NEWS: CIOs pooh-pooh the iPhone

<http://www.theregister.com/2007/07/24/cios_badmouth_iphone/>

Four out for four CIOs agree: the iPhone is no match for the
Blackberry. Last night, at an event hosted by Silicon Valley's
tech-happy Churchill Club, four high-profile CIOs - representing
Google, Hasbro, Levi Strauss, and health care giant McKesson Corp -
were asked if they'd carry an iPhone for business purposes, and all
four said "No."

Meanwhile, three of the four said they won't let their employees
carry Apple's latest status symbol - at least, not in an official
business capacity.

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John Navas wrote:
> <http://www.theregister.com/2007/07/24/cios_badmouth_iphone/>
>
> Four out for four CIOs agree: the iPhone is no match for the
> Blackberry. Last night, at an event hosted by Silicon Valley's
> tech-happy Churchill Club, four high-profile CIOs - representing
> Google, Hasbro, Levi Strauss, and health care giant McKesson Corp -
> were asked if they'd carry an iPhone for business purposes, and all
> four said "No."
>
> Meanwhile, three of the four said they won't let their employees
> carry Apple's latest status symbol - at least, not in an official
> business capacity.
>
> [MORE]
>


Apparently, they understand the iPhone was neither designed nor intended
as a business tool. It's a product aimed squarely at the teenager.

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On Wed, 25 Jul 2007 00:03:01 GMT, John Navas
<[email protected]> wrote:

><http://www.theregister.com/2007/07/24/cios_badmouth_iphone/>
>
> Four out for four CIOs agree: the iPhone is no match for the
> Blackberry. Last night, at an event hosted by Silicon Valley's
> tech-happy Churchill Club, four high-profile CIOs - representing
> Google, Hasbro, Levi Strauss, and health care giant McKesson Corp -
> were asked if they'd carry an iPhone for business purposes, and all
> four said "No."
>
> Meanwhile, three of the four said they won't let their employees
> carry Apple's latest status symbol - at least, not in an official
> business capacity.
>
> [MORE]


The Motorola shill still Trolling against the iPhone.

Show me one URL where Apple ever said they were competing againstthe
Blackberry.

At 24 Jul 2007 19:47:52 -0500 [email protected] wrote:

> The Motorola shill still Trolling against the iPhone.
>
> Show me one URL where Apple ever said they were competing againstthe
> Blackberry.


It doesn't matter who Apple says they're competing with, what matters is
who the device's buyers think it's competing with.

The problem is when a bunch of relatively "important" managers bring
their shiny new toys to work and then the IT guys have to stick out their
necks and explain why they don't intend to toss their secure BES or
Exchange e-mail solutions out the window so the VP in charge of Corporate
Restroom Reading Materials (Northeastern Region) can get his corporate e-
mail on the iPhone's POP/IMAP client instead of his "stodgy" Blackberry!

Obviously this isn't Apple's fault- they never positioned the device as a
Blackberry killer- but it is and will be a problem in some organizations
where the bosses' fancies, rather than sound computing practices, control
IT security.

In article <[email protected]>,
Jer <[email protected]> wrote:

> John Navas wrote:
> > <http://www.theregister.com/2007/07/24/cios_badmouth_iphone/>
> >
> > Four out for four CIOs agree: the iPhone is no match for the
> > Blackberry. Last night, at an event hosted by Silicon Valley's
> > tech-happy Churchill Club, four high-profile CIOs - representing
> > Google, Hasbro, Levi Strauss, and health care giant McKesson Corp -
> > were asked if they'd carry an iPhone for business purposes, and all
> > four said "No."
> >
> > Meanwhile, three of the four said they won't let their employees
> > carry Apple's latest status symbol - at least, not in an official
> > business capacity.
> >
> > [MORE]
> >
>
>
> Apparently, they understand the iPhone was neither designed nor intended
> as a business tool. It's a product aimed squarely at the teenager.

You work in a Dilbert cubicle? Seriously. I run a design company. We got
our first one today after having played with it from any of our "early
adopting" friends and clients.
Runs circles around BB in plain usability. You can see an entire web
page clearly. Messages look great. All we need now is the same coverage
as BB.
The benchmark has been raised.

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On Tue, 24 Jul 2007 19:34:33 -0600, Todd Allcock
<[email protected]> wrote:

>At 24 Jul 2007 19:47:52 -0500 [email protected] wrote:
>
>> The Motorola shill still Trolling against the iPhone.
>>
>> Show me one URL where Apple ever said they were competing againstthe
>> Blackberry.
>
>
>It doesn't matter who Apple says they're competing with, what matters is
>who the device's buyers think it's competing with.
>


And its competing against highend Sony/Ericcson models.

