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eWEEK: iPhone Calling in to Microsoft Exchange?
VoIP comes to the iPhone
The Truth About iPhone Battery Lifespan
Apple's iPhone: A 21st Century Newton
iPhone Buyers Have No Regrets
Enterprise Comes To iPhone
iPhone may outsell Apple forecast
Modified VNC client lets you VNC from your iPhone
Apple Acknowledges iPhone Battery Issue As Software Bug
iPhone's Black Screen Of Death
Why I Returned My iPhone
How You Can Get iPhone Features On Your Cell Phone
Interesting Survey of iPhone Buyers
eWEEK: iPhone Calling in to Microsoft Exchange?
"With an estimated 700,000 Apple iPhones sold on its first weekend of availability, Americans obviously adore the expensive combination phone, media player and Internet client.
At $500 a pop, knowledge workers will be loathe to leave them behind, and will thus be bringing them into the enterprise.
But can the iPhone actually work in the enterprise without significant business application support? The answer is yes, if Synchronica PLC has anything to do with it."
To read more, go to:
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,2158215,00.asp
eWEEK: NetSuite Links Up with iPhone
"If you're a NetSuite user and you haven't plunked down $500 for an iPhone yet, you now have more incentive to seek out the closest Apple store.
NetSuite introduced on July 12 a mobile application access interface called SuitePhone that will allow iPhone users to link up to information stored in the latest version of its software, NetSuite 2007."
To read more, go to:
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,2158326,00.asp
VoIP comes to the iPhone
voipguides.blogspot.com reports:
I want an iPhone, and I've got every materialistic reason to demand it. It's everything iTunes and a fifth generation iPod was, and you can even make and receive call with it! Add the fact that it's one of the best multimedia cell phones out there, with looks to die for and connectivity that screams 'Let's go,' and probably you'd want one too. If you do, here's one more reason for you to have it, and if you don't, here's a reason why you might change your mind and end up buying this little new gizmo – VoIP is coming to the iPhone!
Collaboration and Conference provider Genesys has announced that their Genesys Meeting Center 4.0 will be the first VoIP-enabling utility for the iPhone. The Genesys Meeting Center will work via the iPhone's Safari browser, and will enable all features regularly viewable on a desktop during a web meeting on the iPhone, with complete zooming and portrait/landscape capability......
For the full report visit here:
http://voipguides.blogspot.com/2007/07/voip-comes-to-iphone.html
The Truth About iPhone Battery Lifespan
Macworld's Jason Snell reports:
One of the biggest knocks on the iPhone has been its battery. It's not removable, which means - like an iPod's battery — it will eventually run out of juice and need to be replaced.
A true statement, as far as it goes. Batteries die. But many media reports this week have gone further. Take, for example, CNET's review of the iPhone, which states that "Apple is estimating one battery will last for 400 charges — probably about two years' worth of use."
Two years of use, the review says, and your iPhone dies. Or disappears in a puff of smoke, like those old tape recordings on "Mission Impossible." Sounds pretty awful, right?
Too bad it's completely wrong.
For the full report visit here:
http://www.macworld.com/weblogs/macword/2007/07/iphonebattery/index.php
Apple's iPhone: A 21st Century Newton
Low End Mac says:
Unless you've been living under a rock for the past weeks, you surely know about the iPhone's launch. It's been in the newspapers, the magazines, and the websites.
A lot of people have asked me if I am going to get one. After all, I have been loyal to Apple since April 1989 when I first used one of their computers and still have Apple computers throughout my house (although I do use an IBM at home as well). However, I would never use half of the features on the iPhone and I, quite frankly, feel it will be a flop.
Looking from a personal point of view, I use my phone for talking to people - as in picking up the phone, dialing someone, and having a conversation. I don't use mobile web (the library is my mobile web if I'm on the go and need to check my email), and if I want to play music, I use the iPod or a tape. Besides, I need my next phone to mount in my car so I can go handsfree (the car is already wired), and the iPhone probably isn't mountable. (By handsfree, I am referring to the car-mounted installation, not that stupid looking Bluetooth headset - I'd never wear one of those.)
For the full report visit here:
http://lowendmac.com/myturn/my07/0713.html
iPhone Buyers Have No Regrets
USA TODAY's Edward C. Baig reports:
Early iPhone owners are overwhelmingly happy with their devices, a survey out Friday says, and Apple and AT&T are luring customers from rivals as a result.
In one of the first such studies, 90% of 200 owners said they were "extremely" or "very" satisfied with their phone. And 85% said they are "extremely" or "very" likely to recommend the device to others, says the online survey conducted and paid for by market researcher Interpret of Santa Monica, Calif. The firm surveyed 1,000 cellphone users July 6-10.
For the full report visit here:
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/wireless/phones/2007-07-12-iphone_N.htm#uslPageReturn
Enterprise Comes To iPhone
infoworld.com's Ephraim Schwartz reports:
If the mountain won't come to Mohammed, then Mohammed will come to the mountain, goes the saying. Now, the high-tech version of that saying might read: If the iPhone won't come to the enterprise, then enterprise will come to the iPhone.
