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News Analysis June 29, 2007, 12:01AM EST

How the iPhone Stacks Up for Business

Sure it plays tunes and lets you watch TV, but here's how the newest Apple device compares to Palm's Treo and RIM's BlackBerry

  iPhone vs. Rivals

  iPhone BlackBerry (Curve) Palm Treo (755p)
Hardware price $499 (4GB)
$599 (8GB)
$200 $280

Service plan price $60-$100/mo. $30-$60/mo. (data) (add $40-$200/mo. for calls) $40-$50/mo. (data) (add $25-$200/mo. for calls)
Wireless carrier AT&T AT&T
Rogers Wireless (Canada)
Sprint

Battery life 8 hrs. talk time
6 hrs. Internet use
7 hrs. video play
24 hrs. audio play
250 hrs. standby
4 hrs. talk time
17 days standby
4.2 hrs. talk time
240 hrs. standby

Size 4.5 in. high
2.4 in. wide
0.46 in. thick
4.2 in. high
2.4 in. wide
0.6 in. thick
4.4 in. high
2.3 in. wide
0.84 in. thick
Weight 4.8 oz. 3.9 oz. 5.64 oz.
Camera 2 megapixels 2 megapixels 1.3 megapixels
Multimedia iTunes and other digital music
Video MP3
YouTube
MP3 music
Some video downloads
Sprint TV
Streaming music and podcasts
Mpeg-4 video
MP3 music
Input Multi-touch screen and virtual keyboard Keyboard and trackball Keyboard and touch screen

Hesseldahl is a reporter for BusinessWeek.com.

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