How to Compare the Blackberry to the Blackjack

The Blackberry smartphone from Research in Motion and its competitor, Blackjack from Samsung, are two of the most popular and powerful handheld devices ever unleashed on the buying public. Each has its avid fans and its detractors--and there are more than a few alpha geeks who own both. Compare the latest versions of each, choose your review critera and let the best smartphone win you over.

Instructions

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Establish Your Criteria for Smartphone Comparisons

1. Decide whether you will be using a smartphone primarily for business or pleasure. If you are envisioning mainly business usage, speak to your professional colleagues and contacts about the type of smartphone they use and what kinds of feature, software and hardware compatibility may make a difference to you professionally.
2. Use a notepad to make a list of the features that are valuable to you in a smartphone, and rank them in order of importance. These might include phone functionality, email management power, web browsing, your ability to open and view office productivity files, your ability to edit and create such files, your familiarity with a smartphone's operating system, user-friendliness of the keypad and other controls, wireless connectivity and speed, elegance of design or the availability of fun features like a camera and image viewer, MP3 player and other audio and video elements.
3. Evaluate all features of the service and connectivity plans offered in association with each product to make sure that the smartphone and plan you choose will provide you with round-the-clock connectivity at the transfer speed you require. Be aware that the Samsung Blackjack is a co-branded exclusive with AT&T (formerly Cingular).

Compare the Blackberry to the Blackjack

4. Make your specific comparison between the Samsung Blackjack and the Blackberry Pearl 8100, which is the closest of Blackberry's many models and styles to the Samsung product.
5. Give the Blackjack an edge if you spend significant time and energy running Microsoft Office productivity software on your smartphone. The Blackjack comes bundled with Microsoft Mobile Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint as well as several recreational-use programs co-branded with AT&T (formerly Cingular).
6. Score points for the Blackberry if you intend to use a carrier other than AT&T or if you want to be able to use third-party software from a maker other than Microsoft.

Tips & Warnings

• As the new kid on the block, the Samsung Blackjack is widely held to be sexier and more stylish in appearance than its competitors--but it also has less of a track record with regard to issues like freeze-ups and operating system sluggishness. It will behoove you to thoroughly compare customer reviews as they appear.

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