It really didn't make it through the fight with iPhone 3GS. As much as I loved the phone, concept, design factor, message management - I could not find it superior to iPhone. And trust me, I really wanted to see it. As much as I need email management to be perfect on my phone, but I also need all those minor things like maps with GPS, browsing, terminal, etc. which it simply cannot do good enough. RIM rolled out recent BIS update in Northern America and still no two way Google mail sync. Still poor contacts sync with Google. And not only Google, but any Exchange -- you are so limited with what you have there. And even if I was closing eyes to many of it's disadvantages, I found myself much more productive with the iPhone.

I am really hoping RIM will come up with changes and will resurrect. Until then, I am afraid that even Android (which I do not like too much due to the lack on good hardware vendor, as HTC is just "trying", but this is obviously not good enough) has more chances than Blackberry devices.

Don't get me wrong. I am loving Blackberry Bold. It's actually the phone which raised my personal interest and requirements to the phone to the very high bar. It did make me want to handle my emails more effectively, and especially to require more from the phone to actually be *the phone*, not just Internet device (yes, I am throwing this one to you, iPhone!).

Nevertheless, if you line up cons/pros iPhone 3GS wins. However, I cannot stress strong enough that I am waiting for action from RIM. Like really waiting. Rumor has it that Blackberry 9700 (Bold 2 or Atlas or Onyx) is coming in November, and Blackberry may bring some software updates which will be very interesting to accompany it as well. Also there is a rumored Blackberry Magnum or Dakota which may be a hybrid with touchscreen and still QWERTY-keyboard next year. Nobody knows if this will be failure or resurrection. I hope they create nice competition to Apple and Android, so we can see some progress going on.