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brian
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Take a look at the companies developing android apps – any of them offer you free monthly cell service? Um, no.

All Android is is a better toolbox but that’s all. In the hands of one-armed chimps, well, you cna figure out the rest. Will you be getting better features and easier to use UI than now – presumably but that’s counting on Verizon not to lock out features or in this case – NOT EVEN DESIGN THEM … you get what you pay for.

The iPhone is simply better than every other phone on this planet right now. Are there individual specs that other phones can “top?” Sure but that’s like claiming a Buick is better than a Porsche because it only has a 6-cyclinder engine … other phones you can buy by specs because that’s exactly what you get – cobbled together specs – the iphone is designed to operate as a whole thing. There is a difference.

Whilst it is admittedly a beautiful piece of design it still looks underpowered compared to, say, a Nokia N95. But of course Nokia don’t appeal to the kind of people who queue up for a phone with a 2MP camera.

Surprised people are slating Blackberry – my 8830 is the fastest PDA I’ve ever used and has also only crashed once in six months unlike the two Windows phones I’ve had which were slow and always crashing.

I would say for the most part mobile applications have for the most part sucked. But i would disagree in saying that most of the apps available now on the iPhone are any better. Sure, they look better and function better, that’s because of the device. We’re still seeing the same old check-list/todo list applications that every phone have.

To be honest, the top 50 apps that Android had, impressed me a whole lot more than any of the current mobile applications out there.

I see the smartphone market as a two horse race (unless Android can market itself as a non-2nd tier alternative, a google branded phone would help).

For at least the short-term, i see RIM as the market leader, just becuase of their greater selection of devices. I’m not sure if Apple would branch beyond 1 or two iPhone models, such as a flip phone, doing so would lose a lot of the hype, and anticipation.

Yes, it’s a phone. Designed by Apple. Amazing.

Wake me up when it actually does something new and innovative.

I also disagree that the Blackberry’s days are numbered, but I think that with the iPhone 2.0 enterprise features, we will see some rapid erosion of their marketshare. I have a Blackberry, and overall, it’s a lousy experience. It’s slow, the screen is too small, navigation is a pain, browser sucks, no HTML email, dearth of quality software, pain to install apps, media management sucks, etc. It’s the kind of experience that you put up with because it’s the lesser of two evils. Well, not anymore.

Finally, I had to laugh at PatrickC’s assertion that the limitations of the iPhone and the App Store “will keep a lot of quality apps and serious developers away from that platform at least in the near future.” The iPhone already has a ton of VERY high quality apps available from very serious developers. You’re crazy if you think it’s going to slow down from here. I have a Blackberry curve, and not only are great apps few and far between, but they’re a pain to find and a pain to install. The App Store is yet another example of Apple simplifying things so that instead of only 5% of people using those features, 90% of people will.

These are the same type of discussions people had regarding the iPod / iTunes when it was first released. I guess some folks never learn.

ps: exactly like we got tired of reading , facebook apps and now twitter down time.

1) They have a slew of new devices coming, Bold/Javelin for the keypad business folk (which actually has a less boring corporate look to it, so i’m sure many consumers will enjoy), Thunder for the wanna be hip touchscreen consumer market, and the kick start for folks who just want a phone.

2)RIM has a lock on the corporate market, and is now focusing on the consumer market. I think RIM has already done the hard part by getting corporate, now that BB has a name everyone associates with quality, a few pretty devices should attract enough consumers.

3)As a developer, the locked marketplace of the iPhone still is not attractive. Although I am releasing iPhone applications, the mandatory usage of the AppStore, limited selling options and approval process are annoyances, and i’m sure i’m not the only developer who feels this way. I really think that will keep a lot of quality apps and serious developers away from that platform at least in the near future(as we’ve seen…not the games however). Also the large number of people complaining on software reviews that $8.99 for an app is too expensive, isn’t inviting. I believe the ease of building iPhone apps have attracted many people who just want to create garbage applications and sell it for $.99 to get a quick buck has made it harder for real applications to sell for the price it may be really worth… and not being able to trial applications just makes it more difficult after someone has been through 3-4 applications that suck and crash.

As far as Android, we’ll have to wait and see, I think it may hurt a little by not having a strong franchise of phones dedicated to solely that OS(like RIM:BlackBerry an the BBOS, Apple:iPhone and the iphoneOS). Windows has a name for itself, but i don’t think most consumers will even know what android is when it comes down to it.

To summarize, the iPhone is a great device and i love apple(have two notebooks), but i just disagree with people thinking BB’s days are over

Other than that, what capabilities does the iPhone have that other smart phones don’t? Copy/paste? MMS? Voice-activated dialing? Stereo bluetooth? How about push Gmail, Hotmail, and Yahoo mail? How about the ability to type without looking at the screen?

Oh, wait, it doesn’t have any of those basic functions you’d expect in even the lowest-end smart phone today. I think I’ll stick to my trusty BlackBerry, which does have all of those things, which are more important to me than a nice smudgy touch screen.

Also, with the next version of the BlackBerry desktop software, I will be able to sync my BlackBerry with iTunes.