BlackBerry Bold Available from AT&T on Tuesday - iPhone vs BlackBerry? Get a BlackBerry and an iPod Touch?
The new BlackBerry Bold goes on sale Tuesday (don't forget to vote for Obama - I mean, McCain) and is available at the AT&T stores in your neck of the woods.
My "review" is not a traditional review. It's a series of hopefully unbiased interviews with friends and colleagues that I knew had either a a BlackBerry or an iPhone. Since the Bold is brand new, I was really looking for first impressions.
For a thorough review see this one on Gizmodo, or this one from Howard Chui, and this one from CNet. For really great comparative review of the Bold vs. the iPhone, see the iPhoneBlog review here.
The Bold is a wonderful piece of hardware. The screen is superb. The keys, I must admit are superior to my iPhone. But having been a long time previous BlackBerry user, I still lean towards my iPhone, mostly because of the Apple ecosystem that I have embraced.
As a stand alone single purpose device, the BlackBerry reigns supreme. Yes, I know you can get on the web, take a few photos and even import music, but as an overall device, coupled and integrated with the Mac, the the iPhone is the better choice.
Or, if you must have both, get the Bold and an iPod Touch.
