Online calculator helps you choose the best smartphone

As the number of truly smart smartphones continues to grow, choosing the right device for your personal or business use is increasingly difficult. It’s no longer a clear choice between Apple’s consumer-oriented iPhone and Research in Motion’s enterprise-oriented BlackBerry.

To help users choose the right smartphone for them, InfoWorld.com has made available as a free online tool the InfoWorld Mobile Deathmatch Calculator in which users can indicate how important seven basic sets of criteria are to them and get a personal score for each device based on those individual settings. There’s also a quick menu that lets you choose from four predefined usage types — personal, small business, midsize to large business, and highly regulated business — to get a custom score quickly.

The InfoWorld Mobile Deathmatch Calculator — named after InfoWorld’s series of head-to-head, in-depth reviews of the major mobile devices — covers the Apple iPhone 3G S, HTC Droid Eris, Motorola Droid, Palm Pre, RIM BlackBerry Bold, and RIM BlackBerry Storm 2.

The smartphone calculator also includes a table that shows the differences among the six devices in key feature categories. In addition, InfoWorld offers a no-cost online tool to find iPhone apps suited for professional and business users.

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