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Post your comments for 8 Reasons to Pick iPhone Over BlackBerry Storm here

[JTMarshall]

Now that's a small minded review of two phone's, I mean come on, the keyboard, the iphone can only type in landscape mode, know how is an extra feature like the ability to type in both orientations a draw back. Most of the other "reasons an iPhone is better" have to do with the iPod and the ability to download apps, will the apps store is nice , all of them have a blackberry counterpart. Built in memory being a plus, i don't think so, I will give you the Wi-Fi being a huge plus but that's about it. The iPhone has such a cult following that berating and making fun of phone that are maybe superior is what most apple-tracked minds do.

[mike091392]

Wow. That review wasn't biased at all(if you can't tell, this is sarcasm).

[BoxMan]

Looks like Al Sacco W/CIO has a lot of stock in apple? or learned to write at MSNBC. "Just one side of the story"

[lordprocyon]

I'm sorry, but I simply can't agree with several of these:
#8 is a major turn off for me- itunes is terrible, it's incredibly slow, it's always attempting to mess up my music, my ipod touch, it's incredibly possessive, it wastes significant amounts of computer processing power, and it's a huge annoyance. To force me to use this junk is incredibly arrogant and insanely annoying.
I don't like the app store, it's really hard to find decent apps on there anymore then the top 50, you have to go to online reviews, find potential apps that you might like, and then search for them on the store. The 1500 apps that the store has is simply unwieldy right now.
I'm sorry, but I really don't see how built in memory is a plus. Apple is forcing you to one single permanent amount of memory, how in the world is that a benefit? Saying that it's easier for the user is nonsense, all they have to do is follow the pretty pictures in the manual and they can put it in the slot just as easily in the storm.
As for the browser, I'm extremely frustrated with safari. There's no way to use another, better, browser in the iphone (and people complained about microsoft and ie?), the browser is often slow, it crashes, it has issues rendering pages at times, there's no add blocking, apple seems to have little interest in improving the browser.
On the other hand I definitely agree with the arguments about the wi-fi, the keyboard, and media player. :)

[docbenway]

What kind of lead is, "Due in large part .. .". First this article is badly written. Second, Al's 8 reason are a stretch at best. ITunes integration is not necessarily good or bad. I rip my music from CDs. Built in memory is a wash at best. You max out your IPOD and you are done until you get to a computer. With the Storm just carry a few microSD cards. As far as 1st generation vs 2nd generation is irrelevant some companies get it right the first time and isn't legitimate.
At best Al comes across as a Fanboy rather than an unbiased reviewer. Very Walt Mossberg but a lot less elegant.

[Chris2008cal]

Nice rip off of the CNN/Fortune article: http://apple20.blogs...ns-pro-and-con/

[Evildave]

It's probably an Apple press release. Why should reporters do anything besides post them like they're the truth?

[etdweasel]

The lack of wi-fi is the only downside, to my way of thinking. I don't give a rodent's posterior about iTunes. Yeah, the iPhone is slick. The AT&T network, at least where I work and travel, is not. Verizon, for all their faults (and there are WAY too many to list here) has the network, period. Apple; build me an iPhone that's CDMA, isn't forever tied to the gawdawfull iTunes and that I can use as a wireless modem, then we'll talk...

[rem736]

for the marjority of people in this camp, it's a moot point. if you prefer at&t, you get the iphone. if you prefer verizon, you get the blackberry. it's not like the phones can be used on the other carrier's network (gsm vs tdma/cdma (one of these, but i forget which one)). so why don't you point this out to begin with?

[TooCoolCdn]

Hi,

I just looked at our Rogers site here in Ontario in regards to the new Blackberry BOLD and your "8 reasons to buy the iPhone over the Blackberry Bold article". It has numerous errors and holes in it's logic.
The real problem is with Verizon, not the Bold itself.
Since readers of your publication also are here in Canada, you may want to scale back your critisim of a truely great product. My Wi-Fi works great and my keyboard gives me no problems at all!
I also use it for business,so music is the least of my concerns. If I wanted music...I'd get an Ipod.


Dan

[adikoni]

Hahahah Yep Apple employee or share holder. Here is my feedback:

8) iPhone Now Second Generation

1st RIM PDA Blackberry introduced in 1999, so right off the start Blackberry has 7.5 years on iPhone. No 1st, 2nd, 3rd generations in RIM devices. No need to fix bugs or improve anything. They all work off the start. Apple, maker of many different products as we all know. RIM maker of PDA phones. Who's the expert?

7) Built-In Memory

How is this even a benefit? Another part that may break down and your whole phone needs to be taken a part. Memory card? swap it, change it, use it in other devices. Seriously... where is the internal HD benefit?

6) iTunes App Store

Why would this be a benefit since Apple has the only rights to sell music on iPhone. How often would you use the Store? In my eyes there is no benefit over BB.

