The Apple vs. the BlackBerry

by Jody Mitoma on April 28, 2008 at 12:51 pm

The article discusses the challenges RIM faces as the iPhone’s long-awaited ability to use MSExchange approaches, as well as some of the steps RIM is taking to maintain its dominance. These include an upcoming 3G device and the possibility of a touch screen interface.

Specific Statistics:

Worldwide smartphone shipments jumped 60 percent in the last three months of 2007 as compared to the same timeframe a year prior.
The iPhone grabbed 17.4% of the US smartphone market in its first six months.
While 54% of Blackberry users are very satisfied with their devices, a whopping 79% of iPhone users are.

Here’s a concluding quote from the NY Times article:

The BlackBerry has been open to developers since R.I.M. started using the Java programming language in 2001. But for now, those programs are simpler and more primitive than what’s coming on the iPhone. For example, some of the new software available for the iPhone will take advantage of its support for 3-D graphics and innovative features like its motion sensor, which allows users to rotate their screens. The BlackBerry does not support 3-D graphics; it also doesn’t have a motion sensor. If motion-sensitive gaming — like that found on Nintendo’s popular Wii console — finds a home on smartphones, R.I.M. may be at a disadvantage.

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In a survey this year of 3,600 professionals by ChangeWave, a research company, 54 percent of BlackBerry users said they were very satisfied with their devices.

Even so, the BlackBerry was a distant second in the survey: the comparable figure for the iPhone was 79 percent.

It only makes sense that the iPhone is doing so much better than the BlackBerry. The BlackBerry has been around for a much longer time, however, the devices simply don’t have as much power and sexiness! The iPhone, not only has 3-D graphics powers, it also has a accelerometer, and a very very user friendly interface. There is no doubts that the iPhone will take over the mobile phone industry within the next couple of years, unless R.I.M. thinks of something - and quick.

Afterall, R.I.M. did say that they are working exclusively on the mobile phone market, unlike Apple (iPhone) and Google (Android). Speaking of Google’s upcoming Android OS, it will also overpower R.I.M.’s BlackBerry devices, without question.

Read the full NY Times article by checking out the source link provided below.

(Source: NY Times via Just Another iPhone Blog)