iPhone Ready for Business Users, With Compromises (Update1) ...

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[jholzner]

From what I've read, the iPhone 3G offers the best battery life of any 3G phones. this makes it sound like it has the worst and is a compromise for using the iPhone.

[grigby1]

I'm not sure where the author got the "less than a full day of battery use" information. I update/send my e-mail every 15 minutes, do maps several times a day, a little surfing here and there, play around in the app store while on the rental car bus, etc., plus the phone calls and I get almost two days of battery life. That's with wi-fi off most the time, 3G enabled, location service off.

[BlackMax]

I've been petitioning my business to pilot the 3G iPhone as an alternative to our current BlackBerry devices. From the feedback I've received the 3G iPhone needs to support the following functionality before it will be considered:


Full MSX support (email, contacts, calendar and tasks)
MS Office Communicator Server client on the 3G iPhone (currently used on our BlackBerry devices for presence and chat).
Full centralized management. Not just remote lockdown, but the ability to push device configurations and application installations.
Security on par with what we have today with our BlackBerry devices and BES server


Two more concerns:

There is a concern that the current 3G iPhone is not physically robust enough to hold up to the rigors of business use. Some teams really abuse their mobile devices. A business cannot have to worry about getting a phone fixed or having to wait to have a phone fixed.

The current provisioning process for the 3G iPhone will have to change before it is fully adopted by businesses. We currently receive dozens of BlackBerry devices and place them in a closet until someone needs one at which time it is enabled over the phone with AT&T at our convenience. The current provisioning model where you have to go into Apple or AT&T to enable the 3G iPhone at time of purchase is not very business friendly. Perhaps AT&T already has a different provisioning model for businesses that I am not aware of.

[mainstreetmark]

I'm not sure where the author got the "less than a full day of battery use" information. I update/send my e-mail every 15 minutes, do maps several times a day, a little surfing here and there, play around in the app store while on the rental car bus, etc., plus the phone calls and I get almost two days of battery life. That's with wi-fi off most the time, 3G enabled, location service off.

I think 3G is the drain. I listened to Pandora from Savannah to Jacksonville on a nearly full bat and was <20% when I arrived.