For those of you who like to buy smartphone, there are three major platforms out there i.e Android, BlackBerry and iPhone. Right now, what if there is a head to head comparison between Android VS BlackBerry to find out the best. As we all know that those two platforms have dominated the smartphone market worldwide and continue to grow consistently. This comparison hopefully will be the good reference for you before determining the best-suited smartphone.
Software
To begin the comparison of Android VS BlackBerry, firstly let us compare the software that is pre-installed in both platforms. The software of Android is an open source platform so that any users or developers can participate to develop the software or updates for this operating system. Differ from its rival; Research In Motion (RIM) manufactured BlackBerry as a proprietary platform. As a result, users can only obtain updates from the company’s website or other official source.
Applications
Both of these platforms offer online applications download namely Android Market and the BlackBerry App World. This online store consists of a great amount of free and paid applications. Users can freely and easily choose so many applications based on their wishes and also their needs.
Hardware
For once again, Android is still superior in relation to the hardware specification and option. There are a lot of Android-based smartphones available in the market made by well-known manufacturers including HTC, Samsung, Motorola and Sony Ericsson. Consequently, it will give people so many choices in deciding which smartphone that will meet their requirements. Most of the those smartphones provide the full experience of touchscreen while BlackBerry provides the QWERTY keypad and also the touchscreen and slide QWERTY keypad for example Torch 9810.
Other Pros and Cons
Android can run multiple applications at the same time and also it has a simpler navigation and multiple home-screens. However, it has a poor battery life when utilized as the web browser continually, there are still many inadequate and poor applications in the Android Market (especially free apps), and the performance is often sluggish due to the limited memory or processor.
BlackBerry is best-known as the pioneer of Push Mail technology and until now it is still superior in terms of corporate emails and instant messaging. It is backed up with the QWERTY keypad layout that surely provides the ease of texting or typing messages. This line of smartphones is also great for data compression so that users can save the bandwidth cost. Unfortunately, the default web browser is slightly slow and it has a limited choice of application.
Final Thoughts
After reading the Android VS BlackBerry comparison above, hopefully you can now determine by yourself which smartphone that will properly meet your needs and habits. Each platform has its own advantages as well as disadvantages. For me personally, those platforms are among the best operating system and device nowadays. The final decision is basically based on your personal preference. [IS]
