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Why I switched to a BlackBerry, and I'm not coming back
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It's free. It can be used worldwide. It tells you when your message has been delivered. It tells you when your message has been read. It tells you when the other person is responding. It sends media well. It's great.
I just switched to a 3gs (first iphone) from a BB curve
I miss the battery life (but I'm getting better results now after a few cycles. Plus I'm doing more with the iphone than I did with the BB - so I've mentally gotten "over it")
I miss some of the customizations you can do with the BB (profiles)
I thought I'd miss the tactile keyboard (I always said I would never give that up) but I can type pretty well now on the iphone - esp with landscape now available
FYI - the Curve has SMS threading (for the one that said it didn't)
I do miss the full PUSH email (blackberry has it down) but I think within the next year iPhone will make good strides.
I do NOT miss how long the BB took to boot up. my iPhone is pretty quick to get going from being turned off
I love having access to thousands of apps.
I think the GPS feature is better and FASTER on the iphone than it ever was on my BB
I love not having an ipod for the gym + a phone to bring
In short - it was a hard decision - the blackberry bold or the iphone. I needed to replace my curve which begininng to have lots of issues from hard usage for over a year which included a few drops. For roughly the same upgrade price ($50 difference I think) - I opted for the iPhone because all the positives (things I was getting) outweighed the things I'd be losing.
It really is a personal choice and completely depends on how the device will be used to determine which one is best for you.
Neither the BB or the iPhone is BAD, ill-equipt, etc. Just like the old PC/MAC argument. There will always be people who claim one is better than the other. They're different. And different strokes for different folks. I'm glad we HAVE choices.
I miss the battery life (but I'm getting better results now after a few cycles. Plus I'm doing more with the iphone than I did with the BB - so I've mentally gotten "over it")
I miss some of the customizations you can do with the BB (profiles)
I thought I'd miss the tactile keyboard (I always said I would never give that up) but I can type pretty well now on the iphone - esp with landscape now available
FYI - the Curve has SMS threading (for the one that said it didn't)
I do miss the full PUSH email (blackberry has it down) but I think within the next year iPhone will make good strides.
I do NOT miss how long the BB took to boot up. my iPhone is pretty quick to get going from being turned off
I love having access to thousands of apps.
I think the GPS feature is better and FASTER on the iphone than it ever was on my BB
I love not having an ipod for the gym + a phone to bring
In short - it was a hard decision - the blackberry bold or the iphone. I needed to replace my curve which begininng to have lots of issues from hard usage for over a year which included a few drops. For roughly the same upgrade price ($50 difference I think) - I opted for the iPhone because all the positives (things I was getting) outweighed the things I'd be losing.
It really is a personal choice and completely depends on how the device will be used to determine which one is best for you.
Neither the BB or the iPhone is BAD, ill-equipt, etc. Just like the old PC/MAC argument. There will always be people who claim one is better than the other. They're different. And different strokes for different folks. I'm glad we HAVE choices.
i have a bold, 8900, and two iphones.
first, iphone >>>>>> storm. there is no contest.
blackberry bold and 8900 = efficient and effective messaging
iphone = efficient and effective way to get migraines playing critter crunch in bed when you are supposed to be sleeping
first, iphone >>>>>> storm. there is no contest.
blackberry bold and 8900 = efficient and effective messaging
iphone = efficient and effective way to get migraines playing critter crunch in bed when you are supposed to be sleeping
IM/email
IM/email
Um ok. IMs are delivered as soon as you send them...
Congratulations - you're the first person to actually list a non-duplicative feature of BBM. That said, that's kinda creepy; as the recipient, I wouldn't want that.
IM
Email/MMS
Again, I'm sure BBM works well, but it doesn't add anything that any other smartphone can't do, AND it's restricted to an incredibly small universe of users.
Well then go enjoy your BB. Thats what I came from to the iPhone. I really liked my BB, all of the customization is great as is the keyboard. After everything was customized the way I wanted it though it became boring to me. It didn't have anything left on it to entertain me. Very functional phone though.
To each his own. I replaced a BB with the iPhone. The BB sucks in so many ways compared to the iPhone. It's screen is grainy, the web browser lacking and it nowhere nearly as customizable as you would have readers here believe. Then there are 50,000 + apps in the App Store for the iPhone. BB has only a few. As for syncing with the Mac, they tell you in their literature they are pc friendly only. Syncing is hit or miss and you have to buy additional software like the Missing Sync to sync with Macs. Sorry, but you are a fan boy needlessly stirring up ***** on a Mac board. Crawl back under whatever pc rock you came out of and take your ****** Blackberry with you.
