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hey guys john r Ettinger from john four lakers comm i've been lucky enough to have the blackberry storm kicking around for a few days now and the first thing I thought when I heard about the device was how's it gonna stack up to the iPhone so I want to do a head-to-head comparison with you guys of the blackberry storm versus the iPhone I'm gonna show you scrolling I'm gonna show you internet browsing I'm gonna show you everything so let's go ahead and get started move the camera down here so here you've got an iPhone 3G running on 18 T's 3G network with full bars and here we've got the blackberry storm on Verizon's EVDO network with full bars so it should be a very fair comparison so the first interesting thing about the storm and you really can't talk about the device without mentioning its touchscreen so essentially has to touch mechanisms you can just touch the device once lightly and you can see that it highlights it kind of cool and you can also push in actually push it's a whole screen in and that feels almost identical to the trackpad on the new MacBooks and the new MacBook Pros something to keep in mind if you can't get your hands on the storm go into an Apple Store push down the keyboard that's exactly what the storm screen feels like so we'll go back we'll go back and go home here the iPhone in the other hand when you touch it it's a simple touch no pushing mechanism branding and it's very clean scrolling so the best way to show scrolling I think is probably just to go to contacts let's go ahead and go to contacts here as you can see you can scroll very quickly flick scroll so as you let go it still keeps going and then slows down very fluid and very smooth let's go ahead and look at scrolling on contacts again on the blackberry storm very smooth scrolling as well but it only Scrolls as far as your finger goes so eat as soon as you take your finger off the screen the scrolling stops some people may enjoy that some may not I prefer the iPhones way of flick scrolling so you should get flick your screen across it this is definitely a little bit different and it's taking some getting used to but it's not bad and while your Phoenix finger is on it and you are doing the scrolling it is very very very so that is nice really is gonna depend on your personal preference so another thing people have been looking forward to about the device is the browser the browser is the big deal so let's go ahead and show you that right away and dive right into it BlackBerry's not been known for their outstanding browsers although they did get better with the BlackBerry Bold for AT&T the blackberry storm is supposed to take it one step further so I'm gonna go ahead and show you guys that right now I'm gonna go ahead and load it up John for Lakers calm on both devices alright so John for Lakers calm is cued up and ready to go and again it got 3G coverage on both phones now it's down to two bars on AT&T and full bars on a video but ett advertises their network as the fastest 3G one available so we'll be the judge of that I'll hit these here right at the same time make sure it's a fair test and we're off looks like the storm is loading in a little bit quicker although the iPhone may catch up well there's already text on the storm actually the storm is already done actually loaded up much quicker than than the iPhone the iPhone is still loading I'll let it finish up here so scrolling while you're on the Internet is very similar to scrolling for instance when you're in contacts it's a very fluid scroll but it's only scrolls as far as your finger prints is the iPhone do the flick scrolling and will scroll as far as you flick it um for the iPhone for zooming you can pinch in and pinch out and you can also double tap while there is not a pinch in and pinch out zoom functionality the storm does have the double tap resume consumed right it and you also have zoom plus and zoom minus here so you can zoom in further using those or zoom out using the soft keys that show up on the screen overall internet browsing on the storm is a very enjoyable experience and really comes close to matching the iPhones browsing it doesn't quite come come up to it the iPhone still has a superior browser as far as look and feel and navigation but the storms is again excellent excellent excellent so if you're on Verizon and you don't want to switch and browsing is important to you really the blackberry storm is a great way to go so the next thing people want to see I think aside from the browser the keyboards how do you type on this thing it's got the weird button screen let's go ahead and show how that works and I'm gonna compare it to the iPhone I'll tell you guys which one I prefer more so the keyboard on the iPhone you guys are all familiar with let me go ahead and show you both all right so I've got a new text message here up on each screen and you're probably familiar with the iPhones keyboard it only stays in portrait mode here oh sorry only sees in landscape mode does not go to portrait for regular typing so it's not that bad to type on I've been using an iPhone for about a year and a half now and I've gotten very quick at it oh there was a learning curve so I'm gonna go ahead and type something here and see how it goes I'm just gonna use I shall use my thumb's like normal I'll type hi my name is John for Lakers okay see how fast I am John for Lakers so I was relatively close hi my enemy is John for Lakers missing an a in there but