Well I moved back to Blackberry from iPhone. After just a couple of days I'm wondering why I went to the iPhone in the first place! There are some things that I like better on the iPhone....things look nicer. The browser and internet is way better...no question on that at all.
Its the little things about the Blackberry that make it for me though. Its the fact that when I go to set an appointment in my calendar I just click and type it in. The process on iPhone just seems so convoluted. In general the calendar of the Blackberry is just miles ahead. Just the small fact that you can move ahead day by day easily is nicer.
The other thing that drove me crazy on my iPhone is the dialing by contact. On the Blackberry you just start putting in a name and everything comes up. On the iPhone its a matter of touching a little tiny letter and then finding that contact alphabetically. I'm using this for business, and have hundreds of contacts, so that was incredibly irritating!
The other two minor points are the LED indicator and fact that you don't need to unlock to see if you have messages/emails. This was another irritation on the iPhone. With all of their attention to aesthetics I would've expected them to add in some kind of notification icon...but to no avail.
Don't get me wrong, I used the iPhone a lot and enjoyed the apps and everything else it had to offer. I just found that the main things that I need it for are better with a Blackberry at this point. I will see how things go over the next few months, but the change gives me a whole new understanding for why the iPad is meaningful. It would be a great compliment to a Blackberry for work!
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