Breaking Rumor: Apple iPhone goes enterprise on Jan. 21

AT&T prepping to bring iPhone to corporate and business customers
- Apple iPhone goes enterprise on Jan. 21
Posted by Will on Thursday, January 17th, 2008 at 6:15 pm

The enterprise market is a huge money-maker for carriers and
manufacturers alike. Just take a look at the leading smartphone
platform in the US. The RIM-made BlackBerry platform is the push-
emailing, Outlook server compatible, enterprise-handset of choice
among the corporate-set. Sure, the iPhone has already taken the second-
highest market share in the smartphone segment, but cracking the
mainstream corporate market would drive up market like mad.

There are already many businessmen and businesswomen (or is it
businesspeople? Political correctness, bah) bugging their IT
departments to support the iPhone, and there are even enterprise
iPhone users that don't even care that their IT departments are
lagging on iPhone support. Well, it seems that AT&T is getting set to
officially give the iPhone some corporate-love.

One of BGR's tipsters have indicated that, come January 21, AT&T will
be offering the iPhone to its corporate and business customers. All
discounts associated with corporate and business accounts will still
be valid - although there may be special iPhone data plans of $25 and
higher that will be require mandatory subscription. Corporate and
business customers looking to bring the iPhone into their enterprise
environment will have to undergo a special pre-activation process
before activating the iPhone through iTunes.

Now, it's unclear whether or not the iPhone's entry into the AT&T's
official corporate stable marks Apple and AT&T's intent to bring
Microsoft Outlook Exchange support to the iPhone.

links

http://www.intomobile.com/2008/01/17...on-jan-21.html

http://www.intomobile.com/wp-content...ook-server.jpg

Contrary to what the image above (from BGR) might lead you to believe,
there is no native support for MS Exchange on the iPhone. But, we sure
hope the US iPhone duo is working to bring Outlook server integration
to the iPhone - that would just make our week.

Apple iPhone Confused - Wants To Be Enterprise Phone
http://www.intomobile.com/2007/04/25...ise-phone.html

Avaya gives iPhone some enterprise prowess - Avaya one-X Mobile coming
to iPhone
http://www.intomobile.com/2007/12/19...to-iphone.html

Apple iPhone does Enterprise - will have standard OSX VPN-client and
Quick Look for Word and Excel Files
http://www.intomobile.com/2007/06/27...cel-files.html

AT&T iPhone Business Edition coming soon
http://www.intomobile.com/2007/11/19...ming-soon.html

iPhone syncs with Microsoft Exchange via Synchronica's Mobile Gateway
3.0
http://www.intomobile.com/2007/07/12...ateway-30.html

Sorry to burst your Apple bubble----few companies are going to pay a
super-premium price for a "phone" that is 75% entertainment device. You may
want one, but that's as far as it's going to go. Business buys Blackberry
(or Window Mobile) because these are business-centric devices, not an
entertainment device with some communication ability.
"4phun" <vic.healey@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:d362ea74-ec00-4d38-bbcf-caa939e6eb6a@i3g2000hsf.googlegroups.com...
> AT&T prepping to bring iPhone to corporate and business customers
> - Apple iPhone goes enterprise on Jan. 21
> Posted by Will on Thursday, January 17th, 2008 at 6:15 pm
>
> The enterprise market is a huge money-maker for carriers and
> manufacturers alike. Just take a look at the leading smartphone
> platform in the US. The RIM-made BlackBerry platform is the push-
> emailing, Outlook server compatible, enterprise-handset of choice
> among the corporate-set. Sure, the iPhone has already taken the second-
> highest market share in the smartphone segment, but cracking the
> mainstream corporate market would drive up market like mad.
>
> There are already many businessmen and businesswomen (or is it
> businesspeople? Political correctness, bah) bugging their IT
> departments to support the iPhone, and there are even enterprise
> iPhone users that don't even care that their IT departments are
> lagging on iPhone support. Well, it seems that AT&T is getting set to
> officially give the iPhone some corporate-love.
>
> One of BGR's tipsters have indicated that, come January 21, AT&T will
> be offering the iPhone to its corporate and business customers. All
> discounts associated with corporate and business accounts will still
> be valid - although there may be special iPhone data plans of $25 and
> higher that will be require mandatory subscription. Corporate and
> business customers looking to bring the iPhone into their enterprise
> environment will have to undergo a special pre-activation process
> before activating the iPhone through iTunes.
>
> Now, it's unclear whether or not the iPhone's entry into the AT&T's
> official corporate stable marks Apple and AT&T's intent to bring
> Microsoft Outlook Exchange support to the iPhone.
>
> links
>
> http://www.intomobile.com/2008/01/17...on-jan-21.html
>
> http://www.intomobile.com/wp-content...ook-server.jpg
>
> Contrary to what the image above (from BGR) might lead you to believe,
> there is no native support for MS Exchange on the iPhone. But, we sure
> hope the US iPhone duo is working to bring Outlook server integration
> to the iPhone - that would just make our week.
>
> Apple iPhone Confused - Wants To Be Enterprise Phone
> http://www.intomobile.com/2007/04/25...ise-phone.html
>
> Avaya gives iPhone some enterprise prowess - Avaya one-X Mobile coming
> to iPhone
> http://www.intomobile.com/2007/12/19...to-iphone.html
>
> Apple iPhone does Enterprise - will have standard OSX VPN-client and
> Quick Look for Word and Excel Files
> http://www.intomobile.com/2007/06/27...cel-files.html
>
> AT&T iPhone Business Edition coming soon
> http://www.intomobile.com/2007/11/19...ming-soon.html
>
> iPhone syncs with Microsoft Exchange via Synchronica's Mobile Gateway
> 3.0
> http://www.intomobile.com/2007/07/12...ateway-30.html

