Blackberry or Iphone for Wharton Student?

ilovebagels
Thu, 23 Jul 2009 01:08:28 +0000

I’d vote for an iPhone. It can connect to the Wharton Exchange network just like a Blackberry (replete with instant push emails and all that). If you type in multiple languages the software keyboard helps…it takes some getting used to but now I prefer it over a physical tiny BB keyboard…I can type faster because it corrects my errors and I don’t need to press a button so I can just lightly tap-tap-tap-tap it. And when I’m not using the keyboard it goes away and leaves me with a big beautiful screen (I take it to the gym and watch videos on it while I use the exercise bike)

And of course there are the apps…65,000 of 'em (several thousand of which are worthless, but that still leaves tens of thousands of fun and useful apps…)

I believe AirPennNet has authentication problems with some BlackBerry models…at least that is the feedback I’ve gotten from the Penn IT department’s SIG (smartphone interest group) listserv.

You will be fine with either one. I’ve had a lot more friends switching from BB to iPhone than the other way around (but even those are comparatively rare…once people pick BB or iPhone they rarely seem to venture to another platform…sorry Palm!)