January 21st, 2008
The iPhone Goes Corporate
By Michael Santo
Executive Editor, RealTechNews
AT&T and the iPhone have gone corporate. Despite the opinion of many analysts, AT&T is now labeling the iPhone an Enterprise-class device. My question, as with my earlier AT&T SIM-only story is, why is this all that great again?
The reason I say this is because if you compare the data plans between the consumer and corporate plans, you’ll pay $25 more a month. Oh, wait, if you read the fine print, here’s the answer:
Qualified Corporate Responsibility Users and other corporate-liable users who activate an Enterprise Data Plan for iPhone by March 31, 2008 may be eligible to receive a service credit in the amount of $25 per month through December 31, 2008.
Waitasec, AT&T, that’s only until December, and I’m signing up for a two-year plan, right? Sigh. My guess is the reason for this announcement of “corporateness” may lie in the upcoming announcement of Lotus Notes on the iPhone.
At any rate, they needed something really exciting to talk about since there was no 3G iPhone at Macworld, right? Follow the links to compare the corporate and consumer plans.
Jay says:
Well Genentech well being a but break on there 6000 iphones. And bigger break on there iphone bill too. Genentech’s CEO on the board of Apple. Must be nice.
January 21st, 2008 at 9:20 pm
IcePick says:
Without full Exchange support it is not a corporate device.
January 22nd, 2008 at 5:21 am
Lee says:
Still noo MS exchange, who cares.
January 22nd, 2008 at 5:24 am
Peritus says:
I agree, as of right now it is still a consumer based device until it FULLY integrates with Exchange..Who cares…
January 22nd, 2008 at 5:34 am
Harry says:
No Exchange Support, No iPhone on my system!
January 22nd, 2008 at 6:23 am
Richard says:
The plans that AT&T offer enterprise business do not have contracts. You can cancel at any time with no penalty. Plus, you own the phone.
January 22nd, 2008 at 6:32 am
MuddyMojo says:
No Exchange support. no iPhone. I guess they (Apple) just don’t get it.
January 22nd, 2008 at 6:44 am
Charles-A. Rovira says:
To MuddyMojo:
No Apple got it all right.
Its AT&T that keep trying to push the iPhone in ITs direction.
Apple is a CONSUMER electronics company.
Apple doesn’t give a toss for corporate accounts.
Apple has a design department. Corporations don’t support design departments.
Corporations support their own bottom line, not Apple’s.
So Apple doesn’t care for corporations.
January 22nd, 2008 at 6:58 am
AppleJimanji says:
“So Apple doesn’t care for corporations”…
What a ridiculous statement! Don’t tell me Apple would not be thrilled to have another 1+ million corporate users that USE exchange.
January 22nd, 2008 at 7:05 am
gratz says:
Why try to get in to corporate environment with lotus notes and such. Advertising it seems to defeat the purpose of iPhone’s advanced technology. Everyone knows lotus notes is obsolete (Who even uses it? US Mail maybe.) Why, why, why? What a bummer iPhone.
January 22nd, 2008 at 7:06 am
tracy says:
exchange support?
thats soooo last decade.
January 22nd, 2008 at 7:08 am
tracy says:
they even make lotus notes still?
January 22nd, 2008 at 7:09 am
daiei27 says:
^^ Ha ha.
They must be stuck w/Exchange. Like it’s Apple’s fault their company is locked into MS.
January 22nd, 2008 at 7:27 am
Ryan says:
From http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/141589/microsoft_claims_exchange_is_stealing_notes_users.html
About 101 million corporate mailboxes run Notes today. That should grow to 112 million by 2011, according to predictions from The Radicati Group Inc. But 304 million e-mail boxes will run Outlook and Exchange by that time, according to the analyst firm.
January 22nd, 2008 at 8:07 am
The iPhone Goes Corporate says:
[…] The iPhone Goes Corporate […]
January 22nd, 2008 at 8:43 am
Give me a break says:
Hey Charles-A. Rovira,
The faceless soulless corporation that makes my home appliances is better than the faceless soulless corporation that makes your home appliances. So there.
January 22nd, 2008 at 9:27 am
Jeff says:
Apple doesn’t care about corporate customers? Then why doesn’t Apple shut down their server division?
Apple is plenty more than just a consumer company. It’s stupid to cut yourself out of a large market such as corporations when there’s plenty of money to be made.
January 22nd, 2008 at 10:35 am
MS EXCHANGE says:
“SUPPORT ME YOU FOOLS! DOH!”
I just bought 2 WM6 devices from ATT for my 2 phone lines (separate companies) because I had no choice. We all know I am not alone.
ROFL corporate device. Who sits around Apple and makes the decision NOT to do this?
D. Trump has 2 words, “You’re fired!”
If its Steve, send him out of the room and call Bill and make the deal. Millions upon millions of dollars in sales await you upon the completion of this. No device compares to the iPhone in any other way. They simply trump it with exchange support.
This is as great a failure of integration as the iPhone is breakthrough of innovation.
I understand 2G to avoid network failure and whatever, but no exchange support is like going to a gun fight with a knife— no, boxing glove.
GL. BTW, though i can install linux from tarball and am a windows expert, I am a LONG time Apple supporter and believer. Mac OS X is the stuff, but lets get full exchange support in all your offerings. Or give Leopard server away for free if you really just want to see Microsoft get nothing.
My 2 cents.
January 22nd, 2008 at 10:58 am
tracy says:
http://www.news.com/IBM-Lotus-Notes-for-iPhone-not-ready-yet/2100-1039_3-6227103.html
However, Kevin McIsaac, an analyst at research firm IBRS, said he’s not sure Lotus Notes will have a large impact on enterprise adoption of the device. “I can’t really imagine someone who’s really hip and cool–like an iPhone user–wanting to use Lotus Notes,” he said.
that would be exactly my point. besides google is making all that exchange and lotus notes obsolete.
January 22nd, 2008 at 3:02 pm
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