Blackberry Bold 9700 or iPhone 3GS 16G

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se-alum
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Apr 21, 2010 7:27pm
Which do I want?? I have a Curve right now, and really like Blackberry's, but I'm kinda intrigued by the Iphone. They'll both cost me $200, so price doesn't matter. Why is one phone better than the other??
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coyotes22
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Apr 21, 2010 7:30pm
Now that I have a Curve,,, I may stick with BlackBerry forever.

I know, dont help ya, :D
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Fab1b
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Apr 21, 2010 7:32pm
I have an Iphone and I recommend it
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WebFire
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Apr 21, 2010 7:41pm
I am starting to fall OUT of love with Blackberry. The Droid is so much better. If the iPhone is as good as the Droid, then iPhone is the way to go.
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I Wear Pants
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Apr 21, 2010 8:04pm
I'd say the iPhone. BB has been sort of falling behind the curve for a while now.

Especially when you consider that the 3GS will be able to do multitasking and all sorts of other neat stuff when the 4.0 update comes out this summer.
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MontyBrunswick
Apr 21, 2010 8:10pm
Just get a Droid phone. I think Android is going to snowball and eventually outpace the iPhone
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Automatik
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Apr 21, 2010 8:11pm
iphone....easily.

<<<< BB user here. Wish I could afford At&T and the iphone :(
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I Wear Pants
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Apr 21, 2010 8:23pm
dlazz wrote: Just get a Droid phone. I think Android is going to snowball and eventually outpace the iPhone
I don't think that will happen anytime soon. Android is too fragmented.
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se-alum
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Apr 21, 2010 8:24pm
Droid wasn't an option because Verizon service is far behind AT&T around here. I went w/ the iPhone because of the 4.0 update coming out this summer.
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Pick6
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Apr 21, 2010 8:40pm
i thought i was going to be a blackberry guy forever..i loved my curve. However, the storm was very dissapointing. So I moved on to bigger and better things. That being the motorola android.
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Apr 21, 2010 8:42pm
Pick6 wrote: i thought i was going to be a blackberry guy forever..i loved my curve. However, the storm was very dissapointing. So I moved on to bigger and better things. That being the motorola android.
I am pumped to make the switch to a droid as well. I will be picking my HTC Incredible next Thursday at Best Buy.
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Pick6
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Apr 21, 2010 8:43pm
wes_mantooth wrote:
Pick6 wrote: i thought i was going to be a blackberry guy forever..i loved my curve. However, the storm was very dissapointing. So I moved on to bigger and better things. That being the motorola android.
I am pumped to make the switch to a droid as well. I will be picking my HTC Incredible next Thursday at Best Buy.
If thats the new one that comes out the 29th, i have a buddy who is going to pick that up too.
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wes_mantooth
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Apr 21, 2010 8:47pm
Yeah, it is the new one. Reviews are stellar, I just hope I can get the hang of it....I have always been a "free phone" type of guy.
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se-alum
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Apr 21, 2010 8:48pm
Will I be able to move my pictures from Blackberry Manager to iTunes??
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I Wear Pants
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Apr 21, 2010 9:00pm
se-alum wrote: Droid wasn't an option because Verizon service is far behind AT&T around here. I went w/ the iPhone because I Wear Pants said so.
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I Wear Pants
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Apr 21, 2010 9:01pm
se-alum wrote: Will I be able to move my pictures from Blackberry Manager to iTunes??
I'm sure you can. Or at worst you could upload them to a site like flickr or something.
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se-alum
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Apr 22, 2010 8:44am
I Wear Pants wrote:
se-alum wrote: Droid wasn't an option because Verizon service is far behind AT&T around here. I went w/ the iPhone because I Wear Pants said so.
Reminding me of the update to 4.0 did make up my mind!
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j_crazy
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Apr 22, 2010 8:56am
i refuse to make george lucas anymore money.

down with droid.
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WebFire
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Apr 22, 2010 9:50am
Pick6 wrote: i thought i was going to be a blackberry guy forever..i loved my curve. However, the storm was very dissapointing. So I moved on to bigger and better things. That being the motorola android.
That's interesting. I have the Storm and like, but hate ALL the other Blackberrys.

But compared to the Droid, they all seem so slow.
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Apr 22, 2010 10:52am
I hate to steal a thread, but oh well :)




I'm in the market for a new Verizon phone. I'm not totally set on going with Verizon, but am leaning towards just renewing. I do use data/internet, etc so what's a good recommendation? I'm not really a big fan of the touch screens. BF thinks he wants a Droid and I'm up in the air.
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sjmvsfscs08
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Apr 22, 2010 11:09am
I have the Blackberry Curve2 and absolutely love it.
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hasbeen
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Apr 22, 2010 12:13pm
*Disclaimer: I'm a blackberry guy. I hate Apple. However, the droid is pretty slick.

I still stand by the fact that if you want a business oriented phone, go blackberry. If you want a more fun, showy, phone: the iphone or droid is the choice.

My sister has a storm, I have a storm, and my other sister has a curve. I've also played with a tour, bold, etc. I like em all I just prefer touch screens. The new curve is nice I've heard.
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Jawbreaker
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Apr 22, 2010 12:14pm
I Wear Pants wrote: I don't think that will happen anytime soon. Android is too fragmented.
I don't think it is as fragmented as you might like to think it is (I have seen the articles about it as well). Google knows that fragmentation can be a problem and they are moving to combat it (see v2.2 aka "froyo" news).
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WebFire
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Apr 22, 2010 1:31pm
pnhasbeen wrote:
I still stand by the fact that if you want a business oriented phone, go blackberry. If you want a more fun, showy, phone: the iphone or droid is the choice.
What can a BB do that the Droid can't when it comes to business? The Droid uses ActiveSync which is so much better than the BB system. Now, we don't use Enterprise server, so I don't know anything about that.
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Jawbreaker
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Apr 22, 2010 2:00pm
WebFire wrote:
pnhasbeen wrote:
I still stand by the fact that if you want a business oriented phone, go blackberry. If you want a more fun, showy, phone: the iphone or droid is the choice.
What can a BB do that the Droid can't when it comes to business? The Droid uses ActiveSync which is so much better than the BB system. Now, we don't use Enterprise server, so I don't know anything about that.
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