The Blackberry versus the iPhone

Techies just love to have pow-wow over this one. So which one is better?

Obvious answer: well it depends on what you want to use it for. Some people feel that the not-so-new-anymore iPhone has some serious potential to ruin future sales growth of the blackberry. Nonsense. What we really have is a non-compete situation here because these two products target completely different markets (with some overlap but not enough to impact sales performance of one over the other). The Blackberry, like the iPhone, is still a niche product but unlike the iPhone it’s expanded it’s reach to garner mass-market attention.

The Blackberry is for business professionals on the run; the iPhone is for consumers that want flashy, fun multimedia capability from their phone. The multimedia functions of the blackberry cannot compete with the iPhone but they’re also not selling points for the market either. Folks don’t buy a blackberry for the audio/video features similarly to the way iPhone users don’t buy an iPhone to check/send email and keep their contacts lists up-to-date.

For folks that own a blackberry and have little use for push technology, GPS and calendar/contacts synchronization – the iPhone might very well be a better option. But until the iPhone locks-in these capabilities, you simply can’t compare the two.

And as for me, until the iPhone has basic cut and paste features, you can count me out for sure. I'd die without cut and paste.