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10 Ways BlackBerry Beats the iPhone

by Tom Conlon on July 22, 2009 at 01:59 PM

Like a child star making the inevitable transition from puberty to probation, the two biggest names in the smartphone game also suffer from some serious identity issues. The BlackBerry is by nature a business device trying desperately to appeal to consumers, while the iPhone is the ultimate consumer trinket clamoring for acceptance in the corporate world. Neither one is categorically better than the other. Each excels at certain tasks and falters when it comes to others. Which one you should purchase depends wholly on the features your lifestyle requires. And with that little disclaimer out of the way, here are ten areas in which the BlackBerry spanks the iPhone. (Stay tuned to Switched for the other side of the argument, in which the iPhone spanks the BlackBerry.)

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TinaJul 22nd 2009 6:41PM

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I just left my BB Pearl to go to the new iPhone !!

Yes, I am so annoyed that I have to wait until the end of summer to send pics in texts, and yes when I am trying to text while driving, I find the iPhone bulky and cumbersome !! The Pearl was so awesome to text one handed !!!!

I can't help it though, I LOVE the iPhone it has all these cool apps, and the address book is a lot more detailed to add everything I need for my contacts.
I also love the fact that my iPod and phone are all one now. My Pearl was also MP3 capable, but it wasn't user friendly !!!!!

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babywildanimalJul 30th 2010 5:54AM

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How can you drive and try to text! do you know how stupid and dangerous that is!

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alfredgaccionJul 23rd 2009 2:15AM

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in the end its still an IPHONE. a porsche cayyenne doesnt have bluetooth technology, a mitsubishi outlander is equipped with it. Should i therefore say that an outlander is much better than a cayyene?

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ShawnJul 24th 2009 11:56PM

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That is exactly why the Pre with WebOS is so much better than the Iphone. The Iphone is great in a lot of ways. I have an iPod Touch 2nd gen and a Pre. I like things about both of them. One thing the Pre does that the iPod doesn't? Multitasking! Oh and it has a physical QWERTY keyboard as well. WebOS, Blackberry OS, Windows Mobile OS, Android OS, even Symbian S60; they all multitask. The iPhone takes one step forwards and three steps backwards.

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avattathilSep 21st 2009 12:37AM

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Blackberry is a crap.

If I could get attached to my company email and calendar via a Palm Pre or a iphone I would switch now. Every blackberry model is junk. Not a big fan of windows mobile either. Not that anyone would want to use it anyway.

I fully hate Blackberry and am very jealous that I can not get one. Especially because my company also uses Lotus Notes. For those of you out there that hase either one of the phone enjoy. Those of you out there that would consider a Blackberry over either one of these phone. You guys are retarded.

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