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Ford Transitioning From BlackBerries to iPhones for Employees

MacRumors said:
The Cupertino company has recently formed a partnership with IBM to "transform enterprise mobility" through a series of new business apps and services for iOS devices, and the deal will also see IBM selling Apple devices to its corporate customers, which is bad news for BlackBerry.
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That's not just bad for BlackBerry, who you can already write off as dead - this is also bad news for Microsoft who is struggling to make themselves relevant in the mobile field. Apple + IBM screws up Microsoft's opportunity with big business in mobile, which is where they've traditionally been strongest.
 
Perfectly happy

MattMJB0188 said:
Not when there are even larger devices out there.
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I'm perfectly happy with my iPhone 4S screen size. It's sad that you're not happy unless you have the biggest phone your money can buy and that's bigger that everyone else's. It's a sorry state of mind that you think others will not be happy because they don't have what you perceive is necessary for happiness. It's even sadder when you look at how selfish and pompous you sound knowing that millions go hungry every day and would be happy to have clean drinking water or a bag of rice to feed their family. These are the same people that build your disposable Android phones so you can get the latest and greatest next year.

Happiness is not found in things, but within.

That being said, I'm getting an iPhone 6 with a larger screen if/when it's available, but I'm dreading using it if it means I can't use it one handed. My thumbs are really not that long.
 
What happended to BYOD? That companies are still supplying employees with phones is bad for business and employees. Ford should have adopted BYOD policies as part of dropping BB instead of giving iPhones out. Still, it is good for Apple that they get 100% of the business this way versus 60% in a BYOD world.
 
Another successful 'bag' of fish caught...

Apple's getting better,.... :)

...or companies are getting dumber, whatever floats ya boat,...

Hey, don't knock flip phones ..... Motorola's V3's were cool
 
Let's see...

6,000 devices by $750/device on average makes a cool $4.5 million for Apple. not bad!
 
proline said:
Don't know why people think that's funny. Back when Ford made a small number of models with few options and instead focused on quality they did a lot better and had a much stronger market position to show for it.

As for this decision, makes perfect sense. Businesses can't rely on a company that could go bankrupt any day (like BB) and they need a company that offers long-term support. With Apple, you can run the same software and apps on any phone up to 4 years old while still having the latest security updates. No Android vendor can beat that- after a couple years on Android you'd have 30 different models running 10 different OSes, many of which with known flaws that will never be fixed.
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And how well does iOS 7 and today's apps run on the iPhone 4?
 
BB10 devices in conjunction with BES10 are a better solution for business+private.

Maybe they don't like BlackBerry's partnerships with Mercedes-Petronas and Porsche.
 
cube said:
BlackBerry devices in conjunction with BES10 are a better solution for business+private.
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Evidently they didn't so, plus Ford I'm sure was concerned about spending more money on a platform that may not be there shortly - BlackBerry is a sinking ship.

This won't be the only major defection from BB, I think we'll start seeing even more enterprises move away.
 
maflynn said:
Evidently they didn't so, plus Ford I'm sure was concerned about spending more money on a platform that may not be there shortly - BlackBerry is a sinking ship.

This won't be the only major defection from BB, I think we'll start seeing even more enterprises move away.
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On the contrary, there are employees asking for their BlackBerrys back at some companies.
 
Fred Stein said:
Big indicator, leading indicator, of Apple in the enterprise. IT will fall in love with Apple.
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No company uses expensive PBX's these days, many companies already moved to mobile phones and IP phones a LONG time ago. Those that use PBX's due so for specific reasons. Cisco and Microsoft are both leaders in enterprise IP phones and Apple coming close to touching that. One area that Apple hasn't figure out yet is meeting room communication systems because its hard to cram a bunch of people around a single iPhone when there are systems design to take in the entire meeting room into consideration and connect numerous participants on one huge screen.

I would even suggest that the idea of a company offering mobile phones to their works is an antiquated concept. A lot of companies are simply giving their workers credit to cover their phone bills if they use their mobile phones for work purposes these days. Handing out "company" phones is a nightmare for most IT workers.

I guess you don't work for a living if you think iPad is great for most "work" purposes. Also I guess you never tried to commission getting an Apple MacBook or Mac Pro as your workstation when IT budgets have been used to "Windows Value" for so many years. Why pay 4 times more for something just to run the same applications? Doesn't make good business sense.

You can use one OS for all purposes, it is called Windows. Surface Pro is better suited for office and home usage because it still runs the business apps necessary for real work, but then can switch over to vapid casual touch apps at home. Microsoft is light years ahead of the curve on this one, provided I care to use one device for home and work, but most people are happy with an iPad for home and a real computer for work.

I think it is clearly arguable that Macs are no more secure than Windows or Android these days, and there just as many security holes found on iPhones, including the frequent and troubling "lock screen" bypass hacks. Claims of greater security come and go like the tide because people only remember what OS had the last security exploit and seem to forget that any other OS also had their turn in the headlines.

Apple and IBM are making a last ditch effort to be relevant in mobile enterprise by latching on to each other. They may be kings in other markets, but are very far behind mobile enterprise productivity.

Yes, Microsoft supporting iOS with Office is a big win, for Microsoft. Apple's "word processor" is a joke compared to Office which is why Apple gives it away.

Also Apple tried to win over IT workers over a decade ago, and Apple has pulled out of every enterprise offering they used to make including their own Rack servers and business software tools. Coming back and trying to make iPad a tool for business is a joke compared to what they used to offer and failed at already. This is Tim Cook trying to grow iPad in a market it was clearly not designed for.
 
Now, if they can just get rid of the rubbish that is My Ford Touch powered by Microsoft, all will be right with the world.
 
jav6454 said:
Hopefully this also means better iPhone integration into the Ford Infotainment systems used in their cars/SUVs.
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I hope so too. Ford's Sync system is powered by Microsoft, and it's real clugy to work with, even with voice control. The UI in Sync is very 2002, and you essentially have to go through a menu system using voice commands, which is quite slow. Let's face it, car designers can design great cars, but they basically stink at developing user interfaces for the infotainment systems.

Which is why Apple's CarPlay system makes so much sense. Instead of having the car maker design a UI for the infotainment system, just mirror your smartphone's interface into the car. You already know how to use it, and it's going to be better than anything the car designers can come up with. Ford is one of Apple's partners for CarPlay (aka iOS in the Car), so hopefully Ford will dump the MS/Sync stuff and just use CarPlay instead. I just hope it comes out soon because I'll be in the market for a new Lincoln next year! :)
 
proline said:
Don't know why people think that's funny. Back when Ford made a small number of models with few options and instead focused on quality they did a lot better and had a much stronger market position to show for it.
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here i'll explain the joke (which kinda defeats it being a joke if needs explaining)

Apple make multiple colours but when Ford phone up to say what colours they want Apple jokes sure you can have any colour so long as its black.

get it now :D


http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Henry_Ford
 
ChrisCW11 said:
No company uses expensive PBX's these days, many companies already moved to mobile phones and IP phones a LONG time ago. Those that use PBX's due so for specific reasons. Cisco and Microsoft are both leaders in enterprise IP phones and Apple coming close to touching that. One area that Apple hasn't figure out yet is meeting room communication systems because ... [snip]
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What's the pay rate for this sort of work?
 
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