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Originally Posted by HotHotHeat
This thread is cute.
Blackberry is a lesser phone than Apple's device because (somehow,despite being in the phone business much longer), aspects of their OS still look as ugly as MS-Dos. It's rather embarrassing. They also don't seem to have much in the way of innovation. Their hardware is also lesser quality. Never liked the bulky look of the handsets. Even this new 9800...A slider phone? Really? Did RIM buy out the patents for the Sidekick?
As for BB Messenger, people only rave about it when they have it. As soon as you have any other phone you realize it's a glorified Text/MMS program with fancy icons. Apple has chosen not to match the service because, frankly, it isn't worth it.
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I am going to do my FanIn80 impression, but assuming he he being held captive by Blackberry fan boys hell bent on having a productive work day.
So your main problem with Blackberrys is that they have a lesser phone because
a) Parts of the OS look ugly. - Get a theme?
b) Hardware is of a lesser quality - How many bars do you have while holding your nice new iPhone?
c) it looks bulky - I know! I have a backpack just so I can carry it around.
d) Its a slider phone - I assume you are implying that slider phones suck. I haven't owned one in years so you might be right. This is probably the most relevant point you made, but we have no idea if this model sucks or not.
e) Apple doesn't match the service provided by BBM because it isn't worth it? Could be true, in this age where it isn't that expensive to send a MSN/Google chat/ etc message to your friends from any phone.
How about BIS, the REAL selling feature of a Blackberry in my opinion? Not needing to wait 15 minutes to get my email that the server at work has crashed or the boss needs to figure out why he can't print his report for the board that is meeting in 5 minutes.
Life isn't all about getting apps to do cool things, or an awesome multi touch screen, it is about getting things done. Honestly, for me, Blackberry does that better. If an iPhone or any of the Android models out there could match it, I would probably switch.