It’s cool.  It’s flashy.  It’s  It also does almost none of the things that I want/need in a smart phone.

It doesn’t swap batteries.

It doesn’t have a keyboard.

It doesn’t have anywhere near decent battery life.

It crashes.

It wipes out your contact list.  Twice.

It doesn’t run multiple apps at a time!  This is ridiculous…If a blackberry can run a call firewall app, reply to texts and be logged into instant messenger, all while talking on the phone, then the iPhone should be able to do it, too!

If I’m running a call filter app and I want to get restaurant directions, the blackberry allows the call filter app (and twitter and whatever else I want) to continue running.  In other words, the iPhone can’t walk and chew gum at the same time, but the blackberry is a multi-tasking master.

The iPhone also doesn’t hold a candle to how blackberry does email.

The iPhone does ONE thing better than the blackberry:  It browses the web more naturally, but nearly anything on the web (google, etc..) has a native blackberry app, so the browser rarely comes into play.

Apple can build a winner though, so lets focus on the positive.  I absolutely LOVE my Mac Book Pro =o)

If Apple can build an iPhone with a physical keyboard that can multi-task and is easily unlocked to run on T-Mobiles 3G network, I may try it….

Until then, blackberry bold 9700 remains king.

Is it a smart iPhone or a dumb macbook?

Whatever it is, I’m starting to like the idea of using it for sales calls, loading powerpoint presentations (exported at .mov files) to it before heading out.  Has anyone found a promising overhead projector app?

Dear Apple:  Give the iPad multi-tasking ability, USB and ability to share files across apps and I’m sold.

Until then, I’ll travel with my macbook pro and tether to my blackberry.  This way, I have all the power I have in my office without having to carry an extra device…..

J