I use both platforms and both have their advantages and disadvantages, neither is by definition better than the other. Blackberry is a messaging device that also runs apps. It's the best messaging device on the planet hands down, both hardware and software. Android is a mobile computer that focuses on running apps, some of which also do messaging. Third party application management on Blackberry is mediocre at best (though it is getting better, with QNX on the horizon we cant really expect much more improvement on the old platform). Android web browsing blows Blackberry away (even though it has gotten better), and has top notch Google integration. Blackberry does it to (except when carriers kill Google Search), but it is not as well done or integrated into the core OS like it is on Android. Messaging apps on Android range from crappy to really good with most somewhere in the middle and the user has to search to find what ones work for them since the stock apps are often the crappy ones. In general Blackberry devices get better cellular reception than Android (Motorola hardware usually being the exception here).