still pretty close and pretty accurate now the blackberry storm actually has two keyboards it's got this blackberry pearl shirt type s keyboard when the phone is in portrait and it goes to a full landscape keyboard when it's in landscape so I'm go ahead and try both for you so again type hi my name is John for Lakers and see how it goes and again it's not such a fair comparisons I've been using the iPhone for a while now and I've only had this for a few days all right hi my name is John for Lakers actually what's pretty quick and pretty accurate with be sure type keyboard let's go ahead and try that in the landscape mode so I'll turn it rotated sideways you see it changes right there and you put your finger over a key actually grill glows blue which is a kind of a cool effect so go ahead and try tapping on this one and I'll give you guys my preference in a minute after I show you hi my name is John for Lakers all right so I got hi my name is gin for liquored so not quite so accurate I actually prefer typing on the blackberry storm when it's in shirt type the keys are a lot easier to type on when you're on the iPhone in your typing you have your finger over a key it actually highlights above at what you're typing so you can see what key are typing even when your thumb is over it the storm it glows blue but you can't instantly see where that glow is coming from so it's much easier to type for me in the shirt type keyboard when you have a little more screen real estate to work with although as you saw typing in the shirt type is actually pretty quick and relatively easy I had a blackberry pearl before hands so getting used to this is a very nice adjustment let me go ahead and move this up and talk about the devices a little bit more so what should you get an iPhone or a blackberry storm and we'll go ahead and assume maybe price isn't an issue because they both come in at just about the same price of $1.99 for the a gigabyte iPhone the blackberry storm if you're on Verizon and you don't want to switch the blackberry storm is a fantastic way to go absolutely fantastic way to go if you're running teen teen you don't want to switch obviously the iPhones music way to go those are really cut and dry situations what if your contract is up and you're on Sprint your contract up and you're on AT&T or Verizon and you give a choice with what phone you want you want to go with well here's my recommendation email on the blackberry is fantastic email on the iPhone not so fantastic I have mentioned it in plenty of videos and I'm not happy with the email service so if email and messaging is paramount to you and browsing experience is secondary go with the blackberry you won't be disappointed if browsing is most important to you an email is sort of a secondary thing then go for the iPhone the browsing experience really can't be beat you know storage isn't really an issue either way the storm comes with an 8 gigabyte SD card but you can micro sd cred rather but you can update to 16 gigs so you can really get the same amount of storage both ways they both have media players and photo viewers you can flick through I'm not gonna show you guys all that right now but just know that all those features are there the blackberry storm I said I'll show you in a minute does feature an app store but it's not quite as robust as Apple's let me go ahead and show you guys that now actually so let me move that down so the wit will get bigger I assume as device becomes more popular was just released today to the public so we'll hit the BlackBerry menu and full up pull up the full menu here you can scroll through up and down you've got an applications window right there and that launches rims new version of their app store you can see just a few things in here right now visual voicemail Verizon Navigator Yahoo Messenger Google Talk Windows Live and right now it's all free and just for comparison purposes I'll launch the App Store here oh I'm sure most you guys have seen it a little bit slow so it's gonna pull up some top 25 applications but even option to purchase here with the iPhone you're stuck with in Apple's walled garden so to speak with Ram you're still in a little bit of walled garden but you've got more flexibility for third-party apps you'd be able to put blackberry applications that aren't in the App Store on here which is nice you get a little a little more device custom ability so guys can I recommend one device or the other to be honest I really can't they're both excellent in their own right and they both bring something different to the table so probably just confused you a little bit more I recommend going to the Verizon store and playing with a blackberry storm but be patient with it there is a definite steep learning curve to getting used to the device and getting used to the clicky screen a little bit odd and be sure to go to AT&T and get a chance to look at the iPhone or your Apple Store so guys John Rhett enger' from John four Lakers comm with a comparison for you of the iPhone versus the blackberry storm be sure to check out the website wwg on for Lakers comm it's a community forum where you can apply to be a writer and you can blog about anything technology related even promotes your own channel or website so there's if you're interested there's an apply button on the bottom right side and if you want some exclusive content and heads up on new videos I'm sure to follow me on twitter at wwe.com slash John for 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