone still wins, however, the new browser in the Bold is so much better that it almost doesn’t even feel like a BlackBerry.

I am telling you, if you haven’t gotten an iPhone yet, just hold off until AT&T officially releases the Bold. I am being told that it will be a matter of weeks before they do.

Don’t get me wrong, the iPhone is a great device, but I don’t think that it will at all be a BlackBerry killer like so many are trying to make it out to be. RIM has nothing to worry about on the business side of things.

]]> By: Thoughthttp://www.rimarkable.com/to-get-an-iphone-or-not-to-get-an-iphone/comment-page-1#comment-115944 Thought Tue, 22 Jul 2008 03:04:28 +0000 http://www.rimarkable.com/to-get-an-iphone-or-not-to-get-an-iphone#comment-115944 Given the responses here, I wonder how well the BB Thunder will do?It seems BB devotees are determined to stick with a keyboard and don't really go that much for a touchscreen.For those who are not so dedicated to the BB platform, and more open to other features, well...they have the iPhone.It seems that the Thunder is kind of an iPhone substitute for those on CDMA carriers, namely, Verizon, who do not want to switch. I can almost imagine Verizon calling up RIM and saying, "get me an iPhone competitor...we're bleeding customers." Given the responses here, I wonder how well the BB Thunder will do?

It seems BB devotees are determined to stick with a keyboard and don’t really go that much for a touchscreen.

For those who are not so dedicated to the BB platform, and more open to other features, well…they have the iPhone.

It seems that the Thunder is kind of an iPhone substitute for those on CDMA carriers, namely, Verizon, who do not want to switch. I can almost imagine Verizon calling up RIM and saying, “get me an iPhone competitor…we’re bleeding customers.”

]]> By: BDothttp://www.rimarkable.com/to-get-an-iphone-or-not-to-get-an-iphone/comment-page-1#comment-115940 BDot Mon, 21 Jul 2008 18:18:13 +0000 http://www.rimarkable.com/to-get-an-iphone-or-not-to-get-an-iphone#comment-115940 I'm in the minority here I'm sure but I'd actually get an iPhone, were it just a phone. My music collection is too large for an 8 or 16GB iPhone...so all that would be to me is wasted space.Also, I believe that certain things were meant to remain separate. I don't want my cell phone to also be my mp3 player. To me, having individual devices for that is much better, and much more practical.But I realize this just may be ME...kinda hard to ignore the iPhone's success.So until there's an iPod-less version of the iPhone (which probably will never happen)...BB Curve it is. I’m in the minority here I’m sure but I’d actually get an iPhone, were it just a phone. My music collection is too large for an 8 or 16GB iPhone…so all that would be to me is wasted space.

Also, I believe that certain things were meant to remain separate. I don’t want my cell phone to also be my mp3 player. To me, having individual devices for that is much better, and much more practical.

But I realize this just may be ME…kinda hard to ignore the iPhone’s success.

So until there’s an iPod-less version of the iPhone (which probably will never happen)…BB Curve it is.

]]> By: crazylegshttp://www.rimarkable.com/to-get-an-iphone-or-not-to-get-an-iphone/comment-page-1#comment-115939 crazylegs Mon, 21 Jul 2008 17:48:23 +0000 http://www.rimarkable.com/to-get-an-iphone-or-not-to-get-an-iphone#comment-115939 Hey Cedric, you might feel that there is iPhone and then everything else, but when it comes to core communication, there really is Blackberry and then everything else. I love what my iPhone can do, BUT I use my BB every day. Why? Because it is more important to have the best email solution out there, a great messenger program, MMS, cut and paste, and an overall efficient, if not pretty, OS.I think it easy to look at the iPhone and say it's the best all around mobile platform out there. This is true, but there are just too many things the iPhone does poorly for me to switch to it, and I keep trying, but I always come back to the trusty BB.Further, in regards to the above articles proclaiming RIM is dying, the pundits aren't paying attention to economics. All I will say is that RIM will reap tremendous benefits from the attention iPhone brings to the space as they ride the price elasticity curve of data services. Time will show this, just be patient. Hey Cedric, you might feel that there is iPhone and then everything else, but when it comes to core communication, there really is Blackberry and then everything else. I love what my iPhone can do, BUT I use my BB every day. Why? Because it is more important to have the best email solution out there, a great messenger program, MMS, cut and paste, and an overall efficient, if not pretty, OS.

I think it easy to look at the iPhone and say it’s the best all around mobile platform out there. This is true, but there are just too many things the iPhone does poorly for me to switch to it, and I keep trying, but I always come back to the trusty BB.

Further, in regards to the above articles proclaiming RIM is dying, the pundits aren’t paying attention to economics. All I will say is that RIM will reap tremendous benefits from the attention iPhone brings to the space as they ride the price elasticity curve of data services. Time will show this, just be patient.

]]> By: Robb Dunewoodhttp://www.rimarkable.com/to-get-an-iphone-or-not-to-get-an-iphone/comment-page-1#comment-115937 Robb Dunewood Mon, 21 Jul 2008 16:14:52 +0000 http://www.rimarkable.com/to-get-an-iphone-or-not-to-get-an-iphone#comment-115937 I believe they officially announced the iPhone in January of last year and more BlackBerrys were sold than first gen iPhones during it's first year, so, I am not quite ready to "face facts" just yet. :)I admit, however, that the ease of which software can be developed for the iPhone concerns me a bit when compared to BlackBerry application development. I believe software will be the next battle ground but I am more than willing to give RIM the benefit of the doubt and will wait and see what they come out with before I just crown the iPhone 3G king. I believe they officially announced the iPhone in January of last year and more BlackBerrys were sold than first gen iPhones during it’s first year, so, I am not quite ready to “face facts” just yet. :)

I admit, however, that the ease of which software can be developed for the iPhone concerns me a bit when compared to BlackBerry application development. I believe software will be the next battle ground but I am more than willing to give RIM the benefit of the doubt and will wait and see what they come out with before I just crown the iPhone 3G king.

