iPhone 4 / Blackberry
February 22, 2011
I recently traded in my Blackberry Storm for an iPhone 4. I have been a faithful and long time user of the Blackberry. The time came for a change given the slow and clunky use of the Blackberry for use beyond the phone or email.
It has been an interesting few weeks as I enjoy the many features and capabilities of the iPhone versus Blackberry. A few things have surprised me with regard to the iPhone and things that I appreciated about the Blackberry platform. One is that I miss having the indicator light that informed me I had a new email, urgent message, text, or missed call. This made it easy to recognize new items without having to slide to unlock & enter a pass-code.
I have also missed the ability to change the tone played on the phone base on the email mailbox (I have 3 different email accounts) and only want to know if I have an email from one of them. The feature may exist to change the tone played by priority or mailbox, but I have not found this feature.
One last area that appears to be annoying is the tone played in my ear when I am on a call and receive a text, email, or another call. The Blackberry provided options to customize to avoid having a tone the same volume as the caller.
OK... please understand I like the iPhone. I especially appreciate the iPhone for the applications and web search, but these minor feature improvements would make the experience even better. Maybe these are already on an Apple product road-map or strategic product plan.
I would appreciate your views on recent cellular technology.