There are 2 things that have kept my Blackberry from completely replacing my laptop and I think these problems represent a threat for Blackberry.
I can’t blog easily from Blackberry. Opera min is enabling that but it still lacks all the browser capability I’ve become used to in from FireFox. A lot of that functionality aides my blogging.
It also requires a lot of extra scrolling and clicking. Which is a problem with most mobile browsers. The iPhone and Windows mobile have a real advantage here.
The second problem is editing and creating documents. Sure I can view them but I want full functionality (or at least most of it). Once again Windows has a huge advantage here. The iPhone is better if you’re dealing with web based docs. Opera mini may enable this I haven’t tried yet but I’m sure I’ll still run into some clunky functionality.
The iPhone has made huge headway here but Nokia and others are closing that gap quickly. It’s still a wide open field with a lot of room for improvement.
So far Blackberry has overcome these issues by using purpose built apps, like Google Mobile. I actually like apps better than accessing something via a platform. The problem is you’d need a highly motivated development community to build all the apps your customers need.
This being my first mobile post I’m not sure what this will look like (or how bad my spelling will be) when posted so wish me luck.
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