A friend sent me this article today about AT&T announcing a 'corporate' plan for the iPhone. Great title, but alas it is all smoke and mirrors. Apparently they have come up with a corporate pricing model and that makes it a 'corporate' ready device. Uhmm, yeah, about that... Sorry, but you can't get your email (unless your workplace has low security standards), can't connect with an exchange server for calendaring, tasks, notes, etc. (I mean without having to hook the device up to your computer - wasn't I doing that with my palm pilot back in the 90's?). Unfortunately, it isn't there yet and based on the 'big' (read - disappointing) Apple announcements last week, we may have to wait a little while longer for it to truly be corporate ready. The other hurdle they have to overcome will be the fact that it is solely available on AT&T. Is it just me, or does this type of proprietary shenanigans annoy anyone else? Everyone always beating up Microsoft for their supposed market domination, but then a company like Apple comes out and you have to run it on their hardware, over their network and people don't mind not having choices. Strange....
Anyway - enough for now - Peace.....
2 comments:
Yeah, the iPhone does have some definite drawbacks. I have one. It works well for me because I use it for social purposes. Apple should probably stick to their niche and stop trying to branch into markets where their M.O. doesn't fly, or change their M.O. but I doubt they will do that.
Did you get any sleep when you rambled on about this? I thought the iPhone was our new corporate standard.
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