Comments on: iPhone Ready to Rumble With BlackBerry

By: Epocrates Team

Epocrates Team — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 17:29:25 +0000

You may remember Epocrates, Inc. was one of only five companies to be highlighted during the unveiling of the iPhone SDK event in March.

Today, we are excited to announce that the much-anticipated free Epocrates Rx software for the iPhone is now available for download! The free medical software provides instant access to drug Information, pill ID, drug Interactions and reference formulary Information – all without the need for Internet connectivity!

The Epocrates application was designed specifically for the iPhone platform, taking advantage of the innovative user-friendly interface and computing power. Be one of the first to see it at http://www.epocrates.com/products/rx/iphone.html.

Best Wishes, Epocrates Team!

By: iPhone Owners Seem Crazy for Games - GigaOM

iPhone Owners Seem Crazy for Games - GigaOM — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 07:00:31 +0000

[...] James Au, Thursday, July 10, 2008 at 12:00 AM PT Comments (0) Ever since Apple put out its Software Developer Kit in March, game developers have been racing to create titles for the presumed market victor. But how [...]

By: JimF

JimF — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 00:31:47 +0000

It's curious how your site dismisses Windows Mobile, yet seems to claim the iPhone will succeed in business because it licenses the underlying technology from WinMob for wireless email, ActiveSync. If ActiveSync was the complete solution, RIM wouldn't be doing so well (although I don't believe ActiveSync gets enough credit).

For its target market, the iPhone is wonderful (I might buy version 2.0 with HSDPA and an improved email client), but for an email- and security-centric enterprise, not so much.

C U 2? doesn't cut in in the enterprise. Try this simple test: Put a RIM 88x0 and an iPhone side by side and delete 20 emails, half on the phone only and half on both the phone and the server. Then answer ten emails on both phones. Time each and count the keystrokes. By the time you're done on the iPhone the next version will ship.

Plus, remember there are versions where RIM took out the camera, at the demand of IT departments. Having iTunes is not going to get large-scale orders of a $400 phone in Fortune X companies.

For other serious users not under the thumb of IT departments, the iPhone's lack of voice commands is more of a drawback than push email IMHO. A $90 Razr2 has voice dialing. The iPhone's clumsy keyboard would be less relevant if I could park it on my car's console and dial from the headset.

One perspective.

By: futureenterpriseuser

futureenterpriseuser — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 23:26:44 +0000

@Ernest Nova: Actually, that’s not quite the case. Unlike the older Palm OS, when applications quit on the iPhone, properly developed applications should save their states so that you go back to where you were when you switched apps. This was the problem with the Palm OS. Once you switched out of an app, you lost what you were doing.

By: Sachin Balagopalan

Sachin Balagopalan — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 23:01:21 +0000

Will the die hard BB fans defect however?

http://tinyurl.com/2ejf6v

By: kay

kay — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 09:29:48 +0000

Few more years and iPhone will really be the perfect phone!

By: Ernest Nova

Ernest Nova — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 07:23:20 +0000

iPhone may currently only run one application at a time – switching out of an application will kill it. This is so reminiscent of the original Palm OS, and a show stopper for any serious enterprise use.

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 23:21:43 +0000

I think the more important question here is – with Apple licensing ActiveSync for iPhone, will Mail get it to? Entourage 08 is far better than its predecessor, but still doesn’t meet my exchange needs.

By: Why interact? Ask me how! :: iPhone unlocks its API

Why interact? Ask me how! :: iPhone unlocks its API — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 16:54:46 +0000

[...] the amusement park. On the business end, Apple answered the needs of corporate IT departments and sent a shiver through BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion by announcing that it had licensed the protocols to let the iPhone connect with Microsoft’s [...]

By: steveballmer

steveballmer — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 06:33:24 +0000

Both of these toy phones will be a thing of the past when we intro the ZunePhone!

By: Mark Sigal

Mark Sigal — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 01:41:05 +0000

I agree with the comments on Blackberry keyboard. I love my iPod touch but won’t be buying an iPhone to replace my BB 7130 for the simple reason that the primary job I “hire” my BB for is really good phone and good input device for email. Apple has a way to go specific to both buckets (email/voice quality).

That said, I just posted, ‘Mobility Lives! The iPhone SDK looks awesome,’ and must say that when customers, developers (big and small) and investors (KPCB announced a $100M fund around the platform) are all singing the praises as loudly as they are on this one, it is truly a seminal moment.

As an entrepreneur, I am chomping at the bit for this!

Check out the post if interested:

http://thenetworkgarden.com/weblog/2008/03/mobility-lives.html

Mark

By: Farhan Memon

Farhan Memon — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 22:49:52 +0000

What Om said in response to @improveyourwriting plus the fact that they referenced RIM’s marketshare in their presentation.

By: Om Malik

Om Malik — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 22:36:13 +0000

@improveyourwriting,

you should check out the presentation Apple made and how the slides are all about Bberry. By the way Blackberry is their only competitor in the US, though you can argue Win mobile and Symbian are other options.

By: Om Malik

Om Malik — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 22:34:54 +0000

@ Jim,

Good point. That was my thought as well.

By: Jim Greer

Jim Greer — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 22:31:11 +0000

Is it just me, or does Cocoa Touch sound like the stage name for a transvestite stripper?

I would have loved the Exchange support when I was at EA. Kongregate uses Google Apps, which already have a decent iPhone interface (though I sure wish Calendar would let you go to a specific date!)

By: improveyourwriting

improveyourwriting — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 22:18:21 +0000

Seriously, you really should not state something as fact especially when Apple did not state it themselves. They not once stated that they intend for the iPhone to compete with Blackberry (Were you not there during the press Q&A?). One other thing, your poll answer choices are not completely relevant (what does symbian have to do with the question?). I want to vote ‘no’ but not because of the keyboard (and I own an iPhone btw). The keyboard would not necessarily be the only reason. Your choices should be Yes, No or don’t care. Om, your “writers” once again dissapoint.