Submitted by “Apple has shown terrific growth over the past decade after virtually collapsing in the early 90s. However, one segment that it has never really been able to win back is the business sector. Not since the days of Apple IIe’s or further back has Apple really enjoyed strong business adoption. And the business sector, consisting of everything from business laptops, to servers and business phones, is a huge revenue source so this was a big loss for Apple. However, Apple’s hottest gadget, the iPhone is finally starting to win Apple a following in the business community.“
Apple Winning Over Businesses with iPhone
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So here we have the iPhone beating out the Nintendo DS in the handheld games quadrant AND gaining big market share in the business sector … no correlation there then.
To be fair (why?) they have put effort into email integration with ‘push email‘ and so forth.
IPhone beating DS in gaming? did I miss a memo somewhere? of do i just fail a interpreting your sarcasm lol..I know they have been making effort, but that his sux at gaming. Their big smash hit title “Spore” has been one big flop due to all the EA drm
Edited 2008-11-17 19:28 UTC
These guys seem to ignore Apple is rumored to cut production of iPhones by a whopping 40%…
Maybe because it is precisely that, a rumor and nothing more?
Or perhaps they realize the “analyst” hasn’t been accurate before (to say the least):
http://apple20.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2008/11/03/the-apple-analyst-w…
Last time I looked for my outfit, the phone company providing the contract didn’t even do a business package for the iPhone, so we went for Blackberry devices instead – and I now defy anyone to tell me that brick breaker doesn’t beat anything the iPhone could throw at the business person with a few minutes to spare…;-)
Why apple does not get a foothold in the buisness is their lack of mid price ranged and mid size tower, those machines are very common in businesses!
Surely apple does not want to kill the prices for their high end gear, but I am not sure which loss is bigger!
it’s about time Apple figured out the Microsoft path to domination: games and business.
Of course, photoshop on the iphone wouldn’t hurt either
The iPhone has some very serious drawbacks as a business device:
– It doesn’t support full-drive encryption
– It doesn’t support email attachments
– It requires iTunes for setup and updates
These are show-stoppers for many businesses.