“iphone or blackberry storm? help me decide good people of friendfeed!”
16 hours ago
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3.2 megapixel camera, video capture, professional-quality smart phone VS lots of funky (and sometimes functional) apps, great ui & product growth potential - Cee Bee
Which carrier do you have? Personally, the iPhone was *never* an option for me because AT&T sucks donkey balls. I have no respect for Verizon as a company, but they win out in terms of service. - Eric P
Crackberry! - sofarsoshawn
We have iPhones and AT&T here. Love the phones, never had a problem with AT&T. - Rochelle
that's another good point eric. i'm on verizon and have no complaints over the three years i've been with them at all. at&t's network is subpar compared to verizon - Cee Bee
I've had an iPhone since launch day of the V1 - it's a great product and AT&T's network gets better every week. I've never used a storm so I can't really comment on it, but personally I'd rather have a v2 product than a v1 product. - Sparky
also wifi VS lack of wifi (blackberry) & lack of cut and paste VS cut and paste abilities (blackberry) - Cee Bee
Blackberry has no wifi? That alone would be a deal killer for me. - Rochelle
I'm torn too, and just to add to the conflict, have you thought about getting the G1? - Juan Pablo González
i've toyed around with the iphone plenty and find it really engaging. on the other hand, this new blackberry storm has a lot of great features including better resolution, ability to switch memory cards and an apps store launching in march of 2009 - Cee Bee
juan pablo -- i've thought about the g1 as well as the htc touch pro/fuze but don't seem them quite up to par with the blackberry storm or iphone. the g1 (android) has tons going for it though and i expect the second generation to be really great - Cee Bee
rochelle -- the wifi is a big factor in certain settings for sure, but verizon's network is super fast for blackberry. still can't figure out why they left that out of the storm though - Cee Bee
iPhone FTW. - Roberto Bonini
What about price? how much do you have to pay to get the storm? - Juan Pablo González
they're both $199 (8GB iphone vs storm after $50 rebate). that's not really a factor though. i'd pay a bit more for a phone that satisfies as many functions and capacities as possible. - Cee Bee
Iphone! - orionstarr
well, i must say, you guys have me leaning towards the iphone for sure. any additional opinions/comments are welcomed! - Cee Bee
Can't remember, are the issues with the battery fixed in the 3G iPhone? that wouldn't be a deal breaker for me, but just throwing it out there - Juan Pablo González
Juan, what was the battery issue? I've never had battery problems with mine. - Rochelle
Not lasting at all... I think it was the 3G that just drained it? a friend here has the first gen, asked him on sunday what he still thinks of his phone, and he says that he's thinking about getting a "real" phone. - Juan Pablo González
I think they are. It depends on how you use the iPhone as well. Depending on my day, battery life differs due to how often I use it ( music, wi-fi, calls, 3G, apps). - Roberto Bonini
Ahh. Well, like Roberto said, if you're using it non-stop for battery sucking things like music, etc. then it will obviously last not as long as if it's just idle. But it's never been so much of an issue for me that I get frustrated with it. - Rochelle
Verizon has the more reliable network in the tri-state area but them forcing Blackberry to remove wi-fi from the Storm was a crap move. iPhone has been working pretty well for me. - saeba
no there is definitely wifi with the Storm/Bold and even some of the curves, the problem is though when I had an iphone I could never use it as they promote it. For example when I tried to listen to music and talk on it, it would ALWAYS crash. The blackberry has less bells and whistles, but it still has all the necessities and more. But beware it's ugly. However the storm is supposed to be something different...? - sofarsoshawn
the new powerslider case from incase doubles the battery life. it comes out nov. 28th: http://goincase.com/products/d... -- the bad thing is the price ($100) - Cee Bee
sofarshawn -- there's no wifi with the storm. the bold, yes - Cee Bee
another positive about the storm is the ability to run and keep open multiple apps/functions at once - Cee Bee
Cee Bee: A mobile phone is not the desktop. Practically speaking, running one application at a time is not a problem. Lestways, iIve never had that problem. - Roberto Bonini
"a mobile phone is not the desktop" -- what do you mean by that? - Cee Bee
He means it's not essential for a mobile phone to be running more than one app at a time. Although I would like it on the iPhone so that the IM programs would work properly. - saeba
i disagree. it's not essential, but i'd like to have the option of listening to music while i check the internet, text message someone or mess around with some other application - Cee Bee
Heh, well you don't have to worry about that. That works just fine on the iPhone. iPhone can multitask, Apple just hasn't made that feature available to third party developers yet. - saeba
I have an iPod Touch and love it, so I would be inclined to go with the iPhone. - RAPatton
that's what i think the issue was. thanks saeba. man that lack of cut and paste thing really irritates me. surely they can do a software/firmware update to address that - Cee Bee
Yeah unfortunately they definitely like taking their sweet time with the whole cut & paste thing. - saeba
iPhone. Of course. I have missed copy and paste maybe 2 or 3 times total over 2/12 years of iPhone use. - Steve Isaacs
Storm! - Marcos Vicente
As far as wi-fi, how often are you around a wi-fi hotspot where that would be handy? For me I know the answer is not much - at work, home, friends, and coffee places I always have my laptop with me, so that point is moot. The advantage of a smartphone, to me, is functional, ubiquitous (non-wifi) internet access. For that, the network matters more than the phone, and I come back to the kitten-drowning, baby-eating evil that is AT&T. - Eric P
i agree on that wifi point, eric. it's an extra, but it shouldn't be a make or break especially since wifi is better suited toward other hardware - Cee Bee
