computerworld.com - 12/12/2008
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December 12, 2008 (Computerworld) After the release of the iPhone 3G (and the iPhone 2 .0 update for first-generation iPhones ), I reviewed the challenges facing corporate IT departments integrating the iPhone as a business device. In that three-part series, I looked at how to handle mass ...
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10 ways Apple can improve iPhone for business use
MacDailyNews —
... iPhone itself 8. Add copy and paste functionality MacDailyNews Take: Good Jobs, Apple, will you please do #8 already?! We're tired of hearing about it and we're even more tired of not having it on our iPhones! If not, at least provide an adequate explanation as to why the iPhone can't, for some reason, accommodate a simple Clipboard. Sheesh. 9. Implement enterprise licensing for the App Store 10. Develop a mass deployment solution other than iTunes Full article - recommended - here .
Killer business Apple iPhone: 10 things to make it happen
Phones Review —
The Apple iPhone is a unique smartphone it has to be said, it offers numerous features although when as a consumer device the Apple iPhone adopts enterprise there are still a few challenges left in place.
One does have to say, and to Apple’s credit they have dealt with several of the issues such as supporting secure networking, offering Exchange support and allowing the iPhone to be pre-configured for users.
But there is still more Apple can do to meet with corporate needs, and here are 10 things that could well turn the Apple iPhone into a real killer business handset…
Develop over-the-air deployment for profiles; provide a way to enforce the use ...
Survey: Businesses double down on Apple
Macworld —
by Gregg Keizer , Computerworld Editor's Note: This story is excerpted from Computerworld . For more Mac coverage, visit Computerworld's Macintosh Knowledge Center . The number of businesses planning to add Apple 's Mac desktops and laptops to their corporate mix has doubled since earlier this year—part of what an analyst calls the "consumerization" of IT. In a just-published survey, 68 percent of some 700 companies polled said they will allow their end users to deploy Macs as their work systems in the next 12 months. That's exactly double the percentage of businesses that answered the same question eight months ago , said Laura ...
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Today, says Stephen H. Wildstrom, “apps are where the action is, and consumers are reaping the benefits.” Wildstrom points out that “before the iPhone, relatively few owners of any phones — smart or dumb — downloaded applications.” But “‘now everyone ...