Why iPhone matters so much

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[Passante]

"The capability of Windows Mobile to create Office documents is pretty powerful," Hazelton says.

And without support for Microsoft Exchange or IBM's Lotus Notes, iPhone users don't presently have a secure way to get work email."

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How many people edit Office documents on their phones?

MS Exchange is fully accessible by the web if enabled. I wonder how many employees can only access their email if they are running an exchange client. If you are using a web browser (as I do) it does not matter.

[Cleverboy]

"I know we have some salespeople who are very intrigued by the iPhone and would love to be able to use it," Walters says. IPhone's GPS-enabled map feature has particularly caught the attention of salespeople who visit electronics stores that are DirecTV resellers.Oy vey. :: hand on face :: It's at that point that the entire article, for good or bad, suddenly becomes "blah, blah, blah", unless it begins talking about "common misunderstandings" or something. This article reads like a regurgitation of popular commentary about the phone. That's not very good reading.

~ CB

[QuarterSwede]

Maybe it's simply because all other phone interfaces are pure garbage? In my opinion Sony Ericsson's are most useable but the iPhone kills even that.