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[Rene Ritchie]

Are you switching from BlackBerry to iPhone 4? Have any tips for people who are? Here's you thread to get help and to give it.

Can anything help BBM withdrawal? How can you move over your contacts and other personal data (hint: if you're using Google, just set up and you're golden). Are your movies already in H.264?

We're going to post an article up on the front page later in the week and we'll be linking back here so let's get going and ease that switcher pain, shall we?

What do you know, and what do you need help with?

[iErick]

I'm an ex Windows Mobile user, current BlackBerry user, soon to be iPhone 4 user. I never thought I'd leave Windows Mobile, my Treo or treocentral.com.

When the wife and I moved, our Verizon service no longer worked in our new home. There is an at&t tower very close by, so at&t was the wise choice at the time. Our original intent was the iPhone. That was until we realized that on Premier at the time, all Windows Mobile phones were free. Wife picked the tilt, I went with the Treo 750. Nothing but issues with both phones. After several warranty exchanges we took advantage of the no lemon policy and went with the BlackBerry Bold 9000. We loved them. When the BlackBerry Bold 9700 released, we bought 2 at full price $349 on sale and received 2x $100 rebate cards. Sold our BlackBerry 9000's and made up the cost, making the 9700's pretty much free. We never thought we'd leave BlackBerry or crackberry.com

After surviving several BlackBerry Internet Service(BIS) outages and other issues with the 9700 we have decided to go with what we originally wanted. iPhones. We were going to switch a couple of months ago, but decided to wait until June for something new. I'm glad we did.

We have several friends and family who we have talked into blackberry and BBM. I'm totally not going to miss BBM. It it almost a little TOO instant.

If anybody needs assistance with moving any info from their BlackBerry to their iPhone, let me know with a PM. I'm personally using Google sync.

Any movies we have encoded for our BlackBerries were actually encoded for our iPod Touch devices in the first place. They are already H.264, encoded using HandBrake.

I know this post went a little off topic, but it is our story. I think we really will never leave the iPhone or tipb.com

I also noticed how tipb.com is a lot less active than crackberry.com. This made me realize that there must be less users with issues than their are with BlackBerry. Looks like tipb.com is a great place for people who love their iPhones. I'm glad to soon be one of those people. The wife is finally happy to have a phone she can manage herself also(she is waiting for the white iPhone 4).

[mpdonlan]

i myself have pulled the trigger and jumping ship from verizon and blackberry storm2 for the iphone after 8 months of a phone that never worked right i needed something that seemed to have a lot less problems and idc about the voice service i hardly make calls on my phone to begin with we all text

[Smlk]

Wow. I've had iPhone since the first one launched and these horror stories make me even more thankful. Welcome.

[pastordavidnorman]

I'm jumping from my Blackberry 8330m on Sprint. Since it's already sync'd up to my macbook, i'm not expecting too many issues.

[ebarne]

First message here on tipb! Also transferring from a 9700, and I would really like to transfer sms to sms more than anything else. Contacts, calendar, and notes I will transfer thru outlook, is there any way to transfer sms directly to the iphone in such a way they will show up in the iphone as an sms??

Appreciate the help!

[saintofsteel]

I've used several models of Blackberry's on Verizon for the last 5 years or so, and was very reluctant to switch from Verizon to AT&T. My wife however took the plunge with a 3G Last year February, and for the most has not complained about the service. I decided to test the waters with an iPod Touch and since than I only use my Blackberry to actually make phone calls. So Long story short I pre-ordered my 32gb black iPhone on the 15th and can't wait for Thursday.

[iquinn]

I made the jump in Dec, and I have not looked back since. I thought the biggest issue was going to be the keyboard but as it turns out typing on the iPhone is much better then it is on a Blackberry. I think this is mostly due to Apple's sweet auto correct.

[iErick]

Originally Posted by ebarne

First message here on tipb! Also transferring from a 9700, and I would really like to transfer sms to sms more than anything else. Contacts, calendar, and notes I will transfer thru outlook, is there any way to transfer sms directly to the iphone in such a way they will show up in the iphone as an sms??

Appreciate the help!

I don't believe there is a way to move SMS to and from either device.

[cmikhow]

iPhone 4 has made a convert of me, I'm just waiting for a Canada release date, I'm gonna miss my LED indicator though is there truly no better notification system for iPhones?