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Granted the iPhone's keyboard takes time to get used to and auto correction on it works amazing, but if the crackberry addicts your "raced" were really addicts they would have all the most used words put in auto text so they only have to type 2 or 3 letters and it will finish the word for you.
His review was from a business standpoint and the iPhone just isn't quite there for the business user. That is being said without even touching on the security or lack there of.
The iPhone is a great device, but they could have easily added more features that other cellphones have had for years. That is what really irks me about how Apple does business. The iPhone 3GS should have been the phone released in 2007, but instead it is the 3rd gen iPhone and most people have been milked for $200 or more for each new gen released.07-12-09 12:13 AM - Sorry I've yet to come across someone with a physical keyboard that can beat me in a typing test. His review was skewed. It was more of a network review then anything and him demonstrating he didn't know how to use his iPhone. I see the iPhone used in business settings everyday, that argument is getting old. When people talk about the security of each device the majority of you don't even understand mobile handset security or IT platform security. Quoting encryption standards and the like isn't knowledge of security. The iPhone runs on basically a mobile version of OSX which is built on the most secure public platform to date; Unix. Im not bashing you or anything, but if you want to debate security we can break down each device in terms of what it can and can't do.Granted the iPhone's keyboard takes time to get used to and auto correction on it works amazing, but if the crackberry addicts your "raced" were really addicts they would have all the most used words put in auto text so they only have to type 2 or 3 letters and it will finish the word for you.
His review was from a business standpoint and the iPhone just isn't quite there for the business user. That is being said without even touching on the security or lack there of.
The iPhone is a great device, but they could have easily added more features that other cellphones have had for years. That is what really irks me about how Apple does business. The iPhone 3GS should have been the phone released in 2007, but instead it is the 3rd gen iPhone and most people have been milked for $200 or more for each new gen released.
Actually sounds like a good article to write.07-12-09 08:20 AM - I've never been to Cali, but I'm in NYC a lot an I never have problems with my connection there. I live 40 minutes north of NYC and have 5 bars of 3G everywhere. I have heard people say that before about NYC but it's never happened to me between my 3G, Bold and 3GS. That sucks that you don't get good connections.
07-13-09 06:18 PM - I hear you. Actually, I thought the article meant for anyone who runs a business that relies upon using files and email, which most do. The iPhone is terrible with regard to document handling and organizing and acceptable for moderate email use, including small businesses. Regarding Docs to Go, I find it absolutely absurd that the iPhone won't just sync the files when it does your calendar. I hate it when I'm home and running my own side business. I have to always remap the hard drive or enter in pairing for Docs to Go. WHY??? I don't have time to waste and all I needed to do on any other platform is connect the device and the sync software does the rest. Perhaps you have no problem because (a) you use a Mac which is the minority, and (b) you are totally wireless, and (c) you use mobileme. For most, this is never going to happen and the numbers themselves speak so - what is the Mac market share?
I couldn't disagree more. To begin, there is no quick access tasks/today screen. In fact, on the iPhone there is no tasks at all!!!! Most mobile business users don't need the web a great deal although it's handy. Email is a must. Many need document handling and filing, with editing being a plus that only some will use. Unfortunately the iPhone's email is still behind even though it is easy to use. It's getting there. The phone has its pros and cons but the battery life is a serious issue right now. You cannot use push email with this device unless you can charge it every day - period. I have used the 3GS and I know how quickly the phone depletes - the fact that any Blackberry will provide MUCH more battery time cannot be understated. Texting is minimal and all phones do this reasonable.For the most part, mobile business users really only need access to the web and email, with the ability to make phone calls or send texts. The iPhone accomplishes that tenfold. Add in the fact that you can most likely find an App to service whatever need you might have, outside of jailbreaking and you'll find that the iPhone is well suited to serve the 'BUSINESS' needs of many if not the majority of people out there.
