Apple’s iPhone is the largest selling smartphone device, but the latest research says–Motion’s BlackBerry and Motorola Droid are also standing in the same competition. The phone that uses Google’s open source Android operating system is often considered as a Droid phone by its consumers.

There are different companies that use Android OS; Motorola is one among such companies which have been licensed by Google to incorporate Android OS and use the word “Droid”. Motorola Droid has been the best-selling android device.

Meanwhile, BlackBerry has got many powerful business features when compared with any other smartphone device; however Apple is considerably adding various enterprise features to its device too.

The Droid’s operating system has got many advantages like running on Verizon’s network and is confirmed to be considerably popular with its customer satisfaction. As per the research released by NDP Group, BlackBerry accounted 36% while Android phones accounted 28% during last year research in smartphone shipments.

The iPhone5 supports different productivity apps and allows users to view various document types unlike other smartphones, whereas Droid and blackberry needs support of apps in viewing these documents.

The Droid device includes easy navigation called turn-by-turn which doesn’t require you to subscribe a special app every month unlike other devices; blackberry and iPhone users have to pay for downloading such apps.

Deciding on the best smartphone for your business depends on what you and your business require. This could include security, tracking company’s data, managing various business elements, generating results, features that help in increasing productivity, displaying analytics of your business, enhancing relationship with your customers and so on.

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Security feature: No doubt security matters to some extent and it could vary from business to business and depends on the type of operations performed. If security is your major concern, then definitely you have to look at features of devices that offer more security and confidentiality to your data. The BES in Blackberry can enforce and track security rules– it encrypts the data which is stored on the device, monitors device usage and can generate app updates. Therefore Blackberry could occupy first position in providing security.

While iPhone5 stands next to BlackBerry in providing security and manageability feature it may require complex passwords and it supports on-device encryption, iPhone users can still install security policies through USB Syncing, email and so on. Although Droid provides limited security features and capabilities, various Droid companies now are offering security and management tools.

Business purpose: If you use BlackBerry Enterprise Server (BES), which supports for corporate calendars, emails with ease. Whether your business uses Novell GroupWise or Microsoft Exchange you can access all those services. This is the popular mobile platform designed for business connectivity.

iPhone occupies second best position here; it supports technology called ActiveSync for calendars, emails. The Droid device also claims for exchange support, while some of them could send messages but cannot receive them, this was the most common problem mentioned by many of the Droid users in forums.
Application support: When it comes to applications, iPhone takes top position when compared with any other handset. Even RIM says developers’ have released excellent applications. Apple released its own software development kit and launched the App store. The iPhone could be the easiest device to support and develop applications for!

Choosing the best smartphone especially for entrepreneurs should also include some specifications and features of the device and entrepreneurs should make the right decision by reviewing user feedback and comments. Some common specifications considered by most business entrepreneurs in choosing the best smartphone device are as follows:

• Memory capacity
• Display
• Location like Wi-Fi, Digital compass, 3G
• Power adaptor
• Battery and power
• Audio or video playback capacity
• Video out support
• Headphones frequency response
• Sensors
• Sound
• Misc etc.

Author Bio:
My name is Alicia. I am a tech writer from UK. I am into Finance writes for payday loans.