Comparing iPhone and Blackberry Features

Blackberry or iPhone?

There has been a long, ongoing debate among individuals on which phone is the best, would it be a Blackberry or iPhone? Which one is better for businessmen? Which one is better for general use? We will be looking into some of the differences between these phones, so as to determine which one is better for whom.

iPhone

We will start by taking a look onto the iPhone. The iPhone was introduced by Apple Inc. last January 2007.

Functions:

The basic features of the iPhone include:

• Multi-touch screen
• Virtual keyboard
• Web browsing
• Text messaging
• Media player
• WiFi connectivity
• Safari
• Bluetooth
• Camera
• Additional applications which can be downloaded from the Apple store. There are over 300,000 applications available now, including social networking applications, GPS, games and many other useful applications.

Models:

iPhone has four generations or models.

• The first model “iPhone 2G” has basic iPhone functions.
• Second model “iPhone 3G” has 3G network support and A-GPS locator.
• Third model “iPhone 3GS” boasts a higher resolution camera and faster processor.
• Final version “iPhone 4” comes with two cameras (front and back) and a higher display resolution.

OS:

iPhone runs on the iOS operating system developed by Apple Inc.

Blackberry

Blackberry is a Smartphone developed by Research in Motion (RIM) in 1996.

Functions:

Blackberry is equipped with many features that enable it to act as a personal assistant such as (features in Blackberry):

• To-do list
• Address book
• Calendar
• Media player
• Camera
• Flash
• Email
• Internet connectivity via mobile service or WiFi
• Bluetooth
• QWERTY keyboard

The latest models of the Smart phone now have added features to make typing much more convenient. Some of these include:

• Auto-correct
• Auto-text
• Text prediction
• Keyboard shortcuts
• Push email
• Text emotions
• Support for various languages
• Push notifications for Facebook, Twitter, My Space and eBay
• Push instant messaging is available through the Blackberry messenger, Yahoo Messenger, Windows Live messenger, Google messenger, and ICQ.

OS:

Blackberry runs on Blackberry OS from RIM.

Differences:

Performance

Now taking into consideration the above facts, we can now say that:

• Blackberry has better Bluetooth capabilities since it can be used for various reasons while the iPhone’s Bluetooth can only be used to connect to a hands-free device.
• The battery life of Blackberry is much better than that of the iPhone’s, making Blackberry better for continuously running social networking applications such as Twitter and Facebook.
• While using the hands-free function on both phones, you will notice that Blackberry has a clearer call quality than the iPhone.
• Sending SMS and e-mails, which are increasingly becoming popular nowadays, are easier to accomplish on a Blackberry than that on the iPhone because of the QWERTY keyboard on the Blackberry device. While using the iPhone’s touch keyboard, you may sometimes input wrong letters or numbers by mistake.
• The new Blackberry comes with an Intel PXA930 624 MHz processor, 256 MB flash memory and 265 MB SDRAM. The Blackberry’s proprietary multitasking OS, designed by RIM, controls all aspects of Blackberry including its trackball or track pad.

Each iPhone version has its own specifications which are:

• The best part of having an iPhone is an access to the Application store. There are literally thousands of applications and games that you can download from the Application store for free or at a cost. Nowadays, Apple is developing new applications that enable you to execute any task with your iPhone. Now, you can access online shopping stores such as Amazon and eBay from your iPhone. There is an application for PayPal as well, through which you can manage your business transactions. You can check the weather; check out movies and many other cool things if you have an iPhone, not to mention the social networking applications such as Facebook and Twitter.

Which phone should be chosen?

After taking into consideration all the pros and cons of each phone, we can see that both phones will prove useful one may be of more use in different circumstances. If you want a phone for business, emailing, texting, typing and doing office works while on the go then, you should buy a Blackberry because of its document tools and QWERTY keyboard. If you want a phone that provides lots of fun stuff like games, songs, applications as well as general phone features then, iPhone is the better choice.