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Personal opinion:
Blackberry:
I've been using a Blackberry for the last 3 years with very little problems. I've used the World Edition, Curve, and Tour on Verizon. The 9700 on Tmobile, and the 9700 on AT&T. Service issues for the carriers aside, it's a solid brand with stellar business application. The OS is clean though issues in the browser can make web browsing dodgy. The phone hardly requires a reboot and doing business from it is flawlessly easy. Downside is apps. While there are *some* apps out there, it doesn't come close in comparison to the Droid of Iphone. Even on the "iphone killer" Storm apps lack horribly.
Droid
I used the Samsung Captivate (Galaxy S) on AT&T's network. I replaced the phone in the first week because of extremely shoddy signal strength. The second phone wasn't much better, so I'm thinking the problem lies with Samsung or AT&T. The customizing on this phone is astounding. The screen is clear and crisp, more so than the Iphone and leaps and bounds ahead of even the Blackberry Torch. The problem with this phone is some of the additional features that are included with the other phones are ones that you either have to hunt down to enable, or download an app to get. The app store is just as vesatile and useful as the Iphones and blows away the Blackberry. From a business perspective, this doesn't touch the Blackberry. It's functional enough to get you onto VPN and get you your email, but the direct interaction between Exchange and the device is lacking.
Iphone 4
Everyone knows I've been preaching how this device isn't what everyone makes it out to be. In a way I was right and in a way I was wrong. I've not been more frustrated with a single device since I was with Nextel in like 2003 and dropped pretty much all calls all the time. I drop on average 3 out of 5 calls. Some of those calls drop multiple times. For instance, my wife has the 16 gig Iphone 4 (she traded in her Droid when I got the Iphone for work and liked it). The other day I called her to talk with her while she was driving into work. In 15 minutes, we dropped the call 7 times. This was between both our iphones and me using my parents vonage land line phone. I almost threw mine against the wall right there. If it wasn't for working making me have this I wouldn't. The call clarity and dropped calls are astounding. Even when I had my 9700 Bold with AT&T I didn't drop this much, so I know it's not the service that's the issue. My dad has the new Torch and he rarely drops a call in their house. My wife, me, and my mom all have Iphone 4's and we drop easily 3 to 4 times as many calls as he does. I ordered my free bumper which apparently takes 5 weeks to ship out of the slave labor camps or something. I should get mine in the next week or two. I'll see if that fixes the issue.
Reboots. I have to reboot my device about once every 3 to 4 days. Whether there's an app that locks up, problem with data reception, or any number of issues that would require you to reboot. I would say 50% are caused by service issues with AT&T. For instance, I just received 4 phone calls in a row where I had horrible static. Finally I rebooted the device. Works fine now. Not sure why this is happening since these problems apparently never happened with the 3Gs.
The device itself is very good. The functionality of the Apps is what makes the device what it is. The added "ipod" feature makes it even better, though the Droid offers expandable memory to add up to another 32 gigs of data. having to use Itunes is a big negative, but that's personal preferrence. I'm sure there's other options, but I haven't researched that yet. I enjoy the phone quite a bit. It's definitely not a business class phone. That doesn't mean it can't be used for business. Just that when you hold it up to the Blackberry and ask which one is better suited to keep you going in business, the Blackberry blows the Iphone and Droid away. When you get past the business class part, the blackberry becomes obsolete and useless. Their new OS is somewhat promising, but it's still not going to compete with Apple or Droid. Give it 5 years and RIM will be dead, or like Nextel only viable in certain business markets.
So all are good phones, but I don't see enough of a difference between the droid and the iphone to say who is better or worse. Each have strong points and weak points. I personally think I have a bum device and will be swapping it out for a new one to see if that resolves all the issues. When it comes to business, Blackberry is still king. When it comes to everything outside of business, it's a toss up. I think initially Apple will win that fight, but unless they release the functionality and usability that droid is, that will change quickly.
So there ya have it. I said the Iphone is a good device. Still dont think it's the end all of all devices out there, but for someone who wants a good all around functionality device, the droid or apple will work.
