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Blackberry vs. iPhone - Which Device Will Business Users Back?
Is The iPhone Finally Ready To Do Business? - Gartner Research Changes Tune
iPhone the Hot Ticket Item in... Syria?
The Inevitability Of The iPhone
Analyst Angle: How to beat the iPhone and the Blackberry


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Blackberry vs. iPhone - Which Device Will Business Users Back?

ITBusiness.ca's Lisa Hoover says:

When Apple's iPhone stormed on the scene last year, it was heralded by users as the BlackBerry killer.

While some IT departments were willing to find workarounds, most kept the device at arm's length until lessons learned from past smartphones in the workplace-such as push e-mail and remote data wiping-were released....

With both BlackBerrys and iPhones vying for the top spot (or pocket) of business-class users, the competition is a lot fiercer than it may appear. Indeed, BlackBerry maker Research In Motion (RIM) has been quietly helping its partners develop better tools, while other companies are (somewhat grudgingly) getting ready for an onslaught of iPhones in the workplace. The race, it seems, is on.

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http://www.itbusiness.ca/it/client/en/Home/News.asp?id=47656






Is The iPhone Finally Ready To Do Business? - Gartner Research Changes Tune

tech.co.uk's Don Reisinger reports:

Before Apple announced its plans to allow third-party developers to create software for the iPhone, Gartner Research believed the popular mobile was nothing more than a tablet with very little usefulness in the corporate world. But now, the research firm has changed its tune.

Following the announcement of iPhone software v2.0, the influential analyst will update its recommendation for the iPhone and elevate it to 'appliance-level' support status, which permits the device to be used for email, telephony and browsing applications in a business environment.
Garter changes its tune

"In its initial release, the iPhone was, with few exceptions, an Internet tablet with browser-based applications as its main offering, however, the release of firmware 2.0 changes that, enabling enterprises to develop local code and create applications that do not depend on network capabilities," said Gartner analyst and vice president Ken Dulaney.

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iPhone the Hot Ticket Item in... Syria?

TidBITS's Adam C. Engst says:

TidBITS reader Julian Allason reports that the iPhone has spread well beyond Apple's supported countries, even to places that might not come to mind as Apple's next major iPhone launch market, like Syria. Julian writes, "You will be amused to hear that the hottest topic everywhere I have been in Syria is - the iPhone. Almost everyone recognises mine and rushes over (well, not the women, who merely ululate from a distance).....

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http://db.tidbits.com/article/9514






The Inevitability Of The iPhone

CNet's Matt Asay says:

I walked into my local AT&T Wireless store on Saturday fully expecting and prepared to get a Blackberry 8820. My Blackberry 8800 died while I was in London last week, and both Visa and American Express tried to protect me from fraud by disallowing my attempts to order a new phone over the web. Hence, my face-to-face visit with AT&T.

Unfortunately for Research in Motion, maker of the Blackberry, the in-store price for the 8820 was the same as the iPhone. I deliberated for all of three seconds and walked out with the iPhone.

My reason was simple: I needed something that would sync consistently with my Mac. My Blackberry-to-Mac sync has been hit or miss for the past year (though I've been testing a beta of the new PocketMac and it is quite good) and I'm fed up. I just want something that works.

The iPhone "just works," and then some.

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http://www.cnet.com/8301-13505_1-9901543-16.html






Analyst Angle: How to beat the iPhone and the Blackberry

rcrnews.com's Rob Enderle says:

There are a lot of brain cells focused on trying to find ways to beat Research in Motion's Blackberry and Apple's iPhone. What amazes me is how few of the strategies seem to have any real chance of succeeding because none of the competitors wants to do what is necessary to win the race. They seem to think they can introduce products at random and eventually one will magically get the attention of the market. While that was how the Razr came to be, this "throw stuff against the wall" approach rarely works in markets where the leading companies, in this case Research in Motion and Apple, are both focused and successful.

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