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• iPhone calls in strong quarter for Apple

  Despite a decline in Mac sales, Apple on Wednesday reported a strong second quarter, driven by iPhone sales.

• Buyers warned over mobile phone website

  Aucklander Tracey Forward is one who got stung recently when she ordered what she thought was an Apple iPhone, from online mobile phone sale site www.buymore.co.nz.

• Google beefs up Gmail for Android and Apple's iPhone

  Google Inc. Tuesday announced an update of its hosted Gmail and calendar services for Apple Inc.'s iPhone and devices based on its own Android operating system.

• At last, Skype set to launch iPhone application

  Skype is set to launch a mobile application for the iPhone on Tuesday, a long-awaited entry to Apple's App Store, and one for BlackBerry devices in May, Skype officials have confirmed.

• New iPhone software has something for businesses

  The new iPhone software announced on Tuesday has some features that should make enterprise users happy, but it lacks others that could have made the iPhone far more enticing to businesses.

• Best iPhone apps for SFA, CRM, and BI

  The surprise among business applications that support the iPhone is how many of them have gone native. Of the seven business apps on our list, only one — SugarCRM — reaches the iPhone via the Safari web browser. Native apps that tap Salesforce.com, Oracle CRM, Oracle BI, QuickBooks, and SiteCatalyst come from the App Store.

• Apple plans iPhone 3.0 preview next week

  Apple announced Thursday that it will preview a new version of its iPhone software on Tuesday, March 17.

• iPhone apps let users control Amazon cloud services

  Amazon Web Services customers will soon have a pair of options for managing their systems from an Apple iPhone.

• Macworld's future uncertain, say local iPhone devs

  Macworld seemed to be slower this year than last, but there was still a lot of interest in the iPhone, says Polar Bear Farm’s Layton Duncan, who exhibited at the conference.

• HP enables photo printing on the iPhone

  Hewlett-Packard on Monday launched an application that allows users to print pictures wirelessly from an iPhone.

• Video: See Linux running on the iPhone

  I guess it was really just a matter of time until it happened, but thanks to PlanetBeing, an industrious member of the iPhone Dev Team, Linux is running on an iPhone.

• UK bans Apple 3G iPhone advertisement

  The U.K.'s advertising regulator banned a video advertisement for Apple's 3G iPhone, saying Wednesday that the ad exaggerates the phone's speed and is misleading.

• Citrix to release Xen apps for iPhone

  Next year, Citrix will make its XenDesktop and XenApp client and server software for remote access to Windows applications available for the iPhone.

• Microsoft working on app distribution scheme

  Microsoft is working on a software distribution scheme along the lines of Apple's iPhone App Store, CEO Steve Ballmer says.

• Smaller deployments are best for iPhones

  Apple's pitch on iPhone 3G is that it's as well suited to enterprise use as a BlackBerry. The core technology is certainly there, with an ActiveSync (Microsoft Exchange Server) mail client, AJAX-capable browser, Cisco-compatible VPN, and Office and PDF mail attachment viewers. iPhone's UI revolutionised the mobile industry with scalable text and graphics, a display surface capable of responding to multifinger gestures, and an on-screen keyboard that works without a stylus.
  So iPhone has the essential enterprise ingredients. The question is, does Apple's recipe fit the enterprise better than alternatives? Having worked with iPhone since last June, the honest answer is yes and no. iPhone is an unqualified hit among users. No one will complain about being migrated from whatever they're carrying now to an iPhone 3G. Employees and contractors will trample each other for a shot at an iPhone, unwittingly exposing themselves to better reachability and collaboration. For Mac users, it's practically pointless to carry anything else.
  iPhone is a smart way to keep workers in touch while they're travelling because it's an unparalleled lifestyle accessory. Anyone who owns one will always have it with them, talking, texting, surfing, listening to music, and watching videos. Enterprises shouldn't brush this aside as a consideration. A mobile device is of limited use if its user can't wait to be without it.
  Apple invested the bulk of its initial effort in the design and implementation of iPhone to make the device irresistible to users. Mission accomplished. Phase two made the device an easy sell to developers. I'm still waiting for phase three, which makes iPhone enterprise-friendly for configuration, equipping, deployment, and management in substantial numbers. Right now, the best I can say is that an enterprise deployment of iPhone can be done, but not as easily, flexibly, or securely as for a BlackBerry or Windows Mobile device.