New iPhone and BlackBerry Curve to hit shelves in July
Yesterday, I was talking with one of my friends who works for AT&T, and we were discussing the new BlackBerry Curve, which will be hitting the shelves in July. As we were talking, he also mentioned that the new iPhone will be arriving at the same time. Since I am eligible for an upgrade in November, I was starting to weigh the pros and cons on both phones.
Currently, I have a BlackBerry Curve 8300, which has definitely been a great smartphone. After all, it has great sound qualities, whether you are using the handset or listening to Pandora on the phone. In fact, I often treat my BlackBerry like it is an iPod by downloading music from my computer on to the phone. Aside from the sound, I also like that you can copy and paste stuff on the BlackBerry, and the Documents to Go feature allows me to access Word documents at the click of a button.
The new BlackBerry Curve offers these features, along with a 3.2 megapixel camera and video recording technologies. In fact, the new BlackBerry Curve will also feature a format that is similar to the BlackBerry Bold. The other good part to the new Curve is the fact that BlackBerry is featuring a new applications store to remain competitive with the iPhone.
As for the iPhone, all of the cool kids have these amazing devices. Although it is more pricier than the BlackBerry, it offers more applications and features. With a larger display screen and touch screen capacities, the iPhone is a more modern device that offers many of the available features of the BlackBerry Curve devices. You can still video record, take pictures, use the Google Maps feature, and Twitter on the iPhone. However, with the new software upgrade, you will now be able to cut and paste, as well as having direct wi-fi access. In fact, Engadget has a great breakdown of the new features with the iPhone software upgrade.
Overall, both the iPhone and Blackberry Curve will no doubt provide competition with each other. In the meantime, it looks like I have a difficult decision to think about before November.
Posted on March 21, 2009, in Current Events and tagged Apple, BlackBerry, iPhone, RIM, Technology. Bookmark the permalink. 3 Comments.
The iPhone does NOT record video – and I hate that!
I heard from my friend that the new iPhone will record video. I don’t see how it has the capacity to do that, but I guess the upgrade might provide many features that the 2nd generation does not offer. This will no doubt factor in my decision, as I have recorded video recently from my BlackBerry. The sound quality on the video was not as good as my Flip camera, but it had a clear quality.
I am trying to make the decision between the two now and it IS hard – I just cannot decide!