Comments on: iPhone vs. Blackberry vs. None

By: barneyb

barneyb — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 22:16:21 +0000

jon,

I considered that, but wifi isn't ubiquitous enough, unfortunately. It's nice and fast, though, unlike the EDGE. I'll probably end up waiting until the 3G iPhone comes out.

By: jon

jon — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 20:09:19 +0000

why not get an ipod touch? it's got wifi and a web browser, and no phone option.

By: Dodo

Dodo — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 16:34:18 +0000

Get the device you want just don't give out the calling number….

By: Antony

Antony — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 03:52:36 +0000

Check out some of the HTC Windows Mobile Devices, especially this one: http://www.htc.com/product/03-product_tytn_II.htm
Touch screen plus qwerty keyboard. Can run Blackberry Connect (ie is a blackberry too), and, unlike iPhone, you can copy and paste text. Kinda useful!

By: koen

koen — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 16:46:12 +0000

Resistance is futile.

By: Simeon

Simeon — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 15:27:54 +0000

Well as a phone carrying junky who is addicted to constant communication with the outside world, I can tell you that I recently traded in my BlackBerry Curve (arguably the best BlackBerry ever) for an iPhone. I traded up from a standard phone to a treo a few years ago. Having the keyboard was nice, plus it made it so I could admin servers remotely. Restarting cf was never less of an issue. Then recently I switched from my treo to a blackberry. Push email on the blackberry was nice, but I ran into problems with the 3rd party apps not working on all versions of a phone.

This last weekend I got an iPhone. My wife had one for a month before I caved and got one myself. And just the browser alone and the big screen make it more than worth the money. Having IMAP to manage mail beats push mail hands down. And although its not legal yet, its fairly trivial to allow 3rd party apps to work on the iPhone. And there is an apple approved SDK on the way.

If you want a phone I say go for the best. Having the touch screen makes things so simple no matter how cool the little ball on the curve and pearl are.