“When the one-year anniversary of iPhone 1.0 rolls around this summer, iPhone fans will get what is essentially Version 2.0 of their favorite smart phone. The added features and apps expected then — some of which were showcased by Apple today — will transform the iPhone [and the iPod touch] far beyond what it has been so far,” Seth Weintraub reports for Computerworld.
“The App Store, which will allow iPhone owners to buy and download programs directly to their phones, should put a slew of jazzy new applications at users’ fingertips, further expanding the phone’s uses and reach,” Weintraub reports.
“The SDK unveiling wasn’t even the big news of the day,” Weintraub opines. “The big news was the inclusion of support for Exchange, something that could be a game-changer when it comes to corporate IT acceptance of the iPhone.”
“IT administrators may have a much harder time telling users that it no longer meets corporate security policies or doesn’t work properly with their Exchange Messaging system. In fact, Microsoft Exchange business users will be able to take full advantage of the iPhone’s ActiveSync functions, including push e-mail, push calendars, push contacts and global address lists. They’re all there,” Weintraub writes. “It isn’t just Exchange enterprise functionality that the iPhone will soon offer business users. The market-share-leading Cisco IPsec VPN is also supported. IT administrators will soon be able to enforce security policies and device configurations and even do a remote wipe of iPhones.”
Because of what Apple announced yesterday, Weintraub writes, “There should be significant concern in the RIM camp… By summer there could be hundreds, if not thousands, of applications ready for the iPhone.
Much more in the full article – recommended – here.
Yes, but how great will these apps be….?
“it’s not a very good email machine and it doesn’t appeal to business customers because it doesn’t have a keyboard.”
I think the competitors hit the panic button yesterday. Expect to see a bunch of them hiring thousands of programmers and engineers in an attempt to catch up to Apple.
In Hollywood these articles are known as “BOFFO” reviews. Off the charts positive press for Apple today.
Are you a moron FatMac?
Steve Jobs in June “Well you can put this update on your edge phone, or Tadah on your new 3G phone for 600 dollars, that’s right an edge or an 3G iphone folks, now how about a Demo
Weintraub: “the only direction for Apple, its iPhone, the users and now developers, is up.”
yep
this is classic stuff, apple fans see some new features and just jump to expect total domination AND personally attack anyone with a differing opinion. the iPhone is awesome, best mobile platform out there, no question. BUT it does not support lotus notes OR groupwise, only exchange. RIM is still safe in the large enterprise while iPhone will do extremely well in smaller/medium sized businesses. and both will succeed in consumer markets. more importantly, this is a HUGE market and both platforms should continue to grow quickly.
DO NOT BELIEVE THAT IPHONE WILL SIMPLY KILL BLACKBERRY. BOTH CAN GROW IN AN LARGELY UNDER PENETRATED MARKET.
FatMac
As good as the developers would seem a fair answer.
Considering that some of the developers whose work was demonstrated yesterday were complete Xcode newbies about two weeks prior, I would argue that the structure offered by the environment is obviously pretty supportive to people who don’t even have prior knowledge of the human-interface guidelines or anything else.
And, as John Doerr said yesterday (quoting Alan Kay): “The best way to predict the future is to invent it.” If you think the apps that are making it through Apple’s QA process aren’t good enough, there’s nothing to stop you writing some yourself and paying Apple $99 to be an App Store developer, you may even make some money in the process.
Just wait until the 5 year deal with Ma Bell is up and other carriers could sell it.
Shame there isn’t a CDMA version.
The apps will undoubtedly be extraordinarily Snappy™.
Lotus has already announced previously that Notes support for the iPhone is coming soon. It would definitely help if you kept up with current events…
Do a Google search people, IBM announced some time ago that Lotus Notes for the iPhone is on the way.
I am sort of tired of the no keyboard thing….it only comes from people that either haven’t used an iPhone or haven’t used one long enough. It takes getting used to…and more importantly you have to TRUST the auto correct…but after a few days…or maybe a week….you are flying with text…would I write a book on it…no..but it is better than my treo keyboard used to be and I think I am faster…I DO WISH I could landscape my email though…
GAME OVER
iPhone will be BIGGER than the iPod.
Nobody wants to kill Blackberry. We just want Blackberry to be forced to come out with a better product so the iPhone can one-up it yet again and then Blackberry will drop their prices to compete, then the iPhone price will come down and the capacity go up.
Cut and paste, a document editor, and a full-screen accelorometer switching keyboard is a no-brainer for version 2 also, but Apple is going to wait to announce those things to create more hype upon launch. Interesting to look at the app examples on Apple’s developer page…one in the back looks like a level…seems the accelerometer is getting an upgrade, too. The dude mentions something about 3 dimensions when demonstating the flight shooter/simulator game.
The other big thing that most people are missing is that developers will now actually be using a MAC to develop their apps so we should see a lot more aps for the desktop now. Once they see how easy it is for the iPhone they will know how easy it is on the OS-X desktop as well.
Can you say the best Trojan Horse ever…….
AIM on the iPhone is the first step to get ready for mini iChat videoconferencing, but first the bandwidth and battery life HAS to improve. Apple is getting in position, though. Voice with full screen typing in AIM would eat SMS and make it a thing of the past, and then inclusion of video in later upgrades in a year or so.
I thought the guy was an idiot at first, but AAPL just may hit 600, now. If only the world’s economy would cooperate. Buying opportunity.
PC users, its time to dust off the white flags!!
Great job Steve.
Now when can i get my iPhone here in SE Asia! 🙁
lotus notes on the way. it is not here today, March 7, 2008, or in use. I am up to date on current events.
again with the personal attacks. frustrating when folks are so intent on destroying others comments. whoever you are, you would be well advised to step back and look at the entire industry and you will simply see the ability for both platforms to grow significantly in the coming years.
and what’s funniest to me is I believe the iPhone rocks and is becoming the most advanced mobile platform by a long shot, but folks are still intent on making it personal. i do look at facts, though, and the facts do not support a binary outcome of iPhone king, BB dead. I have both devices and love each for its respective strengths.
What exactly are BB’s respective strengths?
Crappy looking email – web browsing – dialing phone numbers????
I have to admit, I was blown away by the scope of yesterday’s events. The Computer World article got it right; this is iPhone 2.0 even without any new hardware. Apple is going to do to RIM what it has already done to Palm.
Competition is good. Let’s hope RIM, Palm, Samsung, Nokia and what the hell, even Motorola can keep raising the bar as well (but not me-too rip-offs like the Meizu MiniOne). It’s better for everyone to have choices.