RIM's latest salvo in its ongoing battle against Apple and its industry-leading iPhone 3G (and now iPhone 3G) is the newest in its line of BlackBerries, the BlackBerry 9000, better known as the BlackBerry Bold.
The two devices are comparable in size, with the iPhone 3G being 4.5" x 2.4" to the Bold's 4.46" x 2.6", though the BlackBerry Bold is a tad thicker, at .55" to the iPhone 3G's .46". They also both weigh about the same, with a 4.8 oz iPhone 3G and a 4.69 oz BlackBerry Bold.
Both devices also have the same screen resolution (480 x 320) though the iPhone's screen is a touchscreen while the Bold's is not. By the same token, the Bold has a full QWERTY keypad while the iPhone does not.
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The iPhone 3G is still the reigning champ in memory capacity, with both an 8 GB and 16 GB version as compared against the BlackBerry Bold's scant 1 GB (better than many other recent smartphone's released, but still not better than Apple's), though - as is the case with most smartphone's vying to be the "iPhone 3G Killer" - the Bold has a microSD card slot for expandable memory while the iPhone 3G does not.
The Quad-band EDGE iPhone 3G has 8 hours of talk time in its battery while the Quad-band HSDPA/EDGE Bold has but 5 hours.
In terms of major features and connectivity capabilities, the iPhone 3G and BlackBerry Bold alike are WiFi and Bluetooth capable, and both include a built-in GPS and 2-megapixel digital camera (though only the Bold's camera has a built-in flash). Both devices have USB connectivity, though with the iPhone its via the dock connector whereas with the Bold it's via a built-in mini-USB.
As for sheer volume of functionality, the recent dual-release of the Apple iPhone SDK and iPhone App Store gives the iPhone 3G eminently more potential for breadth of versatility in its capabilities than any other smartphone around, including the BlackBerry Bold. This despite RIM's increasingly diligent efforts to court programmers in developing new applications for the BlackBerry.
The latest from BlackBerry is still the better handset for email (including enterprise usage via Microsoft Exchange and Microsoft Outlook), though for the rest of web access its BB browser simply cannot compare with Apple's Mobile Safari browser. Call quality on both devices is pretty much equivalent.
While the newest from RIM, the BlackBerry Bold, sports a brand new flashier look (chrome border, chrome sides, black face, and black faux leather back) more similar in appearance to the iPhone than any previous BlackBerry, it's still a BlackBerry at heart, with all the concomitant advantages and drawbacks. The iPhone 3G, meanwhile, looks no different from its predecessor, and how appealingly different it is inside is still the subject of much debate.
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