BlackBerry vs. Treo on Forbes.com
A couple years ago Arik Hesseldahl, a staff editor at Forbes.com wrote up a head to head comparison of the Treo (then the Treo 300) and the BlackBerry (then the BlackBerry 957). In that article he chose the Treo (but just barely) as the winner based mainly on the Palm operating system.
This past Monday he did it again, comparing the Treo 650 against the BlackBerry 7100t (note: it's amazing how far both these devices have come... take a look at the pictures of the Treo 300 compared to the Treo 650 and the BlackBerry 957 vs. the BlackBerry 7100, it's like night and day) and guess what? This time the BlackBerry won but not just barely, in his words "... it's not even close."
It gets more things right than does the Treo, and I say that as a longtime lover of the Palm OS. My frustrations with the BlackBerry were minor compared to the much bigger issues I had with the Treo. And I for one didn't miss the lack of an integrated camera on the BlackBerry. PalmOne might fare better were it to try a stripped-down Treo without a camera, which seems an indulgence that accomplishes little but adding weight and costly components. To me, the BlackBerry's relative simplicity is the better choice.Hmm, where have I heard that before?
December 09, 2004 in News by ajohnson