Blackberry Torch Not An iPhone Killer

Tuesday morning Research in Motion released the Blackberry Torch which is so-called the iPhone killer. There is no point of believing that many people would choose the Torch over the iPhone. There are major differences between the two, so it is somewhat hard to compare them. The major difference between the two is that the Torch has a slide-out QWERTY keyboard while the iPhone doesn’t. That is the only advantage over the iPhone. I’m usually not an iPhone fan but this iPhone will rip the Torch to shreds. The iPhone is better is so many different ways. iPhone’s 3.5” 720p screen is no match for the Torch’s 3.2” VGA screen (640x480). Also Blackberry’s App World is far behind in the number of apps Apple has. Blackberry App World only has about 9,000 apps while Apple has a monstrous 225,000 apps. The new Torch will only be good for people who already use Blackberries or people who want to make a transition into a touch screen phone. The Blackberry Torch is no match for the iPhone 4. The comparison for the Torch is the Palm Pre Plus, which is not a good thing.

Blackberry Service Suspended in UAE

A few days ago the United Arab Emirates suspended Blackberry’s messenger, email and web functions as it poses a threat to national security because these functions are not easily monitored. I don’t understand why they need to monitor these functions, Canada and the United States don’t monitor these functions but I may be wrong. I think that these monitoring systems that the UAE has invades people’s privacy. The UAE was disappointed that the United States criticized them for this action but i don’t think that the United States should be worried about the UAE because what the UAE is doing is just plain wrong. I think that these politicians from UAE are just trying to plug the media which we believe is voiding the freedom of speech. I think that the UAE should change their suspension on Blackberry’s services as it might hinder a lot of economic problems for them such as tourism. 

Jailbreaking is Legal, Still Voids Your Warranty

The U.S. Copyright Office has ruled that jailbreaking your iPhone is considered legal. This announcement came yesterday after Apple's complaints about the process of jailbreaking infringes on the copyright act. I have to mention that jailbreaking your iPhone stills voids your warranty. Also Apple has mentioned that there will be serious consequences on your iPhone is you jailbreak it, which I think is totally bogus. They claim that it can slow down your iPhone but there are certain 3rd party apps that allows you to cut the processes in your iPhone to make it faster. They have also said that jailbreaking makes your iPhone prone to viruses, which is not completely true. With jailbreaking your iPhone, you can install another 3rd party app that scans all the downloaded apps for viruses. All I can say is that jailbreaking your iPhone has so many advantages but the only disadvantage is that it voids your warranty. Have you jailbroken your iPhone? Was there any consequences?