Full FeedSwitching from iPhone to Blackberry unleashes avalanche of hate
When Cnet’s Don Reisinger announced he was switching from an iPhone 3g to a Blackberry Bold (yes, you read that right), he was surprised by the offended tone some of his readers took, so much so that he’s written a follow up piece announcing why he’s leaving the iPhone behind:
“MarkCharge” said that I was “an idiot” for switching to the Bold. “Rahulunbhatia” told me that he “has used both” and “the iPhone is much better.” “JKing29” said that I’m “crazy” for “going from a good phone to a bad phone.”
Though there were a few folks who said that I’d be happier with the Bold, the overwhelmingly negative responses got me thinking: what’s up with all the BlackBerry hating?
Reisinger spells out his needs: the virtual keyboard doesn’t work as well for him as the physical buttons of a Blackberry, and he likes the e-mail program (which is what he uses the most) better than Apple’s. On the downside for the Bold, the application store isn’t as mature, he can’t have his iTunes library as readily available (although he could, of course, just carry a phone and an iPod like many do), and the Bold is extremely expensive without a contract (like the iPhone isn’t?). Of course, it’s possible that someone could write an e-mail application that would fit the needs of other users…but would Apple let it be sold on the App Store?
Still, it’s amusing to find die-hards out there giving someone heat for preferring a product from someone other than Apple. When it was Macs, we were a cult, but with the popular iPhone, it’s a little harder to write those voices off.
Now that the iPhone will (finally) be getting MMS, cut and paste, and a slew of other features in OS 3.0, do you think we’ll be seeing compatibility with external keyboards? What are the features in other gadgets that you covet in future iPhone releases?
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Apple is on a course that is very shaky right now. their business moves such overbearingly controlling of the iPhone and the new internal, only replaced in the apple store, battery for their new lap tops, are the first tiny mistake that will grow into dismay.
on April 17, 2009 at 09:55 AM - LINKApple products are loved because they are good products, people stay with apple products because? you guessed right again, we simply love the products.
Apples moves shows their insecurities on the market hence instead on just focusing on creating products that people love, they are creating a situation that forces people to stick with them; wrong move apple. this is the reason why people are now switching, go back to focusing on creating good products.
The only feature I’d like on either phone and the iPone 3.0 should have it, is universal search. It would just be simpler if they had a PIM like a Palm and would sync from a program unlike either Blackberry or iPhone whcih you need their sofware which isn’t that great.
on April 17, 2009 at 10:43 AM - LINKYou can get universal search if you jailbreak it. The problem is I shouldn’t NEED to jailbreak it to install apps that aren’t Apple approved.
Great product but Apple is too controlling. I’m selling my iphone.
on April 20, 2009 at 09:24 AM - LINKfact is the iphone rules and is upgradable as you will see from the 3.0 release
the iphone is a computing platform that evolves like macs do…the blackberry’s are not…sure they have been around for a long time…and deserve some respect but the fact is the iphone isn’t even 3 years old and it runs circles around every other phone out there…
but each person can have their own opinion so good luck with that
on April 30, 2009 at 02:50 PM - LINKI’m not saying the iPhone is not all the good that it is, Im on my 2nd iPhone about to go to my third-hopefully they don’t delay the new phone. But merely pointing out that these little selfish decisions that they are making will add up. there will be a time were you, Boca Boi 786, will be complaining because everything apple, will have to go through????? you guessed it, “Apple.”
on April 30, 2009 at 03:11 PM - LINK