Comments on: Microsoft Calls iPhone “Irrelevant” For Business Use http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/04/19/microsoft-calls-iphone-irrelevant-for-business-use/ Gadgets, gear and computer hardware. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 02:33:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Gary http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/04/19/microsoft-calls-iphone-irrelevant-for-business-use/#comment-221029 Gary Sun, 13 May 2007 02:50:22 +0000 http://crunchgear.com/2007/04/19/microsoft-calls-iphone-irrelevant-for-business-use/#comment-221029 Microsoft is right when they say that the iphone isn't for business use. Like said before theres no office support, but a virtual keypad is no substitute for a full qwerty keypad when you're cranking out more than a hundred messages a day. Also I don't know whether having push e-mail through yahoo will be compatible with corporate email servers and whatnot. Where MS is wrong is that most business users use blackberries and not windows smartphones. I'm not allowed to have a cameraphone at my workplace and windows mobile crashes too much for me to rely on it. Microsoft is right when they say that the iphone isn’t for business use. Like said before theres no office support, but a virtual keypad is no substitute for a full qwerty keypad when you’re cranking out more than a hundred messages a day. Also I don’t know whether having push e-mail through yahoo will be compatible with corporate email servers and whatnot.

Where MS is wrong is that most business users use blackberries and not windows smartphones. I’m not allowed to have a cameraphone at my workplace and windows mobile crashes too much for me to rely on it.

]]> By: Phlegon http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/04/19/microsoft-calls-iphone-irrelevant-for-business-use/#comment-197117 Phlegon Mon, 23 Apr 2007 00:27:27 +0000 http://crunchgear.com/2007/04/19/microsoft-calls-iphone-irrelevant-for-business-use/#comment-197117 "This sure does say something about Microsoft, hating on a product that’s not even out yet. I’m sure they’re not dreading the end of June at all. No sir." Yeah, I mean, Apple fanboys never hate on Microsoft products before they come out, and Apple never hates on Microsoft at all. It's not like Apple's main Mac ad campaign is based on Microsoft-hating. No sir. “This sure does say something about Microsoft, hating on a product that’s not even out yet. I’m sure they’re not dreading the end of June at all. No sir.”

Yeah, I mean, Apple fanboys never hate on Microsoft products before they come out, and Apple never hates on Microsoft at all. It’s not like Apple’s main Mac ad campaign is based on Microsoft-hating. No sir.

]]> By: Johnal http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/04/19/microsoft-calls-iphone-irrelevant-for-business-use/#comment-192105 Johnal Thu, 19 Apr 2007 23:59:55 +0000 http://crunchgear.com/2007/04/19/microsoft-calls-iphone-irrelevant-for-business-use/#comment-192105 Not that i give a crap either way, but did the Microsoft strategist ever say that Apple made a claim that the iphone was targeting business users? If not, I don't see this as "hating" as much as it is trying to point out that they have a different target consumers, and that the iphone will probably not be best for most of the people Microsoft is trying to reach. On the other hand, I didn't read anything past this article on CG...so pfft.. Not that i give a crap either way, but did the Microsoft strategist ever say that Apple made a claim that the iphone was targeting business users? If not, I don’t see this as “hating” as much as it is trying to point out that they have a different target consumers, and that the iphone will probably not be best for most of the people Microsoft is trying to reach.

On the other hand, I didn’t read anything past this article on CG…so pfft..

]]> By: David Mackey http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/04/19/microsoft-calls-iphone-irrelevant-for-business-use/#comment-191986 David Mackey Thu, 19 Apr 2007 19:23:24 +0000 http://crunchgear.com/2007/04/19/microsoft-calls-iphone-irrelevant-for-business-use/#comment-191986 Will be looking forward to how this pushes Microsoft to innovate. Apple's innovations have really been pushing everyone to innovate. Will be looking forward to how this pushes Microsoft to innovate. Apple’s innovations have really been pushing everyone to innovate.

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