5) iTunes Integration

BB media player works great and for all you iTunes lovers RIM does have Media Sync integration for iTunes. Benefit? Don't see one.

http://na.blackberry...a/mediasync.jsp

4) Full QWERTY (Virtual) Keyboard

Blackberry has one too. That works in both views horizontal and vertical. It also uses brand new setup where you type by pushing the button instead of typing on release. Read on it it's amazing.

3) Wi-Fi Support
Yep. Here is the first benefit on iPhone side.

2) iPod Media Player

This is the 3rd out of 8 benefits related to Music. Not one word on the true usage of a PDA. push to email, personal, corporate, communication, size, usability? At the end we are talking about music. Does it play? Yes? than it's all good. BTW BB media player feels and looks like WMP. No complaints from here.

1) iPhone's Safari Browser

I am unable to comment on this point as I had limited ability to use the Storm browser.


In conclusion:

Do you want to buy an MP3 player with a phone option (iPHONE) or do you want fully functional Personal Data Device Phone with great video and music capability. I want the Blackberry. I already have 7 dead ipod's. BTW Storm will be my 6th model of Blackberry. Never broke any of them, never died on me, never stopped working on me. I have my home, my office and my personal life wherever I go.

[docbenway]

Hey PC World how about updating the stupid thumbs up and changing it two percentage of people that recommend this article versus the percentage that don't. By my count 82% of your readers don't recommend this article versus the 18% that do. Your 18 thumbs up is misleading. But then again, I don't think you were really after the truth. You did publish is crap.

[itproandteacher]

So biased, I don't know where to begin. The previous posters hit points I'd have covered, basically the iPhone is a glorified music player, so that's why the author focuses on music. Sad thing is, the BB Bold is so much more than a music player/phone. And also like many of the posters, most of these so-called advantages of the iPhone aren't advantages unless you're lazy or prefer Apple's apps to the alternatives that you DON'T have on the iPhone (like a different browser, media player, ability to swap out memory, battery, etc.). It depends on what you want. If you love Apple and want a music player that can make calls and add apps and utilize limited Web content that only Apple approves, then the iPhone is fine. If you actually want fuller access to content and personal information, then the BB Storm is superior to the iPhone. It's all preference, and this "journalist" is being irresponsible and so transparently biased.

[TechieXP]

Since you love your iPHONE so much, why don't you take it to the courthouse, marry it and then have kids by it.

[chuckchuck]

iTunes WAS a really nice app, back at version 4 - now it's a bulky, overloaded, spyware installing piece of "you know" - so that is no reason to want an iPhone. And not being able to use a MICRO SD card in an iPhone is just Job's "control freak" way of saying have it his way or no way. The only thing I see the iPhone being "better" at is that it supports Wi-Fi.

[TechieXP]

How about 1 good reason not to buy and iPHONE. It's not a phone. Its a hybrid version of the iPOD. Even in Apples' own commercials, it goes down the cool features of it, and the last thing it shows is it actually getting a call. Which validates my point of if you did an iPOLL as to teh top 5 things ppl do with it, calling wouldn't even make the top 5. it would be 6th. Look at teh article...out of all the things iPHONE does he didn't even mention calling. Fact is you can save some cash y not needing a contract for 2yrs just to listen to music. Thats stupid. Lets see. $199 for teh phone with a contract, $180 per month to use every feature, the cost of download tunes and ringtones that last 30 sec $.99 each...cost of ownership...expensive. Alternative, iTOUCH, do all of teh same things without needing an expensive month bill, frees up $180 that is well spent on iTUNES if you so choose. What a RIP. Pit it against teh new Palm 800w which has real GPS, audio turn by turn navigation, a real browser, real business application and isn't advertised as a music player. its a real serious PDA for ppl who actually have true use for one, which is what BlackBerry is, it is a business phone which is what PDA's are. iPHONE isn't a PDA, its a fancy slick toy that just happens to make calls. Just like Apple talks about how uch fun teh Mac is over PC bec it isn't for people that need a computer to work, its for ppl who need a expensive toy to have fun. Proving Apple's gadgets are for ppl who think life is all play and no work. Go iTOUCH...i propose iBAN- iban the use of iPHONE as a PDA for business ppl who need a Smartphone instead of a music player that rings. There are better options. I don't hate iPHONE...it just gets to over-rated.

[bperetto]

Like others, I don't see many reasons here to pick an iPhone. At the time of this writing, yeah the AppStore was an issue- but that's been put into place. And Storm2 will have Wifi- so that will be fixed. Otherwise, all of the other iPhone "features" you list are thing I'd consider faults. Ipod/ITunes? Safari? Non-exandable memory? NO THANKS!!

[ahumanbean]

This is a downright ridiculous article. Most of the eight reason are reason not to use the iPhone. Safari is a terrible browser, the full qwerty keyboard is so cramped it is useless and it does not rotate. The memory is the exact reason to not get an iPhone. The only really good reason is Wifi.