Breaking Rumor: Apple iPhone goes enterprise on Jan. 21

#1 (**permalink**) January 18th, 2008

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
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> 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

#2 (**permalink**) January 18th, 2008

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.

#3 (**permalink**) January 18th, 2008

> 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.

#4 (**permalink**) January 18th, 2008

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.

#5 (**permalink**) January 18th, 2008

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...

#6 (**permalink**) January 18th, 2008

Thomas T. Veldhouse wrote:
> 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?
>
> :-)
>

There are even some who actually use Lotus123, Wordstar, Galaxy (word
processor that fit on *1* 360K floppy), Windows 3.1, etc. Luddites all.

--
Civis Romanus Sum

#7 (**permalink**) January 18th, 2008

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!

--
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John Navas <http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cingular_Wireless_FAQ>

#8 (**permalink**) January 18th, 2008

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.

#9 (**permalink**) January 18th, 2008

"Todd Allcock" <elecconnec@AmericaOnLine.com> wrote in message
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> 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?

#10 (**permalink**) January 18th, 2008

"Thomas T. Veldhouse" <veldy71@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> 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?

Heh, I laughed out loud at the fanboys somehow trumpeting this as an
enterprise solution.