I owned a Blackberry for 3 years before I got an iPhone 2 years ago. In the 3 years I owned a Blackberry, they did absolutely nothing to create any type of application marketplace. Trying to find apps for the blackberry was like hunting for white truffles in Northern Italy, hard and expensive.
After 3 years, I was able to interface with the Corporate Exchange server and play Brickbreaker. In contrast, Apple has created a superlative device along with an ecosystem of applications developers vying for your time and attention. Many of the apps are so cheap you can literally throw 'em away if you don't like 'em.
Apple does just fine with Exchange and I couldn't be happier. RIM sat on their asses and ceded the market to Apple. Now they're whining. Interesting to say the least.
""We've now passed RIM, and I don't see them catching up," Mr. Jobs said. He then argued it was going to be tough for RIM to create a competitive software platform and convince developers to make applications for it."
- Tech Rivals RIM and Apple Wage War of Words - WSJ.com (view on Google Sidewiki)
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