OT: iPhone vs Blackberry with Linux

[Kevin Davidson]

Hi

Just to correct a few things here.

The iPhone fully supports instant push email/calendar/address book  
with both Apple's MobileMe service and MS Exchange (though as a Linux  
shop Kerio, Zimbra or other software that supports ActiveSync would be  
a better match) without needing any extra server (BES only works on  
Windows, only with Exchange and needs another server).

As I said, much more push support will be coming via free software  
update this summer supporting open standards for Mail, Calendar and  
Address Book as well as third party apps.

As great as the built in apps on the iPhone are (personally the Maps  
app beats the Stocks one which I have no use for), the real attraction  
is the millions of free/cheap apps at the AppStore. I regularly use  
VNC, SSH and Telnet clients for remote support as well as RSS readers,  
instant messaging, LinkedIn app, WiFi scanner, secure password store.  
Oh, and lots of great games :-)

As someone else said Mobile Safari is a first class web browser. The  
visual voicemail is also great if you receive a lot of calls.

Regarding SMS, that's down to the tariff your mobile phone company  
offers. As a European, most US tariffs look like very poor value to  
me. Here you can get an iPhone for free on 18 month contract with more  
minutes and texts than I can use and unlimited 3G data for the same  
monthly cost as a BlackBerry. We don't pay for incoming calls or texts.

I support many small businesses, they almost all use iPhones. A  
handful have Blackberries, but they do little more than email and  
voice calls. Integration with anything other than Windows is woeful  
(my customers are all Linux, Apple Mac or both). I have contacts at  
many well known international organisations - they are all rolling out  
iPhones for corporate use to integrate with Exchange and other  
corporate applications.

-- 
Kevin Davidson
Sent from my iPhone

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On 28 Apr 2009, at 06:29, madunix <madunix at gmail.com> wrote:

> I agree with you ... if you look between them regarding web mail
> ..etc. you will see
>
> Email:
> iPhone - Good, visual, uses intervals to check for email
> BlackBerry - BIS accounts are good, uses intervals to check mail
> BlackBerry - BES Exchange mail is instant, and excellent!
>
> Web:
> iPhone, excellent web interface. Almost as good as a standard PC  
> Netbook or Mac.
> BlackBerry - Good as far as standard mobile devices get. Not on
> the same level as the iPhone. The iPhone's web experience is a full
> generation ahead.
>
> Apps:
> On the iPhone side, there are some nice built in applications. The
> Stock Quote application is great, and BlackBerry has no such built in
> app.
>
> SMS:
> SMS is extra cost on iPhone, but not on the BlackBerry
>
> Way:
> If it's media related, the iPhone really shows it's well thought out
> intentions to be a great media device, but Blackberry more for  
> business needs
>
>
> Screen:
> iPhone has a good GUI , bigger screen than Blackberry
>
> Services:
> Not forget that there are not many places where you can service  
> Blackberry
>
>
> madunix
>
> On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 5:21 PM, Kevin Davidson
> <kevin at indigospring.co.uk> wrote:
>> My vote would be iPhone. Blackberries need a separate Windows  
>> server running
>> BES.
>>
>> Current iPhones work very well with Kerio or Zimbra on Linux (and  
>> probably
>> any other Linux mail/calendar that supports ActiveSync). From the  
>> summer
>> iPhone OS 3.0 will support push from CalDAV/CardDAV as well as more  
>> open
>> standards.
>>
>> --
>> Kevin Davidson
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> indigospring :Making Sense of IT
>> w http://www.indigospring.co.uk/
>> t 0870 745 4001
>>
>> On 27 Apr 2009, at 14:08, madunix <madunix at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Am thinking to have iphone or Blackberry to be Mobile and have the
>>> ability to follow my work remotely
>>> beside instant e-mail notifications and other services, at work we
>>> have complete linux environment,
>>> out of your experience which one would you prefer BB or iphone in
>>> relation with Linux/Unix environment.
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>> madunix
>>>
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