BigQ
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So I have a perspective on these phones a little different then some may.I use a Blackberry 8830, Apple IPhone 3G and now the Motorola Droid X.
I Run a BES for work with various Blackberries on it and two service carriers, Sprint and Verizon. This allows incredible control over the phone and there is no alternative for enterprise access in my opinion for security, networking and mail Server integration.
On a personal side my wife runs a Blackberry Storm (V1). It has a lot of features even for personal use. Using mail, music, Facebook, App store etc. The phone has a lot of advanced features that the normal user just won't use and it still seems a little "business like".Performance is ok, but I know from experience the Storm II is quite a bit better phone all around.
We also run a few IPhone's at the enterprise level. I use a 3G (soon to be IPhone 4) and the phone is extremely user friendly, applications for almost everything, can use like an IPod for music, great screen, I really like the IPhone especially for reading emails (better then my BB8830).
But it is limited for enterprise email integration. I know they "make an app for that" for the inherent system shortfalls of the IPhone, but that really misses the point on a comparison to a BES and Blackberry client which is far superior. The IPhone is just "OK" as a phone and we haven't had to many compaints about the AT&T service. I may be a little bias since we use AT&T for out Internet and branch communications and the service has been outstanding.
On a personal level I really like the IPhone. The touchscreen is outstanding, applications are vast and the email is really easy to read and use as opposed to a BB phone. I like the fact of having all your pictures, music and communications on one device. It is a bit slow at times, but it is an older version. The interface is really getting tired also.
So I have never owned a smart phone for personal use, just a plain old phone that makes calls was all I needed. I do not do a lot of social networking (I work with computers all day, not exactly the social elite here) and was a little leary about paying the extra $30 a month for something I would probably not use much. I do however find it nice to be able to look crap up on the road and was really intrigued by the Android OS, so I caved.
Boy I am glad I did, I love this phone! The screen is HUGE and the touchscreen action is very smooth, I am very impressed when compared the touchscreen king (IPhone). The phone comes loaded with applications and the Android market expands daily. I used the built in navigation (not vznav) and it was incredible the way it works, really nice so far.I hooked it up to the computer and it loaded drivers no problem at all (using Win7 x64) and pulls up a nice little media manager that you can spec which app to use for music, pictures and folder access. Opened up windows media player , my personal choice, and right there was the DroidX, syncs no problem. Viewing and transferring files natively is very simple.
So we have not run an Android OS in the enterprise yet, but I assume it will be close to the IPhone and the Blackberry will still be the choice for business, can't beat BES, but with the Android so new to the phone market I can only guess what might might happen in the future. Apple had better expand the carriers or it might suffer the same dismal market share. And RIM needs to get on the ball with device design.
For personal use I think my friend said it best (who is an Apple fanboi) If you are a techno geek get the Droid, but get your wife the IPhone
. Apple really has the end user use down to a science, but the Android OS really is more of a small computer in your hands and not being tied down by Steve Jobs gives it real potential.:thumbsup
I Run a BES for work with various Blackberries on it and two service carriers, Sprint and Verizon. This allows incredible control over the phone and there is no alternative for enterprise access in my opinion for security, networking and mail Server integration.
On a personal side my wife runs a Blackberry Storm (V1). It has a lot of features even for personal use. Using mail, music, Facebook, App store etc. The phone has a lot of advanced features that the normal user just won't use and it still seems a little "business like".Performance is ok, but I know from experience the Storm II is quite a bit better phone all around.
We also run a few IPhone's at the enterprise level. I use a 3G (soon to be IPhone 4) and the phone is extremely user friendly, applications for almost everything, can use like an IPod for music, great screen, I really like the IPhone especially for reading emails (better then my BB8830).
But it is limited for enterprise email integration. I know they "make an app for that" for the inherent system shortfalls of the IPhone, but that really misses the point on a comparison to a BES and Blackberry client which is far superior. The IPhone is just "OK" as a phone and we haven't had to many compaints about the AT&T service. I may be a little bias since we use AT&T for out Internet and branch communications and the service has been outstanding.
On a personal level I really like the IPhone. The touchscreen is outstanding, applications are vast and the email is really easy to read and use as opposed to a BB phone. I like the fact of having all your pictures, music and communications on one device. It is a bit slow at times, but it is an older version. The interface is really getting tired also.
So I have never owned a smart phone for personal use, just a plain old phone that makes calls was all I needed. I do not do a lot of social networking (I work with computers all day, not exactly the social elite here) and was a little leary about paying the extra $30 a month for something I would probably not use much. I do however find it nice to be able to look crap up on the road and was really intrigued by the Android OS, so I caved.
Boy I am glad I did, I love this phone! The screen is HUGE and the touchscreen action is very smooth, I am very impressed when compared the touchscreen king (IPhone). The phone comes loaded with applications and the Android market expands daily. I used the built in navigation (not vznav) and it was incredible the way it works, really nice so far.I hooked it up to the computer and it loaded drivers no problem at all (using Win7 x64) and pulls up a nice little media manager that you can spec which app to use for music, pictures and folder access. Opened up windows media player , my personal choice, and right there was the DroidX, syncs no problem. Viewing and transferring files natively is very simple.
So we have not run an Android OS in the enterprise yet, but I assume it will be close to the IPhone and the Blackberry will still be the choice for business, can't beat BES, but with the Android so new to the phone market I can only guess what might might happen in the future. Apple had better expand the carriers or it might suffer the same dismal market share. And RIM needs to get on the ball with device design.
For personal use I think my friend said it best (who is an Apple fanboi) If you are a techno geek get the Droid, but get your wife the IPhone
. Apple really has the end user use down to a science, but the Android OS really is more of a small computer in your hands and not being tied down by Steve Jobs gives it real potential.:thumbsup
