Advice on iPhone versus Blackberry

[King James]

Originally Posted by Ahbroody

From a person with a windows based smart phone.

Blackberry
So apparently google maps doesnt work on blackberry?

Works perfect for me on the curve

Iphone
Its funny people love their Iphones, but most dont want to talk about how they pay so much for service and extras. Most things cost extra money, movies apps etc. Thats apples business model after all. The phones price has dropped now though so thats good. You also cant use your phone as a modem for your computer by jailbreaking or risk them shutting off your account. I know multiple people who have had this happen. There are some great apps for the Iphone. The web browser is solid. The down side is its a touch screen phone and it can fail. The network is also not the best. Not bad is not good enough when it matters most. Its a cool phone with some cool apps, thats a little awkward to use and has some spotty service. Just be prepared to pay for everything.

Would agree about the service being shotty, but think the iPhone/App Store deserves a bit more credit. It is by far (currently) the most superior app store and has the best/most user friendly way to obtain apps

Windows smart phone
I went this route when I looked around. I can do everything the Iphone does, movies music and I can do more. Of course I have to actually DO WORK on my phone like rip and load the movies and music and not just press a button. But then again I would rather do the leg work and keep the money in my pocket then pay Apple to spoon feed me all my stuff. The coolest thing I do for the kids is stream slingbox from my phone to a monitor in the car. Live TV in the car for the kids. Would love to see that on any other non windows phone. The Iphone is the ultimate media phone as long as you dont know that there is a lot of media options out there it cant do. At the local B&M there is a guy who works for apple and drinks the apple gravy big time. He had no reply to a few of my phones features and acually got a little angry.
Why would you pay for GPS program? I got google maps for free. I Use it all the time driving, Looking up restuarants banks everything and it didnt cost me a penny. 35.00? That app better do something pretty cool. All the apps on my phone were free come to think of it. I also pay less per month for service with unlimited data, text etc

With the new version of windows mobile they have made some improvements, but I would not go as far to say that a WiMo phone can do everything an iPhone can. I used to use WiMo and after I switched to RIM the problems with windows became very apparent. However, I have not used the newest version, so do not have first hand experience with the changes that were made.


I think it all comes down to personal preference and what you are willing to pay. Just go to the different stores and play around with the phones and find something you like that is in your price range