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Neon — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 21:28:50 -0000

I was going to get the iphone but now I would like a black-berry!

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pizza lover — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 10:39:21 -0000

They both offer so many features... I'd have to study up before buying too!

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Re: iPhone vs Blackberry - Survey Sample Size of One

Andre Charland — Mon, 19 May 2008 16:13:06 -0000

I've basically done the same thing. I still have an iPhone that's handy to have hooked up to my stereo and some recreational R&D. Otherwise I'm back to using my Blackberry pearl because it's smaller, lighter, the battery lasts longer (much longer) and it's much better for one handed use and texting.

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Guest — Sat, 17 May 2008 15:13:59 -0000

Can not wait. ABSOLUTELY can not wait for the Blackberry Bold!!!

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GeorgeT6 — Wed, 14 May 2008 21:58:00 -0000

and now :

Blackberry 9000 to get iTunes Sync

http://www.cnet.com/8301-13...

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tweetip — Tue, 13 May 2008 23:58:40 -0000

steve better forgive you and do a keyboard - then we can return to our bubble of knowing no windows users :))

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John Lazerow — Tue, 13 May 2008 13:25:22 -0000

Fred - Have you seen the newest Blackberry, a touchscreen version. Check out www.boygeniusreport.com, this guy always has legit scoops.

I have both an iPhone and a Curve and I use the Curve mostly because it delivers a better core communications experience. When I travel for pleasure and want a good web browser and don't care as much about getting every email instantly, I use the iPhone. I think if RIM can get a better browser on the newer models, Bold and beyond, they will be a far tougher competitor than Apple realizes. Also, another factor to consider is that if you go to blackberrybold.com and look under multimedia, you will see blackberry media sync which can sync itunes files. I don't know how the scope of this feature yet, but if done properly, this could be another factor in favor of BB.

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mrtaxx — Tue, 13 May 2008 13:05:17 -0000

I don't own an iPhone or Rimm device. Maybe Apple needs a stylus for texting, that's what the Nintendo DS uses. I would think you could text with something you have in your pocket rather then using your finger.
This thread is definately pro-BB but it seems only because of texting and the iPhone for most other tasks.

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kenberger — Tue, 13 May 2008 12:58:16 -0000

WinMo: IMO, one of the biggest ironies of the tech world is that today Microsoft offers arguably the most open mobile platform (at least today-- we'll see what happens w/ Android, or how the supposed "opening" of the iPhone SDK goes, though i'm skeptical of both).

Just received a demo HTC Advantage X7510-- huge screen, excellent web browsing experience, 3G, kitchen sink, etc. Too big and costly for many but a serious and slick WinMo device.

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Lad — Tue, 13 May 2008 12:36:17 -0000

Guess it depends on the type of interaction. BB wins in keyboard based input but Apple owns just about everything else (music, video, photos, games, web) with a high quality OS to boot. On June 9th, expect a new mode of interaction from Apple, which could possibly be video-based communication to make good use of that screen and 3G connection.

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PVBill — Tue, 13 May 2008 12:11:15 -0000

It does seem like a new world for Apple to compete in. Previously, they could be best at a moment in time, then ride that for a few 1-2 year product cycles. Their competitors tended to be vanilla non-innovators (in PCs...arguably only HP put up a fight), or a hapless group outside their core domain (Zune, Zen, etc). Sort of like iTV.

With phones, they're squaring up against a group of companies that lives and dies by their ability to innovate/market on 9 month cycles. I'll bet on Apple to out-innovate anyone, but even the slow squirrel gets a nut sometimes. If Apple misses an innovation cycle (think Motorola), can they really iterate rapidly enough??

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smbeebe — Tue, 13 May 2008 08:04:14 -0000

I just bought a Blackberry Curve 8830 yesterday and I LOVE IT!! well built phone, with ample screen size and QWERTY keybd. Best part is 3G network - unlimited data and email -- woo hoo!!! full internet access where ever I go... lots of goodies in this phone... just downloaded gTalk and slew of Google apps - very neat. Yahoo Messenger too. Need to get more accessories for it now. I've got a nice leather holster that swivels... phone is not bulky, real lightweight - terrific! Nice and BRIGHT screen too!

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fredwilson — Tue, 13 May 2008 06:20:02 -0000

Wow

You can't make shit like that up.

I reblogged your comment on fredwilson.vc

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fredwilson — Tue, 13 May 2008 06:04:03 -0000

I think I'd switch in a heartbeat

And move en masse to mac apps too

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fredwilson — Tue, 13 May 2008 05:48:03 -0000

Indeed. And it also says that there are at least two strong camps in the
mobile device world. So those building apps for the iphone should also think
about the blackberry platform. I wonder how windows mobile would have fared?

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Antman — Tue, 13 May 2008 01:02:21 -0000

It says there is no such thing as one size fits all . . . and thank god for that!

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scott — Mon, 12 May 2008 22:06:26 -0000

My wife drove off with her BlackBerry Perl on the roof of the car today. It survived for 6 miles before flying off onto the road. Luckily we were able to recover the phone and amazingly it only had a little scratch on it. It sill works like a charm. I was completely surprised it wasn't in pieces.

I've dropped mine a few times but never expected the Perl to survive something like a fall from a car a 35 mph. Quite a solid phone.

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Kevin — Mon, 12 May 2008 20:07:18 -0000

Well most all of these comments point to the one solution.....if the iPhone ever had a version with a physical keyboard, it would get one heck of a lot of switchers from the BB. Personally, I think egos and stubborness will have to step aside for this to ever happen.

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leigh — Mon, 12 May 2008 19:43:53 -0000

I so agree with your daughter. It was my number 6 reason why i wasn't going to buy an iphone
http://tinyurl.com/4v7cb7

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NICCAI — Mon, 12 May 2008 18:45:19 -0000

A colleague of mine passed on it for this very reason - and she has nearly every gaget known to man. So, it isn't just Russia.

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fredwilson — Mon, 12 May 2008 17:15:05 -0000

Yeah, they all use BBIM

It's a network effect of sorts

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bryanthatcher — Mon, 12 May 2008 15:23:48 -0000

I bought my daughter an iPhone for xmas, she never even opened the box (recently I gave it to my creative director), she went and got a blackberry curve. Yes it was all about txt, she never uses the phone for web, hardly even for conversation. Maybe when she gets older, (she is only 13), she will have the need for a phone with a good web browser and other media features...

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roberto — Mon, 12 May 2008 14:33:14 -0000

I started with the 7100t, then to 8700 and now the curve with tmobile.
I get so much done with this phone it still surprises me. The wifi at my home and any other open locations make me leave the IM on my computer off so I don't get distracted as easily.

When it is only on my phone it forces me to only say what matters and keep it to the point.

Gchat + BB messenger + gmail + gmaps + wifi = getting shizzle done

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Eben Thurston — Mon, 12 May 2008 13:31:47 -0000

I have a Blackberry Curve and an Ipod Touch. I've found the Touch is better for reading emails because it has a more graceful interface and clicking away to links is a better experience. However, the Blackberry is better for sending emails because I make far fewer keypad errors. A few weeks ago I was out to dinner with a friend who owns an iPhone and I was trying to check the leaderboard at the Masters golf tournament. I used his iPhone because I assumed it would be easier, but the iPhone wanted to show me the full webpage which used Flash for the leaderboard. The Blackberry served up the "mobalized" version from Google. After trying unsuccessfully for several minutes with the full browser iPhone I was able to find the scores immediately on the Blackberry. The iPhone really need to get support for Flash figured out before it can claim to be a truly mobile browser experience.