You can turn it off if you want.
But it does it well and without complication. Sounds like what the iPhone is in a nutshell, only for a specific task, doesn't it?
I'm glad that I stimulated some discussion - a thread like this certainly would have been helpful when I was still thinking about switching, so I hope it can help some others as well.
Today was my first day "out and about" with my new BB, and again I was struck by some differences between it and the iPhone. I was at the library (should have been studying for the LSAT, obviously wasn't), and I was signed into the included MSN app (pretty solid for a free app - you need to get BeeJive on the iPhone to have anything close to a decent IM app)... I loved the way I was able to chat on MSN, and then if a text came in, quickly switch over to the SMS app to reply to that (BBs have an application switcher - kinda like hitting command-tab on a Mac - to quickly switch apps without going back to the homescreen). If I was doing the same thing on my iPhone, the lag between switching between apps would have driven me nuts - a few seconds to open the SMS app, a few more to re-open BeeJive.
After an hour or so of IMing and texting on the iPhone, my battery would have been almost half dead... the BB didn't even change the meter after all that use.
Today was my first day "out and about" with my new BB, and again I was struck by some differences between it and the iPhone. I was at the library (should have been studying for the LSAT, obviously wasn't), and I was signed into the included MSN app (pretty solid for a free app - you need to get BeeJive on the iPhone to have anything close to a decent IM app)... I loved the way I was able to chat on MSN, and then if a text came in, quickly switch over to the SMS app to reply to that (BBs have an application switcher - kinda like hitting command-tab on a Mac - to quickly switch apps without going back to the homescreen). If I was doing the same thing on my iPhone, the lag between switching between apps would have driven me nuts - a few seconds to open the SMS app, a few more to re-open BeeJive.
After an hour or so of IMing and texting on the iPhone, my battery would have been almost half dead... the BB didn't even change the meter after all that use.
Don't know if this was directed at me, but I got a lol out of it. If you read my original post, there's no fanboyism in it whatsoever. Just an account of my switch to a BB for whoever might be interested. I noted pros and cons of both the iPhone and BB. So go suck it you ****.
wow absolutely agree with this, if you actually tried to SMS and IM on the iPhone and BB and compare you'll see that the iPhone is really a piece of sh**
What exactly is it that makes email "so much better" on a Blackberry? The plastic keyboard? The tiny screen? The hideous font rendering?
Please, do explain. I would love to know what makes email "hands down" better on a Blackberry than on the iPhone.
Please, do explain. I would love to know what makes email "hands down" better on a Blackberry than on the iPhone.
Ignore him. A fanboy tends to think and wants to believe everyone else is a fanboy just like himself.
Full push, on every account. Sorting, filtering, custom signatures for individual email accounts. Unified inbox. Auto-replies, text expansion via keywords, etc....
It goes on and on.
I do like the email on my 3GS, although I wish it were organized a bit better. Let me flag stuff, give me a unified inbox, and other stuff like that.
Oh, go jump in a lake. You fanboys are all the same, whichever side of the fence you're on.
Ah, a bunch of features (and UI clutter) and most people wouldn't use. I understand now.
People who find robust and powerful e-mail support useful use all of those features. Hell, I'd love to have a shorthand system on the iPhone to speed up messaging.
Don't be so blinded by your platform love that you can't admit when the other side has an advantage.
If Apple doesn't have it then you shouldn't have it! Everything else is useless clutter!
If Apple doesn't have it then you shouldn't have it! Everything else is useless clutter!
Yeah, I don't want and wouldn't need sorting, filtering, signatures, a bunch of email addresses, some keyword nonsense, and a unified inbox. That makes me a fanboy.
Yeah, I don't want and wouldn't need sorting, filtering, signatures, a bunch of email addresses, some keyword nonsense, and a unified inbox. That makes me a fanboy.
Instantly declaring it UI clutter and acting like nobody really cares about these features that BlackBerry owners clearly use certainly hints at a level of bias.
the lack of html support, inability to edit forwarded text, and fact that you can only select multiple messages if they're sequential. obviously.