There are many phones and devices out there that market themselves as being true all round phones, trying to creep into every market out there be it the business market or the busy teen texter.
Two of these phones are the Samsung Galaxy Pro and the RIM Blackberry Bold 9780
Both of these phones have a similar form factor, sporting full qwerty keyboards and landscape screens. But that is where the similarities end.
The Galaxy Pro is a slightly wider yet thinner and lighter phone giving it much larger, easier to use keys and a larger easier to read screen than the Blackberry. Another advantage of the Galaxy Pro is the LCD TFT touch-screen, making it easier than ever to make selections on screen and browse the internet.
The Samsung Galaxy Pro utilises the fast growing Android operating system where as the Blackberry runs RIM's proprietary operating system. This gives the Galaxy Pro unrivalled customisablilty and access to the 270,000 apps on the Android market place. Although the Blackberry has a similar service, the Blackberry App World is in comparison has a meagre 16,000.
That said there are some advantages to the Blackberry. It supports Blackberry's very popular BBM service, allowing Blackberry users to communicate across countries for free. Although there are some cross platform alternatives to this service for Android users, they quite frankly aren't as good.
Another advantage of the Blackberry, is the status light that flashes when the Blackberry is on standby, allowing the user to easily see if they have missed a call or notification, a feature which would greatly benefit any phone.
With an easier to use keyboard, a touch screen and greater battery life it's clear to see the winner of this comparison. Although the Blackberry has specialised features such as their BBM service, anything the Blackberry can do the Samsung phone can do as well, if not better.
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