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Smartphones are the best gadget for any corporate user. However, to select the one, fit for their corporate personality, is hard to choose from the crowd.

The article is a feature by feature comparison between BlackBerry Bold & 3G iPhone that are label as best Smartphone available in the market.

Apple iPhone 3G

The iPhone is an internet-connected multimedia Smartphone designed and marketed by Apple Inc, which lacks a physical keyboard, but the multi-touch screen renders a virtual keyboard when necessary. It functions as a camera phone, a portable media player and an Internet client. The Apple iPhone 3G is known as the Smartphone that is best in multimedia.

BlackBerry Bold

The BlackBerry Bold aka 9000, the first 3G BlackBerry, launched in the U.S. in November of 2008, is a mobile phone data device, which is considered as one of the best in BlackBerry series.

Comparison of features:

Microprocessor: BlackBerry has 624MHz Intel PXA270/Marvell Tavor PXA930 processor, up from 312MHz, whereas iPhone has Samsung ARM 1176JZ(F)-S v1.0 620 MHz under-clocked to 412 MHz, 32-bit RISC processor.

Operating System: Bold runs BlackBerry OS 4.6, whereas iPhone 3G has iPhone OS 2.2.1.

WLAN: BlackBerry has 802.11a/b/g plus good GPS, typically a tradeoff with BBs, while iPhone supports Wi-Fi 802.11b/g.

Resolution:  BlackBerry has 480 x 320 resolution screen with 65,000 colors, whereas iPhone sports 480×320 px, 3.5 in (89 mm), 3:2 aspect ratio, 262,144-color LCD touch-screen.

SMS/MMS: In the Apple iPhone 3G Smartphone, you can only send SMS. Where-as in the BlackBerry, you can send both SMS and MMS.

Memory: The memory that is installed in the Apple is 16 GB where as in the BlackBerry it is 64MB only. In BlackBerry, MicroSD expansion is available where as in Apple it is absent.

Applications: RIM has made a lot of noise about its BlackBerry App World store, whereas Apple recently celebrated its 1 billionth App Store download.

Screen: The Apple has a touch screen and whatever information you are inputting has to be done through that, where as a BlackBerry comes fully equipped with a QWERTY keypad. In the Apple phone the size of the screen is 3.5 inches where as it is 2.5 inches in the BlackBerry.

Camera: In both devices, the resolution of the digital camera is 2 megapixels.

Speakers: The Apple comes in with speakers that are built in. The BlackBerry also comes with inbuilt speakers, but they also come with a 3.5mm stereo jack.

Battery Life: The life of the battery of the BlackBerry is higher than the Apple phones battery life as there is no touch screen and resolution of screen is less.

Location support: BlackBerry has Gokivo Navigator and iPhone provides Google Maps.

Discussion

As usual, you cannot get all the features in one gadget, for e.g. in the BlackBerry the features like the alarm clock; calendar, digital zoom is available where as such features are not available in the Apple. Also, you can do cut and paste text between apps in BlackBerry, while iPhone lacks it. One more thing you miss in the iPhone is opening a zipped attachment, which is present in the BlackBerry Bold.

But, the 16GB memory, rotational ability, touch screen, use of accelerometer for motion detection, Safari browser’s support, larger screen and easy apps downloads from the application store makes it better Smartphone than any other.

The most important function for a corporate executive is E-mailing.  BlackBerry has become the Lotus Notes of the mobile world for providing secure e-mail anywhere on the move.

Also, the iPhone works directly with Exchange, so you can e-mail, e-mail folders, calendars, and contacts all flowed effortlessly among the iPhone, laptop, and server. The configuration was trivial.

It is important to note that BlackBerry Enterprise Server (BES) supports Novell GroupWise and Lotus Notes, while both of those servers support the iPhone only through Web clients, limiting their integration with other iPhone apps such as Contacts and Calendar. Thus, BlackBerry supports more e-mail systems, even though you have to add a dedicated server to get that support.

In the security front, organizations running BlackBerrys can trust as if a BlackBerry is lost, IT can wipe all of its data and render it useless over the air. Apple also provides more iPhone security capabilities than most people realize, but it still does not have the depth of messaging and device security that the BlackBerry does.

Gen Wright asked:


that iPhone’s have taken the world by storm is undeniable. The uses and features that are inherent with the purchase of an iPhone are quite amazing. So what if you want to take advantage of all the features within a 3G iPhone 2.2.1 but you don’t want to switch your cell phone service provider. This is exactly where terms like unlocking and jail-breaking come into the discussion

While there are many people who are aware of the fact that you can unlock iPhones, there are very few who actually understand why or how you would go about performing such actions. The following are some examples of how you can unlock your 3G iPhone.

IPHONE UNLOCKING

The term unlocking is bandied about when discussing the limitations that are placed on iPhones by the Apple software managers. These restrictions prevent your iPhone from using a different carrier then AT&T ( The iPhone is locked to the AT&T Network)and limit your ability to download, install or even use certain applications that you may want to. iPhones are prevented from being used in the same way that an iPod is and you have no real ability to access the system files or change the set up. The term unlocking refers to the process of unlocking these system restrictions and in turn allowing you to use any SIM card, any carrier, and it will also let you access, read and write all types of media and system files in any manner you wish. Essentially this gives you complete control over your 3G iPhone.

When the iPhone was first released the iPhone Devteam quickly managed to find a way to unlock the iPhone via a software hack. Via a small program that was available for download freely you could unlock the iPhone within a few minutes. Disadvantage of the software unlock was that this would nullify your warranty with Apple. Apple catched up on the software unlock and closed the security leaks that the Devteam was exploiting, and released a new firmware version for the iphone.

Within a week, the Devteam found a new security leak, and they released a new unlock software to fully unlock the iPhone. The cat and mouse game between Apple and the Devteam continued, as Apple released a new version of the iPhone software, permanently closing the secutiry leak.

The latest iPhone 3G with software version 2.2.1 ( modem version 2.30.03) can not be unlocked via a software solution. The Devteam promised they will find a new solution, but it seems that the security leak in the iPhone has been closed permanently.

Now, how should you go about unlocking your iPhone to take advantage of all the benefits?

The best and currently only option to unlock the iphone 3G 2.2.1 is by using an unlock sim. The entire iPhone unlocking process is as easy as inserting a simcard in the iPhone. This card was tested by iPhone unlocking experts and you can be sure that every precaution and tip will be explained in the membersarea in order to unlock and optimise your 3G iPhone 2.2.1 in the safest way possible.

Main benefit of unlocking the iPhone via this small hardware sim is that the phone will stay unlocked when Apple releases the next firmware update, and the unlock will not void your Apple Warranty, like with software unlocks.