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BlackBerry Storm is the second newest model to BlackBerry family developed by RIM company. It is a branch of BlackBerry 9550 series phones. It is the first touch screen without physical keyboard RIM devices. A Research In Motion patented technology is applied for providing haptic feedback, which is available in Great Britain (Vodafone), France, Italy, Austria, South Africa and India.Verizon Wireless in the United States; Telus and Bell in Canada; Iusacell in Mexico.and on bMobile and Digicel in Barbados and other parts of the Caribbean.

BlackBerry Storm 9530 is a world phone, which features in CDMA with EV-DO rev, and it can also use GSM wirless networks in North America. Accessing wirless network with BlackBerry Storm is be at EDGE data speed max. Because GSM carried in North America, namely AT&T, T-Mobile etc. are not operating on the same frequency for 3G. So in another location, such as: Europe, Asia, wirless data speed can be achieved.

Configurations of BlackBerry Storm

TouchScreen - BlackBerry Storm equiped a "SurePress" glass capacitive touch screen that will provide haptic feedback
Displaying - A 3.25 inch TFT- LCD displaying pannel with 360x480 pixel resolution is able to demonstrate 65,536 colors
CPU - it utilise the MSM7600 produced by Qualcomm, a dual core with ARM9 and ARM11
Camera - Buit-in 3.2 megapixel camera located at the back, wich also has a video recording capacity for 480x352 pixel at maximum
Memory - 1GB onboard memory, and a expandable memory slot that supports micro SD card up to extra 16GB.
Bluetooth - this device supports Bluetooth 2.0 standard
Headphone Jack - a standard 3.5 mm stereo audio jack.
Battery - rechargeable DX-1 Li-ion battery capable to provide 5.5 hours for GSM, and 6 hours for CDMA, 360 hours for Standby.

Software Update

Device	Carrier	Package Version	Applications	Software Platform
BlackBerry Storm 9530	Verizon Wireless	4.7.0.203	4.7.0.148	4.7.0.181
BlackBerry Storm 9530	Telus Mobility	4.7.0.172	4.7.0.122	4.7.0.153
BlackBerry Storm 9530	Bell Mobility	4.7.0.172	4.7.0.122	4.7.0.153
BlackBerry Storm 9500	Vodafone	4.7.0.195	4.7.0.141	4.7.0.174
BlackBerry Storm 9500	Si .mobil	4.7.0.113	4.7.0.113	4.7.0.144

As a smart phone, iPhone is also an Internet multimedia connect digital device developed and marketed by Apple Inc. It is the same with BlackBerry Storm do not equiped with any phisical keyboard for inputing but a touch screen. its multi-touch screen renders a virtual keyboard when necessary. The iPhone also acts as a camera phone (text message and visual voicemail are included.), a portable media player (just as an iPod player), and an Internet client terminal (e-mail, web browsing, and Wi-Fi connection )

Main information about iPhone 3G

a 3.5 inch HVGA touch-screeen with 320 x 480 pixel resolution.
OS: Apple developed Mac OS X for mobile
Internal rechargeable battery, similar with iPod player, its batter is not user replacable, it could be charged when connected to a computer
At first, iPhone has only two options for its storage 4G and 8G, on Sep. 5, 2007 Apple abandoned 4G and launch a new 16G on Feb 5, 2008. All data are stored in this internal memory with any expanded memory card slot on iPhone.
Interface is based around the home screen, a graphical list of available applications. Usually iPhone run one application at a time, though most functionality is still available when telephoning and listening music.
Same with BlackBerry, iPhone is built in a 2.0 megapixel camera at the device back. It has no optical zoom, flash or autofocus, and video taking is not supported.

At the first, iPhone is only sold on AT&T network with a SIM lock, so not all kinds of SIM card can be recognised on iPhone for using. Most hacker have found methods to "Unlock" iPhone from a special network. Now vendors in Hong Kong, Italy, New Zeland, Russia sell not locked iPhone to Any carrier.

For you, if you use a smartphone for job at work time, the BlackBerry is a wise choice for you, but for entertainment, iPhone is a best option. And plentiful iTunes store sold third party programs will make you satisfied with your iPhone experience.