« Howto: Train a BES administrator | Main| Lotusphere 2008 Sessions »

BlackBerry Bold vs iPhone v2

Category  
Bookmark : del.icio.us  Technorati  Digg This  Add To Furl  Add To YahooMyWeb  Add To Reddit  Add To NewsVine 

A new 8800-sized BlackBerry - the Bold - is due in July. And so is the iPhone 2. Specification for specification, how do they stack up? Check this out.

    Conclusion:
  • Processors, screen, wifi, mobile specs are nearly exactly the same. Though the Bold has a twice as fast processor than the previous Curve, Pearl and 8800 - so it feels fast. The iPhone 2 still has the same processor as iPhone 1. And the screens are the same resolution.
  • Memory wise, the Bold has 1gb onboard, and expandible to 16gb. The iPhone has 8gb or 16gb. Realistically, the majority of the iPhone memory will be used as an iPod. Most BlackBerry users dont yet use their BlackBerries as MP3 players (though this became possible). I guess there's not a 'sync my BlackBerry to iTunes' option.
  • Of course, the BlackBerry includes full mail/PIM sync with Domino, Exchange, Groupwise, whereas the iPhone 2 does full mail/PIM with Exchange and MobileMe (the new name for .mac). The MobileMe subscription costs an additional fee.
Interesting times ahead, indeed. Given the BlackBerry dominance of corporate mail, and Apples amazing entry to the mobile phone market just a year ago, its all to play for.

Posted by Bill Buchan On 13/06/2008 | Digg This |

Comments

Gravatar Image1 - Read the comparison and there isn't a lot in it - although quite a few features on the Bold that the iPhone just doesn't have.

If RIM have improved the web browsing (the iPhone is great there) and somebody did a iTunes sync for the Bold then I think it wins. Emoticon

Posted by Scott At 13:08:22 On 13/06/2008 | - Website - |


Gravatar Image2 - Considering the iPhone track record and that IBM and Commontime are both working on an iPhone connector for Lotus Domino, I wouldn't bet too much money on the Blackberry.

Posted by Alejandro Ahumada At 13:38:08 On 13/06/2008 | - Website - |


Gravatar Image3 - I'd agree that in the consumer/small business space the iPhone will give Blackberry a run for its money. The security and device management for the iPhone has a fair bit to go before larger organisations will look at it seriously.

On the iPhone track record ... it was only released 8 months ago and some reckon that its sales are topping out now! So I'm not sure how much you can take from that, but it will sure be interesting to watch..

Posted by Scott At 14:21:07 On 13/06/2008 | - Website - |


Gravatar Image4 - The iPhone still feels very much like a consumer product. It's difficult to make a business decision to use something that has only been on the market for a short time and doesn't fully support all of the major email systems.

Posted by Gavin Bollard At 01:28:45 On 16/06/2008 | - Website - |