Enterprise Pain Points

I was reading an article by Ed Burnette that basically says, Cisco’s rights to the iPhone Trademark are tenuous at best.
Cisco lost rights to iPhone trademark last year, experts say by ZDNet’s Ed Burnette — ZDNet has uncovered new information that shows Cisco may not own the iPhone trademark after all, having abandoned [...]

Alright Tech Fans!
The SuperBowl of Trademark infringement lawsuits is set to begin! This should be fun to watch. Cisco acquired the trademark through acquisition in the U.S. and Apple owns the trademark outside of the U.S. Who wins? Who Loses? Read on for the answers.
Cisco defines the iPhone on their site as follows: What is [...]

Steve Jobs was forced to announce the iPhone earlier than he wanted to, and the blame belongs to Digg, Apple Fan Boys, Wall Street Analysts, and the FCC.
When the iTV and Leopard were discussed in late 2006, Steve alluded to further surprises coming in January. He didn’t mean the iPhone. Steve wanted to talk [...]

iPhone’s biggest flaw by far is hitching their wagon to Cingular’s EDGE network.
Let’s be serious. The market for this phone will be the Early Adopters (as it is for all new, seriously expensive technology). Hard cores, Apple Fan Boys, and techies make up this market. This market isn’t huge, but it is influential. This audience [...]

What’s not to absolutely love about the iPhone? EXCEPT:

choice of carrier,
the iPhone is locked,
2 year contract, price, and
EDGE (lack of 3g).

Other than that who cares right? Well not exactly. Once the “ether” wears off the hard core techies and Apple Fan Boys, are going to realize Yes, the iPhone is a leap forward; but using [...]