Comments on: iPhone OS 3.0: What it Means for Business

By: mark

mark — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 15:20:26 +0000

The GM version if free to everybody, developer or not… Just download it and install it

And yes the iPhone supports scripts send to the iPhone and you can edit settings that way around, as for IT support on larger corporate networks..

And FYI there are no adds in itunes It’s bloaded like F**K but it’s ad free ;P

By: Ana

Ana — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 04:05:58 +0000

That was directed @ jims

By: Ana

Ana — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 03:50:03 +0000

My company and most companys are on BES(business enterprise server) until APPLE releases something that can compete with this, there is no competition.

By: Reece

Reece — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 20:53:40 +0000

I’m going to take an educated guess about over-the-air profiles. While I don’t know about the enterprise management system I do know that developers need to create a “mobileprovision” profile that must be synced to an iphone in order to test an application. This could be problematic especially when beta testing with large numbers of people since as of right now you must get the “identifier” number of all the testers and have them sync the app AND the profile. The problem is there’s no option in itunes to sync profiles and it happens seemingly randomly, this has caused me issues in the past. OTA Profiles could easily work by submitting the identifier numbers of each iphone in the beta test (you have to do this currently) and have it pushed to the phone automatically since it’s a tiny file.

By: Steve

Steve — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 18:24:54 +0000

If someone needs help with installing 3.0 beta firmware without paying $100 for registration with Apple Developer Site, please contact me @ stevenny@gmail.com

By: Bill

Bill — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 17:40:56 +0000

And still no native text editing, spreadsheet, or presentation apps. But they did win big time in the games market.

By: Jim S

Jim S — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 16:59:56 +0000

The iPhone may have more hurdles getting accepted in large corporations (although, I don't think it is as bad as some would lead us to believe). However, in the company where I am IT Director, we have five iPhones being supported. I have had to offer WinMo, Palm, and BB support as well. By far, the iPhone has proven to be the easiest in every aspect. I can have ActiveSync email set up on the iPhone in five minutes tops. I can't even get it that fast on a WinMo phone. Go figure!!

I think many naysayers haven't taken the time to check facts. I have run across MANY people within corporate America who have and LOVE their iPhones...even with its current shortcomings.

By: rosh1182

rosh1182 — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 16:52:55 +0000

“(And yes, insert Hulu for international users comment here…)” — proxy really won’t help with that seeing how there is no Flash on the iPhone so Hulu on the iPhone is not possible for anyone.

By: iAirmanshirk

iAirmanshirk — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 16:32:21 +0000

@ icebike

You do know that the u.s. military has bought over a million iphones right? am i the onlty one who watches the keynote addresses lol

By: icebike

icebike — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 16:14:20 +0000

Other than those who can run their business out of their back pocket like Steve, the iphone is still at a severe disadvantage in the corporate world and it will stay that way until Apple comes out with another sync method other than itunes.

First, most large corps, military, and government do not allow you to install un-approved third party software, and especially one that is essentially a music player and basically an over blown advertising platform for itunes Store.

(You can't even get on many military bases with an Iphone. I live near severl large Naval bases and no camera phones are allowed, but that's a different issue).

Apple needs to provide a client for sync and management of the phone without the embedded music player features, without Bonjour (another corporate no-no), and without access to the iTunes store.