Although the Apple iPhone has only been on store shelves for eight months or so, it has made a big dent in the mobile phone industry. Apple did such a great job with marketing that consumers were clamoring to get their hands on this product the second that it was made available to the public. And although the iPhone has done quite well in a short period of time, it is safe to say that Apple is not going to stop there. Instead, they have announced that new software development is going to offer many enterprise features that are sure to get people in the business sector excited.
Companies that specialize in enterprise software are excited about the prospects of developing applications that will be compatible with the iPhone and its OS X operating system. Service provider AT&T has also gotten in on the action by giving iPhone users the ability to sign up as a business user. In the past, personal accounts were the only option.
Consumers who usually shy away from the iPhone may change their mind when they find out that they will be able to use it more for business related tasks. In the fourth quarter of last year, the iPhone came in third as far as smartphone worldwide sales are concerned. For a product that has only been available for eight months, this is quite the accomplishment. Apple hopes for sales to climb even higher when new enterprise applications are made available. This will help to show both business users as well as companies that the iPhone can compete with the many BlackBerry devices that have become so popular.
What new enterprise features can users expect to see in the near future? While it is difficult to say, it is widely thought that one of the first will be an email software program similar to Lotus Notes by IBM or Exchange by Microsoft. Until this feature is available, it is next to impossible for business users to receive email pushed through to their iPhone.
Apple is not sitting back and enjoying the success that it has had with the iPhone. Instead, they are forging forward to ensure that the iPhone offers more features, and caters to a larger user base.
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symonds
February 29th, 2008Apple phone is Apple phone.
People will buy it even it offers an empty box, such is the craze of this phone.
Though this phone isn’t available in my country it is already available in black market.
Just waiting for the official launch.
ricky
March 01st, 2008It’s been a good news from Apple.This new software for industrial people will surely help to increase the curiosity as well as popularity of this cool gizmo.Apple has already proved that their products are always of good quality and this new software will surely help them to increase the reputation in front of the other rival companies in the market.
Nick
March 02nd, 2008iphone, although been hyped, still could make headlines with news such as this. I have used iphone recently and found it really worth its hype with the usage and the features it has, it is really a worthy phone one should have and this new feature will make it even better, i guess.