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Apple iPhone vs. Blackberry

Posted in Features on 15. Sep, 2010

One of the iPhones main competitors in the field of smartphones is Blackberry. Now, Blackberry offers a wide variety of different models for different needs, but they are all pretty similar in their capabilities. Which one is better and which one is best for you?

If you are looking for a multimedia phone that has room for games, music, and apps, the iPhone is what you are looking for. It is more of an everyday, consumer phone, whereas the Blackberry is more of a business oriented phone. Sure, the Blackberry can do almost all the same things as the iPhone, but the iPhone just seems to do things a little faster and a little easier.

One exception to this rule is email and typing. If you type a lot on your phone and write a lot of emails, the QWERTY keyboard on the Blackberry may be a real benefit to you. Typing on a touch screen can be a little difficult, and it can talk a lot more time, so if you need fast typing abilities, you need a phone with a traditional QWERTY keyboard, and blackberries offer those.

Both the Apple iPhone and the Blackberry are great phones with great features, and you can’t really go wrong with either of them. You should evaluate your specific needs and see which one fits them best, and buy that one. But, unless you are a heavy typer, it seems that the iPhone once again reigns supreme in this competition.

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Why Is The iPhone More Than Just A Phone?

Posted in Features on 15. May, 2010

The Apple iPhone is really an incredible machine. It seems to do everything you can imagine. So, is it still suitable to call it a phone since it does so much more?

While the iPhone does have calling capabilities, it really offers so many more features that seem to overshadow that simple function. You can surf the Internet on it, you can use instant messaging programs, you can use it as a navigational device, and you can even play games on it. It even has a camera built in. when you compare all of those features to the fact that it is also a phone, you will see that those things overshadow the calling ability.

But, with the new iPhone 4, Apple has seemed to focus on the communication aspect a little more. They have introduced video calling, so you can call someone on an iPhone and use the built in camera function to have a video chat. What could be better than that? Soon, a normal voice conversation will be almost obsolete.

In the end, with all the features you see that the iPhone has, it is more suitable to call it a multimedia device with calling capabilities than just a phone. But, the overall mobile phone market is moving in that direction anyways. 10 years ago, who would have guessed that we could listen to music, surf the Internet, and use our cell phones as a navigational device? Who knows what the next 10 years will bring.

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