- Posted by christhi on February 26, 2009
Why is it is ready
1. Large Screen. Look it is much easier to communicate with a larger screen. Nuff said.
2. Excellent User Experience and Interaction Design. Much easier on the those non-technical users: read reduced training and increased productivity.
3. GPS and Mapping. It just works and as good as any car-based GPS I've used minus voice.
4. 10’s of thousands of downloadable applications many of which can be used for business such as Microsoft Tag, Jaadu Remote Desktop, etc.
5. Exchange Support. Not perfect but its there.
6. Web Surfing. See points 1 & 2.
7. Wi-Fi Support. No more lugging laptops to coffee shops.
8. Social Networking easier for the traveler. I no longer have to be at my desk to tweet or blog.
9. MobileMe support for those without Exchange.
10. International Language Support.
Why it is NOT
1. Ease of typing – lack of tactile keyboard.
2. Battery Life. 4 hours! Come on.
3. Apple Store is not really made for business applications – restricted application approval impedes production as well as limits enterprise mobile management solutions.
4. iPhone Application Development is not agile enough. Managed code please.
5. Limited Calendar Features – Such as meeting creation. Sort of hard to create calendar events when you can’t invite anyone from your organization
6. Lack of Enterprise Volume Pricing. Still too expensive for most orgs, especially these days.
7. Lack of Central Administration Tools. See Windows Mobile.
8. No cut and paste. Can live without this but it would be nice.
9. Security: Lack of Remote Kill Option. Apple come on.
10. Native Popular Office Application Support such as Powerpoint without converters such as Acoolsoft PPT to MPEG-4 or iClickr (http://www.senstic.com/iphone/iClickr/iClickr.aspx). Too much of a headache.