The things that Apple forgot when comparing its iPhone with other terminals

In the morning Arturo had in a previous post about the news of the iPhone and I showed them the comparative tables with other terminals such as the Nokia N95, Samsung BlackJack, Palm Treo 750 or the BlackBerry Curve (my favorite of the group).

A few hours ago Robert Scoble commented about some of the things that Apple “forgot” about the N95 but the truth is that he did them a favor, he mentioned very few, some that he mentions and others that occur to me:

• At least the N95 and the BlackBerry they have replaceable batteries.
• All other phones can be bought “free” that is, not “tied” to a company (the iPhone can only be used with AT&T).
• I can install applications. Web 2.0 applications sound very nice but in an ideal world where there is always coverage or Wi-Fi. That does not happen today.
• At least the N95 and the BlackBerry they have card slots to expand memory. The iPhone no.
• The reality is that iPhone has more time to live because does not have 3G like some other terminals compared.
• At least the N95 have Gps. The BlackBerry Curve no, but the BlackBerry 8800 Yes.
• The N95 has a camera 5 megapixels, iPhone just 2.
• But the most important: all compared phones have keyboard the Iphone no. Although in theory it sounds nice to be able to modify the phone’s interface to adapt to the application, the iPhone will suffer a lot from having a virtual keyboard that will make it much more difficult to write emails, something that all of us who have smartphones do constantly.

To do a little justice to the iPhone, the N95 it doesn’t have a QWERTY keyboard which is really a shame. Even so, and although Apple’s new phone will surely become a success (and I really hope that it does then Apple seems like a great company to me) I think the first version of the phone will need a lot of fixes that I hope to see in the second version; or that there is a version with a keyboard for those of us who really want and need it.