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>> What is up, Prize Fight fans. I'm Brian Tom, and
we've got a battle between two phones that you've all
been dying to see face off. And this week's Prize Fight
is a showdown between the Blackberry Storm and the Apple
iPhone 3G. Now our judges for this fight are senior
editor Ken Sherman, senior editor Bonnie Cha, and yours
truly. We'll take all three judges scores and average
them out to the nearest tenth. Then the final Prize
Fight score will be an average of all five rounds using
the same decimal system. You got that? Well, let's get
ready to rumble. And round one, which phone is so hot
you'll never take it out of your pocket. Without a
doubt, this is Blackberry's sexiest phone to date, with
its full screen and sleek design. The iPhone 3G is
still the prom queen, and can you show me a phone that's
hotter? I didn't think so. The Storm gets a 3.7, and
the iPhone 3G gets a 4.3. The next round is navigation.
The Storm's sure press click screen is a unique idea,
but its execution falls a little short. Now when you
type, you have to wait for the click screen after each
press to type the next letter. It completely slows down
any texting, which is maddening. And on top of that,
the keyboard kind of feels cramped. The biggest is
jumping through the OS. It's slow, and even after the
Firmware update there are still some graphical bugs.
The iPhone's touch-screen isn't for everyone, but you
don't need a manual for it. Navigating is snapping, and
jumping into the apps are smooth. You will encounter a
crashed app once in a while, but its speed and ease of
use shine in this round. The iPhone 3G gets a 4.7, and
the Storm gets hit hard with a 2.7. After averaging two
rounds, the iPhone leads 4.5 to 3.2, and that's a huge
gap already. Next up is features. There is no Wi-Fi on
the Storm, but it has stereo Bluetooth, you're getting a
full GPS solution, the messaging capabilities that
Blackberry users expect, and the basic users we keep
beating on the iPhone for not having. Plus, their app
store will be coming around spring 2009. Now the iPhone
3G has Wi-Fi, and the app store has taken on a life of
its own. But it's been over a year and the iPhone still
doesn't have basics like multimedia messaging, voice
command, and video recording. The Storm finally takes a
round with 4 points, and the iPhone 3G gets a 3.7. Next
round is web and multimedia. The Storm using the Opera
[Assumed spelling] web browser, so pages look good. But
when you zoom in, it's slow to render. It has a 3.2
mega pixel camera and a Flash, you're get video
recording, but the quality isn't that great. Now movie
files look good, but it's not in the same league as the
iPhone. Apple's multimedia phone has set the standard
for a touch-screen browser. Safari is the best mobile
web browser, its music player is easy to use, and video
playback is unmatched in quality. I still can't get
over how nice the movies look on this thing. The iPhone
3G lands another blow, taking this round from 4.7 to
3.3. Now after averaging four rounds Apple has a huge
lead and Blackberry has a lot of catching up to do. The
final round that decides it all is call quality and
performance. The Storm sounds great on the Verizon
network, but the weather report reads slow moving Storm.
Don't believe the TV ads. Getting around this device is
slow, and it hurts it from reaching its potential. The
iPhone's call quality on AT&T is solid, but if you're
using one you all know about the dropped calls. But its
overall speed and performance give it the edge. The
iPhone 3G gets a 3.7, and the Storm gets a 3.3. So
let's average the scores, and after five rounds, the
iPhone 3G runs away with this one, 4.2 to 3.4, and is
your Prize Fight winner. The Storm is still the new kid
on the block, but it needs to go back to the basics and
get this one up to speed before it has a real chance of
competing with the iPhone. I'm Brian Tom, thanks for
watching. We'll catch you guys next time on another
Prize Fight. Woo whoo!
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