iPhone vs. Blackberry: Touchscreen no substitute for good user experience
A new study of user satisfaction thirty days after purchase confirms what some have been saying all along (see previous post Storm vs. iPhone: Experience not Features).
Touchscreens no substitute for good user experience.
Despite several shortcomings, the iPhone user experience is great for a variety of consumer and smartphone uses. The iPhone UX isn’t a function of the touchscreen (or any other feature) but of overall design.
On the other hand, all but the Blackberry Storm are great purpose-made devices for reading and writing email. Highly recommended if that’s your primary use for a smart phone. RIM optimized the Blackberry UX
The Storm, on the other hand, just blows.
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About Dale
I've been a software engineer, a rocket scientist, a CEO, an author, editor and publisher, a personal trainer (to movie stars, Olympic and professional athletes), and helped build a couple of mobile and Internet ad agencies. Yeah, I was the guy at the front of the iPhone line; all three times. I write about startups, business, technology (especially web and mobile), and sometimes I review the gadgets I love to play with.-
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- wants a license plate frame with scrolling LED of most recent Twitter post. 2010/03/20
- The better life is, the better naps are. And vice-versa. 2010/03/20
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