BlackBerry vs. iPhone

Though Apple has remained mum about the existence of a new version of the iPhone, the blogosphere is rife with reports and rumors about what it will bring. Whether or not those reports are accurate, one thing is for certain, the next iPhone needs to be much, much better at creating content.

If there was one point that Nokia CEO, Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo, hammered time and again during his presentation of the Nokia N97, it was that N Series devices are all about creating great content. Looking at the N Series range, this is obviously their forte. Many of the N Series phones carry 5-megapixel cameras that have autofocus and flash — two key features for taking better pictures from a phone. They can also shoot high-quality video (up to 30 frames per second), record voice notes, stream video to other phones, and they integrate with Nokia’s burgeoning Share on Ovi services.

Both the original iPhone and the 3G iPhone have very mediocre 2-megapixel cameras. Neither has autofocus or flash, and neither is able to record video. The software controlling the camera could not be worse. Users can’t make any adjustments to the way the camera operates, its settings, and the iPhone still doesn’t have the ability to send MMS messages, a feature that most basic phones have.

Many believe the Apple iPhone is the phone to beat. In many respects, it is. But there are plenty of phones that offer a lot more than the iPhone does, especially for those interested in creating content, and not just consuming it. Unless Apple steps up to meet this kind of content-creation competition, I’ll be ditching my iPhone as soon as the Nokia N97 becomes available.

Written by Eric Zeman, Full Article

The iPhone pretty much set the bar in the mobile phone world, which is why we see other companies trying to come out with “iPhone Killers”, but that hasn’t really happened.  If the improvements that Apple made from the iPhone to the iPhone 3G are any indication, then we can surely expect the next iPhone to be ahead of the rest in many areas.