On Tue, 24 Jul 2007 20:24:58 -0700, Kurt wrote:

>> Apparently, they understand the iPhone was neither designed nor intended
>> as a business tool. It's a product aimed squarely at the teenager.
>
> You work in a Dilbert cubicle? Seriously. I run a design company. We got
> our first one today after having played with it from any of our "early
> adopting" friends and clients.
> Runs circles around BB in plain usability. You can see an entire web
> page clearly. Messages look great. All we need now is the same coverage
> as BB.
> The benchmark has been raised.

How do you figure that? The benchmark should include coverage. I don't
want a "sprinter", I need a 20 miler.
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On Tue, 24 Jul 2007 20:17:43 -0700, Kurt wrote:

> We now have an iPhone in our house. Kicks butt. Amazing. My Treo will be
> leaving shortly.

Good, send your old Treo to me then.
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In article <[email protected]>,
[email protected] wrote:

> On Tue, 24 Jul 2007 19:34:33 -0600, Todd Allcock
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >At 24 Jul 2007 19:47:52 -0500 [email protected] wrote:
> >
> >> The Motorola shill still Trolling against the iPhone.
> >>
> >> Show me one URL where Apple ever said they were competing againstthe
> >> Blackberry.
> >
> >
> >It doesn't matter who Apple says they're competing with, what matters is
> >who the device's buyers think it's competing with.
> >
>
>
> And its competing against highend Sony/Ericcson models.

I don't know anyone that owns one.

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On 7/24/07 7:03 PM, in article [email protected],
"John Navas" <[email protected]> wrote:

> <http://www.theregister.com/2007/07/24/cios_badmouth_iphone/>
>
> Four out for four CIOs agree: the iPhone is no match for the
> Blackberry. Last night, at an event hosted by Silicon Valley's
> tech-happy Churchill Club, four high-profile CIOs - representing
> Google, Hasbro, Levi Strauss, and health care giant McKesson Corp -
> were asked if they'd carry an iPhone for business purposes, and all
> four said "No."
>
> Meanwhile, three of the four said they won't let their employees
> carry Apple's latest status symbol - at least, not in an official
> business capacity.
>
> [MORE]
No gives a rat's ass about your little Socialite asshole buddies, Mr. Moto:

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/...s/4996469.html

REAL business people like lawyers have obviously found it VERY useful.

On 7/25/07 9:09 AM, in article [email protected],
"Joe "wilburn" Alden" <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Tue, 24 Jul 2007 20:17:43 -0700, Kurt wrote:
>
>> We now have an iPhone in our house. Kicks butt. Amazing. My Treo will be
>> leaving shortly.
>
> Good, send your old Treo to me then.
Can you afford the upkeep?

[email protected] (George Kerby) wrote in
news:C2CCFD89.32150%[email protected]:

> REAL business people like lawyers ...

What?

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On Wed, 25 Jul 2007 13:16:56 -0500, George Kerby
<[email protected]> wrote:

>
>
>
>On 7/25/07 9:09 AM, in article [email protected],
>"Joe "wilburn" Alden" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 24 Jul 2007 20:17:43 -0700, Kurt wrote:
>>
>>> We now have an iPhone in our house. Kicks butt. Amazing. My Treo will be
>>> leaving shortly.
>>
>> Good, send your old Treo to me then.
>Can you afford the upkeep?


Apple learned from the Treo mistakes.

All them 3rd party apps, always causing it to lock up.

In article <[email protected]>,
[email protected] wrote:

> On Wed, 25 Jul 2007 13:16:56 -0500, George Kerby
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> >
> >On 7/25/07 9:09 AM, in article [email protected],
> >"Joe "wilburn" Alden" <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> >> On Tue, 24 Jul 2007 20:17:43 -0700, Kurt wrote:
> >>
> >>> We now have an iPhone in our house. Kicks butt. Amazing. My Treo will be
> >>> leaving shortly.
> >>
> >> Good, send your old Treo to me then.
> >Can you afford the upkeep?
>
>
> Apple learned from the Treo mistakes.
>
> All them 3rd party apps, always causing it to lock up.

I can attest to that.

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On 7/25/07 1:16 PM, in article [email protected], "Bert
Hyman" <[email protected]> wrote:

> [email protected] (George Kerby) wrote in
> news:C2CCFD89.32150%[email protected]:
>
>> REAL business people like lawyers ...
>
> What?
LOL!

But tell me just WHO runs the govt? What do you think all those asshole
Senators and Representatives did before they got there?

'Nuff said....