BusinessWeek’s Blackberry-iPhone Obsession
What with BusinessWeek trying to pull a Don King and create a heavyweight title match between the Blackberry and the iPhone?
For the third time in as many months, BusinessWeek has a story looking at the “battle” between Research in Motion and Apple for power mobile users.
Check it out:
February 27 - Apple versus RIM: Now it’s Game On
Jan. 3 - BlackBerry vs. iPhone: Who wins?
Dec. 20 - The Coming Apple-RIM Battle
The latest RIM-Apple story from BW was instigated by an media conference next week by Apple about the software roadmap for the iPhone “including iPhone SDK and some exciting new enterprise features.”
It looks like BusinessWeek is trying to create something that just isn’t there. Given Apple’s almost non-existent presence in the corporate marketplace, do you really think CIO are going to be embracing the iPhone as opposed to the rock steady Blackberry?
The Blackberry’s biggest strength is it does one thing really well - mobile e-mail - while the iPhone does everything except wash the kitchen sink. That makes the iPhone appealing to consumers but a potential nightmare for CIOs who are intent on controlling all aspects of their infrastructure.
It may be time for BusinessWeek to instigate a new fight cause Blackberry vs. iPhone shows few signs of intensifying any time soon.
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February 27th, 2008 at 10:04 pm
Yeah, I agree they are making more out of it, more than what really is there right now (was it Doc Searls saying traditional media knows only two metaphors, sports and war?)
But I must say the iPhone is to Corp. World as Gmail is… the incursion of consumer tech more powerful (and useful) than the official/blessed corporate technology. Just like the introduction of PCs in the 80s, and so many other tech “revolutions”…
February 27th, 2008 at 10:34 pm
[...] BusinessWeek is the worst offender - the well-respected business magazine has published three stories in three months on the "battle" between the companies. [...]
February 28th, 2008 at 1:49 am
BlackBerry Rocks, there is no comparison in between these two devices. As iphone is different kind of device target audience is differ as compare to BlackBerry. In my opinion BlackBerry is more professional and worthy in the Battle between these two companies.
February 28th, 2008 at 3:30 am
[...] BusinessWeek’s Blackberry-iPhone Obsession | Mark Evans Mark as a new user of the iPhone I’d think it is indeed game on. They are coming into business just like IM and going to come in with employees that aren’t granted free crackberry’s. As an experience the Blackberry and Nokia’s are all inferior on email! (tags: iphone Blackberry mobile apple RIM markevans) [...]
February 28th, 2008 at 9:39 pm
Who’s Dong King?
I know of a Don King, the famous boxing promoter, but I’ve never heard of Dong King.
February 29th, 2008 at 6:53 am
We need to call a grammar truce!
February 29th, 2008 at 9:20 am
I’m kidding.
Edits always welcome.
Kr
February 29th, 2008 at 4:56 pm
Email just isn’t that important to me, nor is it to the entire next generation, so I’ll take the iPhone over the BlackBerry anyday. I already have the iPodTouch and the browsing experience alone is worth it.