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Blackberries Fail Twice as Often as iPhones, But Less Than Treos [Failure Rate]
Blackberries Fail Twice as Often as iPhones, But Less Than Treos [Failure Rate]
Research group SquareTrade recently released the results of a massive cellphone study. They tracked 15,000 individual handsets over their first year of use, and they found some large discrepancies in reliability. The iPhone malfunction rate sat at a comfortable 5.6%. The Blackberry (in its ...
Study: iPhones Twice As Reliable As BlackBerries
Study: iPhones Twice As Reliable As BlackBerries
mobilecrunch.com — The iPhone is twice as reliable as the Blackberry after one year of ownership, a new study... by SquareTrade finds. SquareTrade, which sells extra warranties for cell phones and other devices, looked at the failure rates of 15,000 phones covered ... (more) Study: iPhones Twice As Reliable As BlackBerries
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BlackBerry’s Storm Presses   Into the Touch-Phone Fray
BlackBerry’s Storm Presses Into the Touch-Phone Fray
ptech.allthingsd.com — To its fiercest devotees, one of the best things about the BlackBerry is its carefully designed physical... keyboard, which the skilled BlackBerry addict can play like a violin. These folks scorn Apple’s popular iPhone, whose keyboard is virtual ... (more) BlackBerry’s Storm Presses Into the Touch-Phone Fray
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Not the best publicity for the Treo's I guess
PalmAddicts — ... Hans] Not the best publicity for the Treo's I guess. "Research group SquareTrade recently released the results of a massive cellphone study. They tracked 15,000 individual handsets over their first year of use, and they found some large discrepancies in reliability. The iPhone malfunction rate sat at a comfortable 5.6%. The Blackberry (in its various incarnations) jumped to 11.9%. But it's all better than the Palm Treo, which malfunctioned 16.2% of the time within the first year." The Gizmodo has the deets on this one. ...

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