“The analyst firm Gartner will tell IT executives to keep Apple’s iPhone away from their networks, in a research report to be released within a week,” Jon Brodkin reports for Network World.
“The iPhone, scheduled to ship in the United States on June 29, appears to be a great consumer device but has no redeeming qualities from the perspective of a business user, Gartner analyst Ken Dulaney says,” Brodkin reports.
“Businesses have little, if any interest in the iPhone and Apple isn’t marketing it to the business sector anyway, says Randy Giusto, who leads IDC’s analysis of mobile devices, computing and computer markets,” Brodkin reports. “‘The iPhone is not positioned at all for the IT world,’ he says. ‘It’s a very personal device. Most corporations are probably not going to support the iPhone on their networks.'”
Brodkin reports, “Apple may not be making a direct appeal to enterprises, but AT&T is betting that business users will want the iPhone, the IDG News Service reported in April. AT&T plans to market the iPhone to business users and is making sure its backend enterprise billing and support systems will accommodate the device, the report stated.”
“A 451 Group analyst agrees the iPhone has no place in a business, and thinks the new product won’t even live up to its hype as a consumer device. Tony Rizzo, director of mobile technology research at the analyst firm, doubts Apple’s assurance that the iPhone’s battery will provide up to eight hours of talk time, six hours of Internet use, seven hours of video, and 24 hours of music playback,” Brodkin reports. “‘It doesn’t have any features that would make it successful as a business tool. The other question, is it even going to be successful as a consumer device?’ Rizzo says. ‘I’m not giving up my BlackBerry. I like the keyboard, I like the trackball and I like the service.'”
Full article here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “LinuxGuy and Mac Prodigal Son” for the heads up.]
Smell that? You smell that? It’s pure fear. Nothing else in the world smells like that. We love the smell of fear in the morning. Smells like… victory.
The reason for such a campaign against iPhone? Money. Lots and lots of money and the fear of losing a good portion of it to Apple… The other phone makers, the other mobile device makers, and the other makers of so-called “smartphone” software understand the massive threat Apple’s iPhone poses. They have no recourse but to start up the FUD campaign, desperately hoping to slow Apple’s assault on the market. There is so much money at stake that things will get very nasty, very quickly. The chits will be called in and the articles will get written… The real Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt is being felt by all of the companies that Apple [has] humiliated… They are very scared and rightfully so. – SteveJack, MacDailyNews, January 10, 2007
“Businesses have little, if any interest in the iPhone and Apple isn’t marketing it to the business sector anyway, says Randy Giusto, who leads IDC’s analysis of mobile devices, computing and computer markets,” Brodkin reports.
Really? And where are the polls and data to suggest this? Oh right, from out of his a$$.
Really. Why are these people so desperate to slag a product, the predecessors to have already permeated every level of corporate and business interests? It’s bizarre.
Real World Enterprise and Corporate IT Expert – hilarious!
People missed the humour in this one….
“Except that its far better than any other business oriented smart phone out there with more capabilities and more promise than all the rest combined.”
Apart from the fact that it doesn’t offer any features that a business user needs, you’re right.
“wanna place bets on how long it takes her to get her email?”
I bet she’ll get it about 1 day after she goes down on the CTO.
Please! Do it!
Give everything to us!
This may have been an early draft. “The iPhone… appears to be a great consumer device but has no redeeming qualities from the perspective of a consumer gauger uh, business user”
RW, the original, substitutions may be made.
Rizzo is right and that’s why I’m not giving up my soup cans with string. Why? I like the price, I like the service and I like the soup. Until the iPhone can dispense hot, delicious soup I see no place for it in enterprise.
Real World
Apart from the fact that it doesn’t offer any features that a business user needs, you’re right.
Who are these mythical “businessmen” who don’t make phone calls, don’t get voice mail, don’t want to be able to surf the actual internet on a handy WiFi device, don’t want to have a few tunes with them, don’t want to be able to use Google maps almost anywhere, don’t want software and firmware updates as close as the nearest cradle and iTunes install, don’t want a slick user friendly interface…
Man, they would have to all Federal Employees to be that fscking boring.
Everybody just shut up for a few minutes and realize you all have a lot of knowledge in certain areas, and others have knowledge where you don’t!
1. Everybody ignores where there are cellphone laws and dials while driving anyway. Where’s the tactile feedback? There isn’t any, you have to look at the dial pad and not at the road. Nobody’s got all their #’s in Contacts.
2. Software for business isn’t there. Jobs knows, he apologized at D for this – “We would like to solve this problem and if you could just be a little more patient with us, we’ll do it.”
3. The push email standard is Blackberry, NOBODY can dispute that, with over 180 enterprise data controls. This device cannot replace a fully managed Blackberry for email. You can’t even open Powerpoint.
4. There is no replaceable battery!
5. There’s no wireless sync! It’s all wired. Who wants to go back to docking handhelds every 5 minutes?
6. Walt, chat is better than email, you’re right. Try working in any regulated industry like finance or pharma. All chat must be recorded like email for discovery. How’s iPhone do that?
7. How do I run Siebel Mobile, SAP mobile, etc etc on this phone? I can with Windows Mobile. So what do I tell my Sales Force? Use a web app? On Edge? On international roaming? Yeah, right.
8. Exactly what do I use for enterprise device management? Assuming I can even password protect the unit, the end user calls the helpdesk and says ‘I forgot my password, would you please send the unlock command?’ or ‘can you give me a temporary password’?
9. I lost my iPhone. No problem, I’ll just go and get another one at the store, call the helpdesk and have them do an over-the-air activation. Yeah, right.
I could go on all day here folks, try talking to your IT department and security people first before blogging…… that is if you really are talking large enterprise. Again, I fully support this will work for SMB…
“my wife is the head of audit for a fortune bank. she wants an iphone. if she can’t get her work email on it, i predict an audit of the mail servers.
wanna place bets on how long it takes her to get her email?”
A very long time, from the unemployment line if she starts blackmailing people at her company.
Her granting of sexual favors to the decision makers seems like a better plan.