RIM’s approach to the BlackBerry platform is diametrically opposed to Palm’s strategy with webOS: instead of Palm’s complete overhaul, RIM has opted for continuous and relentless incremental upgrades year after year. In my third year looking at the BlackBerry platform my basic thought is this: what we have here are better BlackBerrys. Whether or not that’s enough to sway a webOS user depends entirely on what you think of the platform.
To see what I think of the platform this year (along with an extended aside about a certain BlackBerry-only feature), read on!
(I’m (very) late with my BlackBerry Review, but that’s the way of the Smartphone Round Robin and I have to appeal to some post-CES illness. Apologies all around!)