iPhone was never intended to be a corporate smartphone like that of Blackberry devices.But the features supported and its popularity turned iPhone into a business-friendly device. Blackberry’s [RIM's] new device “Bold 9000″ is a deadly match with iPhone.Blackberry still remains email-king. iPhone’s email client needs to be more powerful.There are actually different audiences for both Blackberry and iPhone.
Blackberry Bold 9000
Size – Length: 144mm, Width: 66mm, Thickness: 14mm
Weight (with battery) – 133g
Memory – 1GB on-board (storage) and 128 MB Flash (applications)
Battery – 1500mAhr lithium cell
Network Support – UMTS: 2100 / 1900 / 850MHz, GSM: 1900 / 1800 / 900 / 850 MHz, GPRS, EDGE and HDSPA networks
Wi-Fi – 803.11a/b/g enabledDisplay – HVGA, 480 x 320 pixels, Transmissive TFT LCD, supports over 65k colors
Media Player, Video Support – DivX 4, Div X 5 & 6 are partially supported, XviD is partially supported, H.263, H.264 and WMV3
Media Player, Audio Support – .3gp, MP3, WMA9 (.wma/.asf), WMA9 Pro/WMA 10, MIDI, AMR-NB, Professional AAC/AAC+/eAAC+
Media Player, Audio – BlackBerry Media Sync allows you to transfer your desktop iTunes music to your BlackBerry!!!Camera – 2.0MP, 5 x digital zoom
GPS – internal GPS with extended ephemeris, BB Maps is standard
Bluetooth – Bluetooth v2.0, all the normal stuff and Bluetooth Stereo Audio via A2DP and AVCRP
USB Port – Enables charging and high-speed data synchronizations via USB “A” to mini-USB “B” cable
Browser – HTML browsing, View Movies/Clips from websites built for mobile streaming, RSS feed support
References:
http://www.techdigest.tv/2008/06/apple_iphone_3g.html
http://www.slashphone.com/blackberry-bold-press-release-available-in-few-hours-11443
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