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iPhones For Business: A CRN Showdown

CRN's Frank Ohlhorst says The iPhone Has No Business In Business:

"There are limited opportunities to develop applications to integrate the [iPhone] into the enterprise. That makes the iPhone little more than a nifty toy, at least when it comes to business use...

The iPhone is no match for the BlackBerry, Treo, Windows Mobile and Symbian devices. Those devices meet the needs of businesses, are programmable and are available from a number of sources."

However, CRN's Ed Moltzen disagrees:

"In business, it can do between 80 percent and 100 percent of what you need a BlackBerry or Treo to do. But outside of work, the BlackBerry and Treo simply can't touch the iPhone. People mix their work time and their personal time constantly. The iPhone addresses this. And, yes, the iPhone is expensive for a phone. But it's inexpensive for an ultra-portable computer with WiFi and EDGE web access."

Ed winds up with an "It's here, get used to it," argument that I suspect will carry the day. But what are you seeing?

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Posted by Joe Caponi at 03:10 PM, July 23, 2007

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