The point was made clearly by me - it is incredibly easy to use what is given to you. The problem is Apple is trying to pull a Microsoft and failing miserably - instead of allowing other developers to dedicate themselves to building other applications that do one task well, apple is trying to do it themselves. Again, it's dead simple to use the email application but why is it still missing a basic spam or filter, select all, mark all read, and single mailbox options? These have been around for a long time - just like copy and paste.You talk about the iPhone as if it's really hard to use. It is rated the most user friendly device available. I know a ton of people who have left Blackberry's for the iPhone because they thought the BB was too complicated to learn and that the iPhone was easy. It's all a matter of perspective. While the iPhone might not be suitable for a busy law firm, it can do just fine in a hundred other settings.
Some areas it is closed off it is completely out of whack. Virtually everyone I know thinks that iTunes is a half-baked half-done attempt to make a media synch device do more than it was designed to do. It will get there but it isn't there yet and it doesn't do ANY documents. Why is there no one touch sync? That's a no-brainer. It's still "iTunes" and not "iSync." Eventually this part will get there too, but not now.
How about the lack of a task list that is integrated into Outlook. Tons of small businesses here in NYC use Outlook, not exchange. Apple didn't even bother to sync Tasks or even provide a tasks manager! Yes, the OS is easy to learn but it's still unfinished business at this point and the problem is that nobody but Apple can finish some areas. Yes, I looked everywhere and there are no solutions. Every decent tasks manager is Mac ONLY with no PC sync or clients. I've done a LOT of research on this.
I don't doubt you hear complaints but here is the bottom line you aren't accepting: Apple didn't design the iPhone for any business use. It began as the best media player and phone ever. That is what it excels at. Blackberry is the opposite. Boring as crap device, best email system ever. Blackberry made strides to move towards the iPhone and, like others, had much more open development systems. Apple is going the reverse direction and is struggling mightily with that part of the transition. Still the only phone were there is no practical plug and play file management on the phone, no attachment downloading, etc. It's still the best media player and they keep on adding that kind of good stuff, e.g. Nike.As for learning my iPhone in 2 days, it was more like a day and a half. It is not a hard device to understand. I accomplished everything you're complaining about on my iPhone before I even jailbroke it, with little effort. It just seems like a whining rant from people who don't like the iPhone. All the speeches about the corporate world are getting old. I work in IT/IS security and in my spare time I code. I see the corporate world everyday. I hear all the complaints about Palm, RIM, Apple, MS, etc. every day.
You are so far ahead of the average business professional AND you use a Mac. You don't realize it, especially because you are immersed in this stuff. Yes, the iPhone is the easiest phone to use but the apps just aren't there for business and, in some instances, are made unnecessarily difficult at this time, e.g. no disk management, no document synching in one touch sync, etc.
Actually, I worked on an executive level at one top 20 Internet company in the Internet boom, two Fortune companies, 2 small companies and firms with 10 or less employees so I think that my perspective runs the gamut. The Blackberry barely crashes for me. It just "works." If I didn't need to use the web so often for my web based business now, I'd never use the iPhone. I love it as a personal phone if I did some casual business and emailing.Using an iPhone on the go because the damn thing just works, and using my iMac when I get home because it also, just works. Your view of the corporate world is just a teeny tiny section of what is out there. Gain some perspective already.
Using your iMac at home means you are the clear minority. Most of the world uses PCs. Second, in the legal world and for most businesses it's required or easier to use PCs. They work extremely well for the most part although there are glitches all the time in every system.
I'm not discounting your perspective. I'm saying that for you it's way, way easier than the average person to make technology work for you. And once again, the iPhone is really more designed to satisfy a different market that mostly cares about an amazing media player that goes with them everywhere (music in the car, on the train, running, etc.) with decent email, great browsing, great apps to find stuff and entertainment, a big screen to play media. It is awesome for that market. But it's not built for business usage and takes effort. I'm trying hard to make it work because I like all the stuff that has nothing to do with business too much.
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