Monday, June 18, 2007

BlackBerry Curve vs. Apple iPhone

This is just my initial observations from various postings around the web, and specifically about those things I care about:

iPhone Pros
  • Cool Touch Interface
  • Larger Wide-Screen (movies, browsing, pictures, etc.)
  • Great Battery Life
  • Video Recording (assuming here, not confirmed)
  • WiFi (great at home, limited use on the road)
Curve Pros
  • Real Keyboard
  • Excellent Instant Messenger Chat Software (JiveTalk)
  • Camera Flash
  • NavTec GPS Software (no 3rd-party applications on iPhone)
  • Real-time Outlook integration through BlackBerry Enterprise Server (provided by work)
  • Near real-time POP3, Yahoo, and Google email integration through BlackBerry Internet Server (provided by AT&T as part of service).
  • Inexpensive easy-to-replace cover-plate/screen-cover.
Things that seem about the same on both phones
  • Cool Google Maps w/ Dialing (already have it on my Curve)
  • Picture viewing (though iPhone has the neat larger screen)
  • Ambient Light Sensor
  • Camera
  • Custom Ring Tones
  • Photo Caller ID
  • Decent Web Browser (Opera Mini for Curve)
  • EDGE Networks Speeds (sucks)

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Good words.