Blackberry or android?

[Intrinsic]

I meant Apple

 

[greengiant]

I've got all three. Android, BB and iPhone. They all have their advantages depending on the application. More importantly the purpose or setting of the user, business,multimedia or social networking. My business requirement's moment to moment observation of the markets, and for security and transmission of data BB gets the vote.

 

[IM469]

Depends on whether you are looking for a tool or a toy. BB is a tool and iPhone is a toy. Secured corporate emails are best with BB. JMHO.

The only BB people who suggest iPhone & (lately) Android are toys are old die hard users that have actually not looked at the apps that are so robust and functional, that corporation after corporation have dropped their alliance to RIM. My iPhone solves equations, measurements, conversions, graphs, travel arrangements and one that the president (a pilot) couldn't duplicate on his limited old BB - AOPA listing for airports, runway layouts and support (fuel, etc) numbers -updated weekly.

I was an early RIM supporter but their myopic view of the capabilities of a smart phone as a business tool - put them very far behind. Anything that isn't e-mail or voice was a toy and even though they have come a long way - they can't catch up. My next phone will be the Galaxy S 3 ... if you are asking me to cripple my phone - which is a valuable work tool - for an Canadian antique - I won't do it. Business investments based on nostalgia never work out. JMHO.

 

[TeasePlease]

I haven't heard the "toy" argument in a long time. I knew that RIM was in trouble when the Iphone 3 came out and I noticed that many of the early adopters were 50 + year old corporate and legal types.

BB apps are getting better, but frankly, they just aren't good enough. More importantly, as good as they are now, they aren't BETTER than iphone or android apps.

If RIM was competitive, I'd be fully supportive (as I have been for 10+ years). But propping up a company for a crappy product because of nationalism... that theory doesn't fly even in the US and its much vaunted automotive industry.

 

[spme]

Whoever brings up argument about BB being more secure, don't really understand what he/she is talking about...