The phone responsiveness on the capacitive touch screen is differentiator to the Android set. Incidentally Nokia have announced all their new touch interfaces to switch to the capacitive touch screen. (Seems a trend)

Ill admit one thing about International travel and the iPhone, if the phone is a jailbroken software unlocked phone, there is a party trick to get it to work when jumping borders.(pop sim or reboot) However if you have the Run of the mill Operator supported handset then International travel is a synch. Or to quote you “it just works”

I’m going to say this on personal level, as of today there is no phone that beats the iPhone 3GS. You can run a poll !
Given sufficient time with the iPhone I have no doubt that your affinity for its UI and functions will grow stronger.

- brennan

Everyone takes a little while to get used to the touch keyboard, and within a short time it just seems to make sense. In fact it may even become second nature.

Top pocket? I haven’t found a shirt pocket it does not fit in comfortably. I admit at first the size is off putting, then you look at the browser and you go hey, this browser with this big screen is great.

I am an Ubuntu user at home, the only reason you need itunes is to activate the phone, pretty much everything else can be done with the phone. Account setup is a bit tricky but a once off endeavor to a happier life.

There is the niggly little fact that apple vets the apps according to its own rules, a little “hackjailbreakfix” is all thats necessary to break away from the rules.

With the apps that your guys have developed I assume they are Cydia(jailbreak appstore) loaded?

What you get on an iPhone that you don’t get on a blackberry that I think are deal breakers:
An App store (killer)
seamless integration with Exchange without any server or accounts (this is a game changer)
Native youtube,
full safari browser,
sms,mms
Internet tethering ,
Google maps(directions and street view to come)
weather,
camera.
Seamless wifi access.
those are the Default tools available to you without any downloads.

Now when we go into some of the great apps you can get for free or a small price:
DSTV Guide
News 24 app
Augmented reality app (thanks media lab)
Remote control of your itunes or Keynote (power point alternative)
Mxit
An AWESOME facebook app. (let me hear a woop woop)
TomTom navigation … aah hello yes I said tomTom (askmehow call 1800)
skype,
Nimbuzz
Not that you are a fan, but a rugby zone app (still awaiting appstore approval)
Qik ustream and cliq allow live streaming to the internet all social integrated.
a Multitude of Twitter apps from tweetdeck to Twitterfon.
Fring.
Snaptell for an unparalleled book buying experience.
Midomi for Song detection next to nothing.
Trapster for your speed trap warning issues.(we know you have them)
MyWi – Turns your iphone into 3g hotspot to share internet connectivity .
Dont have easy access to a keyboard or mouse then use Air mouse which allows you to use gesturing or a touchpad and full keyboard alternative.
VNC, Remote Desktop, VPN.
Oh and wait … its also an iPod with a multitude of features.
Itunes on the phone allows you to preview any song for free and then buy it!
I don’t think you have kids yet, but I have 3 pages of apps for my kids, who are already iphone-aholics.
It has an antisocial aspect to it granted, but I think that may take _you_ a while to develop.

Did we mention it was a phone too?