iPhone vs BlackBerry — How They Compare from the Perspective of a Former BlackBerry Addict

August 25, 2008
By: Spencer Rascoff
Author's Website: http://www.zillow.com

I’ve been a BlackBerry addict for the last 5 years, but converted to the iPhone last week. Here is a video post with my thoughts on how the two devices compare after 5 days using the iPhone (talking to the camera was easier and quicker than writing a blog post).

Sorry for the low video quality.

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PatrickN

It is really sad that this video has been removed... Well I have bought iPhone before the week and now everything it is so interesting about this mobile. Well I am very pleased with this device now and I hope that I will not have any problems with iPhone in the future. Thanks for this post and I will be waiting for othre great articles from you!

Sincerely,

Tom Mobson from iphone application development

atlantarealestate

Spence:

I know I'm alte to the party on this one, but I'm a long time BB user and was interested in your video comparing the two.

Anywhere I can find it, or did you hit delete on that baby?

Thanks,

Rob for Atlanta Real Estate

Spencer Rascoff

Update:
I downloaded the new software, and it has helped somewhat.
i'm now ok on the typing, but several apps still crash a lot
also, i find the contacts to be very slow -- that's still my biggest hangup.

Aaron

Very well explained Spencer! Thanks for that awesome summary.

I work in IT consulting and have lots of BlackBerry and iPhone experience from a support perspective. I'm surprised you didn't mention BlackBerry crashing when you talked about how your iPhone crashes. I find both devices can occasionally go down. On the iPhone at least you don't have to pull out the battery and put it back in again.

Also, have you noticed better performance since the 2.1 revision has come out? My iPhone is crashing a LOT less now.

In any case, thanks so much for an excellent review. My users often ask me to compare the two. I'm researching for a blog entry right now on choosing between iPhone and BlackBerry. Do you mind if I link to your video from my blog?

Chad Huck

Spencer,
I agree with everything you say! I converted from my Blackberry a few weeks ago and thank God it's sexy, otherwise I might not keep it. It is getting better though (or I'm just getting used to it). My battery life seems to be getting better... not sure if it's the 2.0.2 update or what, but I can almost go a full day without a battery charge, as to when I first got it, it only last a few hours.
-Chad