Taher

Research In Motion's 3G Counteroffensive: The Smartphone Arms Race Escalates

I am the typical Apple hater. I never owned a Mac and I love my Windows PC. I hate Apple's high prices for hardware and software. I truly believe that sometime in the very near future every person will own a smartphone. I used to own a Palm treo and have a blackberry at work. 3 weeks ago I did something I thought I would never do. I bought an IPhone. I can sum up my experience in three words: I AM ADDICTED. I am having a very hard time leaving my new phone alone. My Coworkers and friends think that I am crazy because I never put my phone down. My battery dies every 5 hours because I am abusing my phone's features. A week later I bought Apple shares when they dipped after earnings. I even had two of my friends (who can also be labeled as Apple haters) buy the phone two weeks ago. This phone is way better than anything I have ever used. Super user friendly (The user manual is just few pages), for all ages, they have put a lot of thinking in every single feature of the phone. I cannot believe that I used to use a Palm before. The blackberry looks so old, rusty and unfriendly compared to the IPhone. I think that IPhone will turn into a cult similar to the IPod. The fact that the blackberry thunder (Blackberry's response to the IPHone) will come up at least 6 months from now gives Apple ample time to even gain more market share. I think if the Thunder is not up to par, Apple will crush all these phone companies the same way it did with the IPod