]]> By: Cedric Boschhttp://www.rimarkable.com/to-get-an-iphone-or-not-to-get-an-iphone/comment-page-1#comment-115936 Cedric Bosch Mon, 21 Jul 2008 14:42:44 +0000 http://www.rimarkable.com/to-get-an-iphone-or-not-to-get-an-iphone#comment-115936 Time to face facts, there is the iPhone then there is everything else. Nothing has come close in the 3 years in which the iPhone has been announced. Also to iPhone is not standing still it keeps getting better and better both in hardware and software. There is really nothing my BB can do that the iPhone 2.0 doesn't do, and do with more grace and class.RIM feels iPhone heat, gets analyst downgrade http://www.tgdaily.com/content/view/38475/118/ "Needham's Charlie Wolf claims that the iPhone OS and SDK "make the device one of a kind." He thinks that software could become determining factor that could influence outcome in the future. "RIM has no hope of catching up on the software front, which promises to be the next battleground in the smart phone market," he said."RIM's iPhone Killer: Just Like iPhone, But Crappier http://www.alleyinsider.com/2008/3/rim_s_iphone_killer_like_iphone_but_crappierThis Week in Smartphone Schadenfreude, July 19th Edition http://www.theiphoneblog.com/2008/07/19/this-week-in-smartphone-schadenfreude-july-19th-edition/ Time to face facts, there is the iPhone then there is everything else. Nothing has come close in the 3 years in which the iPhone has been announced. Also to iPhone is not standing still it keeps getting better and better both in hardware and software. There is really nothing my BB can do that the iPhone 2.0 doesn’t do, and do with more grace and class.

RIM feels iPhone heat, gets analyst downgrade
http://www.tgdaily.com/content/view/38475/118/
“Needham’s Charlie Wolf claims that the iPhone OS and SDK “make the device one of a kind.” He thinks that software could become determining factor that could influence outcome in the future. “RIM has no hope of catching up on the software front, which promises to be the next battleground in the smart phone market,” he said.”

RIM’s iPhone Killer: Just Like iPhone, But Crappier
http://www.alleyinsider.com/2008/3/rim_s_iphone_killer_like_iphone_but_crappier

This Week in Smartphone Schadenfreude, July 19th Edition
http://www.theiphoneblog.com/2008/07/19/this-week-in-smartphone-schadenfreude-july-19th-edition/

]]> By: Patrick C.http://www.rimarkable.com/to-get-an-iphone-or-not-to-get-an-iphone/comment-page-1#comment-115935 Patrick C. Mon, 21 Jul 2008 14:08:21 +0000 http://www.rimarkable.com/to-get-an-iphone-or-not-to-get-an-iphone#comment-115935 The iPhone 3G is indeed a nice device, and as a developer, I plan on making software for it. But, for some reason i just like my BlackBerry better. A few things bother me about the iPhone... I much rather prefer a physical keyboard than a touchscreen. I cannot stand AT&T, i've had a bad experience with them in the past, and recently, and the plans are truly unattractive. And from a developer standpoint, I'm not really liking the stranglehold Apple has on the device. I love the AppStore for what it is, but I hate that it is the only option for a software firm to sell and market their applications. It's basically telling developers... "put all the hard work into developing a kick-ass application, but if you want to sell it on an Apple device, you can only sell it through us...and oh, we need 30%, and $99 initial fee, and um... here are a few no-no applications you can't develop, and also your application must work within these parameters because we can't have you getting too interactive with the device's hardware." All that said, iPhone will be (and is) huge for the consumer end, and Blackberry will continue to dominate the business end. But with the upcoming Thunder, Javelin, and KickStart, i really see BlackBerry eating into Apple's marketshare...which no one really mentions. I think the KickStart has the biggest potential, with it's cheap pricing, that will attract a huge number of consumers who just want a cell phone, especially with a "BlackBerry" nameplate on it. The iPhone 3G is indeed a nice device, and as a developer, I plan on making software for it. But, for some reason i just like my BlackBerry better. A few things bother me about the iPhone… I much rather prefer a physical keyboard than a touchscreen. I cannot stand AT&T, i’ve had a bad experience with them in the past, and recently, and the plans are truly unattractive. And from a developer standpoint, I’m not really liking the stranglehold Apple has on the device. I love the AppStore for what it is, but I hate that it is the only option for a software firm to sell and market their applications. It’s basically telling developers… “put all the hard work into developing a kick-ass application, but if you want to sell it on an Apple device, you can only sell it through us…and oh, we need 30%, and $99 initial fee, and um… here are a few no-no applications you can’t develop, and also your application must work within these parameters because we can’t have you getting too interactive with the device’s hardware.”
All that said, iPhone will be (and is) huge for the consumer end, and Blackberry will continue to dominate the business end. But with the upcoming Thunder, Javelin, and KickStart, i really see BlackBerry eating into Apple’s marketshare…which no one really mentions. I think the KickStart has the biggest potential, with it’s cheap pricing, that will attract a huge number of consumers who just want a cell phone, especially with a “BlackBerry” nameplate on it.

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