Matt Hendrickson discusses the iPhone vs. the Blackberry in a recent TechCrunch post that compelled me to comment on the topic for those who are travel sales executives trying to figure this whole iPhone mania out... http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/25/iphone-v-blackberry-side-by-side-two-week-comparison/
First of all, the iPhone is cool looking. Fine. However, if you are a heavy traveler who needs email access, please realize that this phone does not have push email. That means that you will need to perform a manual sync or schedule a sync. Having worked with phones like this in the past, it is a battery killer! Secondly, the phone runs on the older version of the Cingular data network called Edge. To put it in data terms, we are talking about speeds of 70 - 100kpbs compared to typical modern data networks at 400 - 700 kbps second. When you are trying to send business attachments or via a spreadsheet with phone numbers or status updates, it will not be possible with those speeds. Forget the fun tools, they will not be fun at those speeds either.
So, hands down, I would suggest ANY phone Blackberry, Treo 750, etc...as long as it runs on a modern 3G network.
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Posted by: rfmeypv wvpxhtrij | March 18, 2009 at 03:10 PM