Call for Help Torch vs. iPhone 4 (Not a troll post)
I'm reaching out to the community to help me with a decision - any constructive posts will be appreciated. I should re-iterate again that this is not a troll post - I've been a BB fan for years and have defended them where it was due.
I recently went on a trip to DC for a work conference and I brought my Torch & my iPod Touch - since I live in Canada, I didn't get the US data plan and just figured I would use Wifi at the hotel to get anything I would normally get. So I turned off my Data on my Torch and had it on Wifi just like my iPod.
On my Torch:
- Couldn't get email
- Couldn't get BBMs
- Couldn't use foursquare
- Twitter & facebook worked
On my iPod:
- Emails came through
- foursquare worked fine
- Twitter & facebook worked fine
I thought that was really weird considering BB's are known for email advantages, etc.
Either way, let's move on.
Got to the conference, talked to some developers of an international CRM system and they said they would be rolling it out on mobile devices this summer. Starting with iOS, Android OS and finally BBOS - in that order. When I looked at their road map, BBOS was clearly the least of their priorities.
I talked to another company who was in the business of developing & selling project management tools - they showed off their new app for iOS and were really excited. I talked to them after the presentation and they said they have no plans for an app for BBOS in the immediate future. Wtf?!
I love my Torch - it works great.
- Great Battery
- Awesome keyboard
- Never slow for me
- Instant email
But I was finding that I just kept leaving it in the hotel room and kept my iPod on me because it was more functional.
String that together with the new features of iOS5 (Notifications, better multi tasking, etc.) - all the things that I hate about iPhone - are getting fixed and improved by Apple.
Switch over to RIM - to be honest, I'm not that excited about BBOS7 - not at all. Yay, liquid graphics? Wtf? How about a Skype app? How about a better browser? How about more & better apps? How about I don't have to do a battery pull after deleting an app?
All these things are the same things that really made me angry as a BB user 2 years ago and still to this day. I don't understand where the priorities are for RIM.
I want to post an ad on Kijiji to trade my Torch for an iPhone 4. But I wanted to consult with people here first.
Thanks for any feedback.