Blackberry:
I've been using a Blackberry for the last 3 years with very little problems. I've used the World Edition, Curve, and Tour on Verizon. The 9700 on Tmobile, and the 9700 on AT&T. Service issues for the carriers aside, it's a solid brand with stellar business application. The OS is clean though issues in the browser can make web browsing dodgy. The phone hardly requires a reboot and doing business from it is flawlessly easy. Downside is apps. While there are *some* apps out there, it doesn't come close in comparison to the Droid of Iphone. Even on the "iphone killer" Storm apps lack horribly.
Droid
I used the Samsung Captivate (Galaxy S) on AT&T's network. I replaced the phone in the first week because of extremely shoddy signal strength. The second phone wasn't much better, so I'm thinking the problem lies with Samsung or AT&T. The customizing on this phone is astounding. The screen is clear and crisp, more so than the Iphone and leaps and bounds ahead of even the Blackberry Torch. The problem with this phone is some of the additional features that are included with the other phones are ones that you either have to hunt down to enable, or download an app to get. The app store is just as vesatile and useful as the Iphones and blows away the Blackberry. From a business perspective, this doesn't touch the Blackberry. It's functional enough to get you onto VPN and get you your email, but the direct interaction between Exchange and the device is lacking.
Iphone 4
Everyone knows I've been preaching how this device isn't what everyone makes it out to be. In a way I was right and in a way I was wrong. I've not been more frustrated with a single device since I was with Nextel in like 2003 and dropped pretty much all calls all the time. I drop on average 3 out of 5 calls. Some of those calls drop multiple times. For instance, my wife has the 16 gig Iphone 4 (she traded in her Droid when I got the Iphone for work and liked it). The other day I called her to talk with her while she was driving into work. In 15 minutes, we dropped the call 7 times. This was between both our iphones and me using my parents vonage land line phone. I almost threw mine against the wall right there. If it wasn't for working making me have this I wouldn't. The call clarity and dropped calls are astounding. Even when I had my 9700 Bold with AT&T I didn't drop this much, so I know it's not the service that's the issue. My dad has the new Torch and he rarely drops a call in their house. My wife, me, and my mom all have Iphone 4's and we drop easily 3 to 4 times as many calls as he does. I ordered my free bumper which apparently takes 5 weeks to ship out of the slave labor camps or something. I should get mine in the next week or two. I'll see if that fixes the issue.
Reboots. I have to reboot my device about once every 3 to 4 days. Whether there's an app that locks up, problem with data reception, or any number of issues that would require you to reboot. I would say 50% are caused by service issues with AT&T. For instance, I just received 4 phone calls in a row where I had horrible static. Finally I rebooted the device. Works fine now. Not sure why this is happening since these problems apparently never happened with the 3Gs.
The device itself is very good. The functionality of the Apps is what makes the device what it is. The added "ipod" feature makes it even better, though the Droid offers expandable memory to add up to another 32 gigs of data. having to use Itunes is a big negative, but that's personal preferrence. I'm sure there's other options, but I haven't researched that yet. I enjoy the phone quite a bit. It's definitely not a business class phone. That doesn't mean it can't be used for business. Just that when you hold it up to the Blackberry and ask which one is better suited to keep you going in business, the Blackberry blows the Iphone and Droid away. When you get past the business class part, the blackberry becomes obsolete and useless. Their new OS is somewhat promising, but it's still not going to compete with Apple or Droid. Give it 5 years and RIM will be dead, or like Nextel only viable in certain business markets.
So all are good phones, but I don't see enough of a difference between the droid and the iphone to say who is better or worse. Each have strong points and weak points. I personally think I have a bum device and will be swapping it out for a new one to see if that resolves all the issues. When it comes to business, Blackberry is still king. When it comes to everything outside of business, it's a toss up. I think initially Apple will win that fight, but unless they release the functionality and usability that droid is, that will change quickly.
So there ya have it. I said the Iphone is a good device. Still dont think it's the end all of all devices out there, but for someone who wants a good all around functionality device, the droid or apple will work.