4phun <vic.healey@gmail.com> wrote in news:d362ea74-ec00-4d38-bbcf-
caa939e6eb6a@i3g2000hsf.googlegroups.com:

> Posted by Will

Who? Will? Is he with Associated Press?....(c;

Business wants nothing to do with iPhoneys with CAMERAS in them....just
like any other SELLphone.

At 18 Jan 2008 05:49:10 -0500 Prilosec wrote:
> Sorry to burst your Apple bubble----few companies are going to
> pay a super-premium price for a "phone" that is 75% entertainment
> device.

True, but that's not the point- some companies will allow you to use your
own device for corporate e-mail if compatible. It's a win-win- they don't
have to pay for your phone, and you don't have to schlep two phones around.
If the iPhone can get BES or (true) Exchange support, that willbe a oon
for iPhone users who want to carry one device.


> You may want one, but that's as far as it's going to go. Business
> buys Blackberry (or Window Mobile) because these are business-centric
> devices, not an entertainment device with some communication ability.

Right, but RIM is licensing a BIS/BES clients for other devices- some
Nokias and WinMos include one. If that trend continues to the iPhone,
companies will Be happy to save thecost of a $300 Blackberry if you're
willing to bring your own BES-device to the table-particularly for the
executive-types who are fighting their IT departments over this issue now.

The upcoming Lotus Notes support is a baby-step in that direction.

> The upcoming Lotus Notes support is a baby-step in that direction.

Have you ever USED Notes? It's a cluster****. I've yet to find anyone that
likes using it.

In alt.cellular.attws Todd Allcock <elecconnec@americaonline.com> wrote:
>
> The upcoming Lotus Notes support is a baby-step in that direction.
>

People still use that crap?

:-)

--
Thomas T. Veldhouse

I read Playboy for the same reason I read National Geographic.
To see the sights I'm never going to visit.

At 18 Jan 2008 13:09:50 -0500 Bill Kearney wrote:
> > The upcoming Lotus Notes support is a baby-step in that direction.
>
> Have you ever USED Notes? It's a cluster****. I've yet to find anyone
that
> likes using it.

Regardless, some orizations are, and for Apple it's at leastva step in the
right direction...

On 18 Jan 2008 18:22:05 GMT, "Thomas T. Veldhouse" <veldy71@yahoo.com>
wrote in <5vc92dF1lj3heU1@mid.individual.net>:

>In alt.cellular.attws Todd Allcock <elecconnec@americaonline.com> wrote:
>>
>> The upcoming Lotus Notes support is a baby-step in that direction.
>
>People still use that crap?

Lots!

--
Best regards, FAQ FOR CINGULAR WIRELESS:
John Navas <http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cingular_Wireless_FAQ>

I wonder how many enterprises will tolerate
The iPhone "iPhone" could not be restored. An unknown
error occurred (2001).
as the final phase of installation/setup of a new-in-box iPhone (or iPod
Touch) that happens not to have the latest software (and thus iTunes
offers to upgrade it).

-- Mark --

http://panda.com/mrc
Democracy is two wolves and a sheep deciding what to eat for lunch.
Liberty is a well-armed sheep contesting the vote.

"Todd Allcock" <elecconnec@AmericaOnLine.com> wrote in message
news:fmqte3$ucs$1@aioe.org...
> At 18 Jan 2008 13:09:50 -0500 Bill Kearney wrote:
>> > The upcoming Lotus Notes support is a baby-step in that direction.
>>
>> Have you ever USED Notes? It's a cluster****. I've yet to find anyone
> that
>> likes using it.
>
> Regardless, some orizations are, and for Apple it's at leastva step in the
> right direction...

Ones that actually use software with spell checkers?