Friday, June 29, 2007

iPhone Bad for Business

Respected consulting firm Gartner (no relation, although I'm asked often) says the iPhone is not secure, stable, or flexible enough for use in a business environment, according to News.com.

The litany of reasons not to use the iPhone for work includes a lack of security software, higher ownership costs, no removable battery, and being locked into one service provider (AT&T).

These may all be legitimate reasons for execs not to buy an iPhone, but that won't stop the thousands of folks who will be using the company card and/or writing off the elite mobile device as a business expense. I can't imagine accounting departments stopping a mid to upper level manager from buying an iPhone. While the iPhone is marketed as a consumer device, businesses will have to deal with it, for better or for worse.

Posted By John Gartner at 09:44 AM
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Agree 100 percent. Better than even odds that the i phone will become the hot toy that every mover and shaker will want to whip out at power meetings. If that happens, senior executives will pressure their IT buddies to figure it out.

Comments by allen adamson : Friday, June 29, 2007 at 09:14 PM

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