Interesting Tom. One of the things they are REALLY looking at is the
stuff that BES provides (app control, phone kill, etc.) so that is
definitely and issue. And I was surprised when the kids told me there
was no cut and paste - WHAT was Apple thinking there ? That should have
been included day one :-)
Thanks,
Chuck
-----Original Message-----
From: pctech-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:pctech-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Tom Jedrzejewicz
Sent: Tuesday, May 26, 2009 11:37 PM
To: PC Technical Discussion for iSeries Users
Subject: Re: [PCTECH] BlackBerry Models/Choices ?
On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 4:10 PM, Mike <koldark@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I thought Apple added enterprise features into 2.0. Am I incorrect?
What is missing?
I love my iPhone. I use it for corporate email (Exchange via
ActiveSync) as well as personal email and a whole pile of other stuff.
There are a few holes ...
Minor Problems (IMHO)
- Exchange - can reply to "meeting invitations" received, but can't
create them from scratch
- Exchange - no easy way to sync TASKS, which caused me a bunch of
grief until I figured a workaround
Major Problems (IMHO)
- no copy/paste (this KILLS me, and apparently will be fixed in June)
- no way to segregate personal calendar/contacts from corporate
calendar/contacts
- I don't think central admin is possible beyond erasure. Can't
control firmware version, installed apps, etc. Not sure if this
differs from BB.
- Only AT&T (in the USA).
HUGE advantage (IMHO)
- ActiveSync is included with Exchange, and with iPhone, Windows
smartphones, and (I think) even some BlackBerry devices.
- I have several excellent apps installed that are helpful. For
instance, I use Evernote on the PC for keeping track of unstructured
info, and the iPhone client give me access to the stuff anytime.
We allow employees who get iPhones (or any other ActiveSync devices)
to connect, but we don't formally support them, which means "best
effort, no promises".
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Tom
midrange.com
