In recent online reading, I’ve read that 40% of BlackBerry users will switch to the iPhone when it becomes available to Sprint and other carriers when readily available. If I had venture a guess, I would suspect that number is over 40%. This is coming from avid BlackBerry user, mind you.
Not to undermine RIM and all the wonderful and highly technical devices they’ve released, but let’s face it, BlackBerry compared to even the 1st generation iPhone is limited when it comes to applications. When it comes down to it, even the most demanding corporate-white collar user want to have the ability to add applications that have no point or purpose other than personal amusement, because they can.
In today’s wireless world, applications sell a phone, plain and simple. Whether it is for personal banking, easy access to email or just merely joy and entertainment, the demand is there. BlackBerry devices have most certainly evolved in a short period of time and have many useful applications and over all purposes. Many of these features have kept me on the BlackBerry train for a very long time. I’m ever grateful, but bored nonetheless.
I look forward to the release of the iPhone on the Sprint network and anticipate great things, I just hope BlackBerry has something to respond with, equal to even greater than the beast that has swept the wireless industry, the ever surprising and rewarding iPhone.
By Randy Battiest