Apple releases iPhone OS 4.1 beta 2

i would like to see some of the ways…..
maybe multitasking? nope all BB’s have always done that and better than Apple. maybe the 6.0 browser? nope Rim has the highest acid test scores. maybe you mean the email? does anyone do email better than Blackberry?
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Ohhh shush. Your just upset because you are stuck with a storm… you know.. Blackberries attempt as an iphone rip off =].

It’s so sad. Why can’t people just dump their phone and get what they truly want? I feel bad for anyone stuck with storm too.

Let me start by saying that I have a) a blackberry bold, b) an iphone, c) a droid incredible. i believe i am well informed, and use all OS platforms regularly and I am not a fan boy of any one of them. I like some features in android, some in iphone and the email/calendar part of the blackberry. I use my blackberry for work emails and thats it. And I hate some parts of each of these. None of these are prefect.

I have run hybrid OS’s on my Bold, jailbroke my iphone and rooted the droid. MY subjective conclusions are:

1. iOS is extremely elegant. But hidden in it are v powerful disabled capabilities (nobody realizes how powerful the iphone can actually be unless they really go wild after jailbreaking as I did – Apple deliberately cripples the iphone, it seems, to provide the consistency that can be achieved only by targeting the lowest common multiple). The availability of an extremely large number of apps, post jailbreak tweaks etc are what attract me to it – not the fact that its cute – in fact i find that embarrassing. Also the iphone is flawed in many other ways – antenna, proximity sensor etc etc but overall its still very good for our times. Maybe 2 years hence we will laugh at it but not now.

2. Android – Gargantuan effort behind it with devs, google, many manufacturers behind it. It should concern all that with so many cooks in the kitchen the platform is inconsistent across hardware. This must be brought to a head by Google. Skins should only add a layer not be entangled with the underlying code with nasty tenterhooks. There are so many apps in the app store which i have installed only to find they are not compatible with the incredible and have had to frustratingly delete them, that i wish google starts laying down the law. Despite that, I do firmly believe that android is the wave for at least the near future. Apps are increasing dramatically and I can do a lot on my droid inc.

3. Blackberry – Like the webkit browser but on a 3″ screen, its pointless. Absolutely love the email/calendar/tasks part and integration with office email etc. And how could i forget their beautiful qwerty physical keyboards? However:

a. multitasking on a blackberry is not as efficient as people might think. It works yes, but all apps seem very inadequate compared to equivalent android or iphone apps – if you make these apps run in the background, so what – they were never as powerful as their versions on iOS or android. While Android is trying to lift 4 50lb weights, bberries are lifting 6 10lb weights – thats an analogy that seems relevant.

b. Memory management on a blackberry has left a lot to be desired (its as bad as a PC used to be). Why else do you have to reboot your phone every few days? The system does not clear up memory as other platforms do.

c. The paucity of apps for blackberries is absolutely hilarious. That alone is reason to look away. Nowadays, a phone is no longer just a phone or a pda+a phone, its a mini computer and a phone and and organizer and …. No apps = its a palm treo but a bit better.

d. Ever wondered why skype on VZ bberries dont work over wifi? Or why there is no fring app for bberries?? There is a technical limitation on bberries that does not allow full duplex voip, so all you get are apps such as iskoot or Skype for bberries which are call through methods, use your minutes and dont even work over wifi. Maybe OS 6 or later versions will address that but currently they cant handle true voip. This is a documented fact and again a deal killer.

e. Anybody who has seen RIM’s sorry attempts at a touch screen device and how horrendous their media/games management has been knows that this is a platform for work – you have a windows PC with MS office at work and a blackberry for office email. Neither of these are good for anything except work. At home, you get a mac, a droid personal cell, an ipad and so on… Nothing I have seen in OS 6 suggests that bberry is at least getting it. They have made some nice attempts but they are too far away now to catch up.

Long post but i have seen too many fanboys post very unbalanced statements without any reason except that they dont want to feel regret at their recent purchase.

For me its simple – 1. Blackberry for work – she is my wife – loyal and reliable and life without her would be complete chaos, 2. Iphone for media/post jailbreak fun, games, elegance – the supermodel i would like to have hang on to my arm, and 3. Android for the techie in me – like a woman of questionable reputation who satisfies you at a very base level.

Just my 2 cents

LOL. Just think about it. RIM is on 6.0. Apple is on 4.0. LOL. Not even close. 6.0 – 4.0 = 2.0 +/- 0.0. Not even within the St.D.

…. yes and Android is on 2…

Doesn’t really come into the argument against RIM here. 2.0, yes, 2.2 no.

Exactly. Android is even further behind RIM and Apple.

i would like to see some of the ways…..
maybe multitasking? nope all BB’s have always done that and better than Apple. maybe the 6.0 browser? nope Rim has the highest acid test scores. maybe you mean the email? does anyone do email better than Blackberry?
please elaborate on your comment

Apple has been behind the competition in terms of OS up until today. Finally Jobs and Co has caught up to the rest of the world. Just saying. Apple was playing catch up since 2007 and if it wasn’t for Google, Apple would still be behind in the mobile OS. Competition has forced Apple to give us the basic features that Nokia phones gave us in 1999. lol

caught up to a complete OS… no. No OS is ever complete.

Plus they are catching up just like Android in terms of having to update to get the phones better and better.

@android

You are literally too stupid to live…

It could be a lemon. The only issue I’ve had is the proximity sensor issue, and even that is not too severe (I’ve hit the speaker phone button a couple times). I’ve started to intentionally cup my phone in my left hand during calls to see if any drops occur, and nothing. I live in a relatively mediocre AT&T area (I get around 2 bars on the 4.0.1 scale before the “death grip”). I can definitely see the bars dropping, and speed test can confirm signal degradation, but I simply cannot get a call to drop.