The announcement this week that NetSuite, a Web-based-only service provider for ERP and CRM to the midmarket, runs on the iPhone without any major tweaking almost as well it runs on a desktop has a lot of people rethinking the capability of the iPhone as a business tool.
To make matters even more interesting, NetSuite didn't spend one day in Cupertino to figure out how SuitePhone, as it's now called, would run on Apple's new device, though the two companies worked together in the past to ensure that NetSuite's SaaS (software as a service) solution ran well on Apple's Safari desktop browser.
For the full report visit here:
http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/07/13/Applenetsuite_1.html
iPhone may outsell Apple forecast
Bloomberg News reports:
Apple may sell as many as 14 million iPhones by the end of 2008, topping the company's forecast by 4 million, an RBC Capital Markets analyst said.
Apple has sold as many as 950,000 iPhones so far, including up to 500,000 in its first two days, RBC analyst Mike Abramsky said in a report. He expects the iPhone to contribute $10 million in sales to Apple's fiscal third quarter, which ended a day after the iPhone went on sale June 29.
For the full report visit here:
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/business/4964879.html
Modified VNC client lets you VNC from your iPhone
Ars Technica's Justin Berka reports:
The iPhone hacks are springing up as developers get more comfortable tinkering with the iPhone. Much of the work so far has focused on accessing various iPhone capabilities from a Mac or from the phone itself in order to do things like store files. But what if you want to use your iPhone to do things on your computer? Being able to use the iPhone in this way opens up a lot of possibilities, including streaming media, reading your e-mail from your couch, or controlling HTPC and other devices.
For the full report visit here:
http://arstechnica.com/journals/apple.ars/2007/07/13/modified-vnc-client-lets-you-vnc-from-your-iphone
Apple Acknowledges iPhone Battery Issue As Software Bug
Ars Technica's Jacqui Cheng reports:
Some readers have complained that their iPhones aren't charging to 100 percent when they leave them in the dock for extended periods of time. This has, at the very least, become a wide enough problem that people all over the Internet are buzzing about the iPhone battery issue. Although it was unclear whether the actual problem lies with the battery or the software, it annoyed iPhone users regardless.
For the full report visit here:
http://arstechnica.com/journals/apple.ars/2007/07/13/apple-acknowledges-iphone-battery-issue-as-software-bug
iPhone's Black Screen Of Death
news.com's l Kevin Ho says:
Being a PC person, I've encountered the dreaded "blue screen of death."
I've never seen a comparable thing on Apple products. (I have heard of the sad Mac face, or the sick iPod face.) So, much to my surprise, starting a couple days ago I noticed what appeared to be a "black screen of death." Everything stops working. The time bar at top is there, but the rest of the screen is black. No touching. No prodding of the home key. No pressing of the upper right key will get the thing working again.
For the full report visit here:
http://news.com.com/8301-10784_3-9744138-7.html
Why I Returned My iPhone
machinist.salon.com reports:
A few hours ago I walked into the Apple Store at the Stonestown Mall in San Francisco and gave back my iPhone. When the friendly salesperson asked me why I wanted to return it, I answered honestly. "I can't afford it," I said.
But that was not the whole story.
I've been enraptured by the iPhone since January, but I never intended to keep it. Two weeks ago I spent a whole day in line waiting to get one, but as I explained at the time, I did so mainly out of a professional obligation. To me, a $600 phone seemed at least $300 too rich.
This is the story of how I came around. It's a story about how a beautiful and delightfully useful machine undid my cost-benefit analysis and shifted my calculus of desire. You'll tell me to get a room, I'm sure, but this much is true: This is a love story - but it's a love that, alas, must remain unrequited, at least for now.
For the full report visit here:
http://machinist.salon.com/blog/2007/07/12/return_iphone/
How You Can Get iPhone Features On Your Cell Phone
CBS's Andy Ihnatko says:
The iPhone might be the coolest new device on the market, but that doesn't mean you've been left in the Dark Ages if you don't have one.
On The Saturday Early Show, Chicago Sun-Times technology columnist Andy Ihnatko talked about ways to add many of the iPhone's best features to your Palm, Trio or Smartphone.
There are five features that can be put on your phone that will make it closer to being an iPhone: visual voicemail, a music player, a video player, a better Internet browser and a weather forecast program.
For the full report visit here:
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/07/13/earlyshow/saturday/main3056385.shtml
Interesting Survey of iPhone Buyers
brandautopsy.typepad.com's johnmoore (from Brand Autopsy) says:
Despite the hype, despite the activation issues, and despite the myriad drawbacks, buyers of the iPhone are a very happy bunch. So says a recent study from Interpret of 200 iPhone buyers.
According to the study, 90% of iPhone buyers surveyed are either extremely or very satisfied with the phone and 85% of them will recommend the iPhone to a friend.
For the full report visit here:
http://brandautopsy.typepad.com/brandautopsy/2007/07/interesting-sur.html
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