Apple Winning Over Businesses with iPhone

Linked by Adam S on Mon 17th Nov 2008 16:04 UTC, submitted by Moulinneuf

"Apple has shown terrific growth over the past decade after virtually collapsing in the early 90s. However, one segment that it has never really been able to win back is the business sector. Not since the days of Apple IIe's or further back has Apple really enjoyed strong business adoption. And the business sector, consisting of everything from business laptops, to servers and business phones, is a huge revenue source so this was a big loss for Apple. However, Apple's hottest gadget, the iPhone is finally starting to win Apple a following in the business community."

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No correlation there then ...

by ameasures on Mon 17th Nov 2008 16:36 UTC

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2006-01-09

So here we have the iPhone beating out the Nintendo DS in the handheld games quadrant AND gaining big market share in the business sector ... no correlation there then.

To be fair (why?) they have put effort into email integration with 'push email' and so forth.

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RE: No correlation there then ...

by HeLfReZ on Mon 17th Nov 2008 19:28 UTC in reply to "No correlation there then ..."

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2005-08-12

IPhone beating DS in gaming? did I miss a memo somewhere? of do i just fail a interpreting your sarcasm lol..I know they have been making effort, but that his sux at gaming. Their big smash hit title "Spore" has been one big flop due to all the EA drm

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Oh really?

by TBPrince on Mon 17th Nov 2008 16:41 UTC

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;-) These guys seem to ignore Apple is rumored to cut production of iPhones by a whopping 40%... ;-)

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RE: Oh really?

by darknexus on Mon 17th Nov 2008 18:35 UTC in reply to "Oh really?"

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2008-07-15

Maybe because it is precisely that, a rumor and nothing more?

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RE: Oh really?

by PowerMacX on Mon 17th Nov 2008 19:56 UTC in reply to "Oh really?"

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;-) These guys seem to ignore Apple is rumored to cut production of iPhones by a whopping 40%... ;-)

Or perhaps they realize the "analyst" hasn't been accurate before (to say the least):
http://apple20.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2008/11/03/the-apple-analyst-w...

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behind the times perhaps but

by orfanum on Mon 17th Nov 2008 17:13 UTC

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2006-06-02

Last time I looked for my outfit, the phone company providing the contract didn't even do a business package for the iPhone, so we went for Blackberry devices instead - and I now defy anyone to tell me that brick breaker doesn't beat anything the iPhone could throw at the business person with a few minutes to spare...;-)

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One of the reasons

by werpu on Tue 18th Nov 2008 09:04 UTC

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2006-01-18

Why apple does not get a foothold in the buisness is their lack of mid price ranged and mid size tower, those machines are very common in businesses!
Surely apple does not want to kill the prices for their high end gear, but I am not sure which loss is bigger!

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total domination

by ari-free on Tue 18th Nov 2008 14:35 UTC

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2007-01-22

it's about time Apple figured out the Microsoft path to domination: games and business.

Of course, photoshop on the iphone wouldn't hurt either

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Serious business drawbacks

by aahjnnot on Tue 18th Nov 2008 18:03 UTC

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2008-07-24

The iPhone has some very serious drawbacks as a business device:

- It doesn't support full-drive encryption
- It doesn't support email attachments
- It requires iTunes for setup and updates

These are show-stoppers for many businesses.

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