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Features:
Applies to ALL iPhones, no special model needed
Coming in the next update
ActiveSync licensing
Exchange support
Push Email
Push Calendar
Global Address List
Cisco IPsec VPN
Certificates and Identities
WPA2/802.1x
Enforce security policies
Device configuration
Remote Wipe

Would the Microsoft Exchange Support mean that I can finally access my Hotmail e-mails through the mail app?

iPhone SDK

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Features:
Cocoa Touch framework
Use Xcode to build apps
Same native APIs and tools that Apple uses
Remote debugger
Interface-Builder tool
iPhone Simulator

iPhone sales are going to EXPLODE with Exchange support!!

Kash said:

iPhone sales are going to EXPLODE with Exchange support!!

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Yeah, I think it's all over for Blackberry/RIM. The thing with the iPhone is that it's easy to use...that means more corporate types are going to use it, especially the older generation who aren't as familiar with technology. If all they have to do is press the Email button on their phone and their email pops up, then it's not an obstacle anymore. I really think this will be a watershed event for mobile technology in the workplace.

Plus the iPhone is a status symbol...it's cool, it's new, it's high-tech, sleek, and shiny. It's thin enough to fit in your pants, shirt, or coat pocket. It has a vibrate switch to flick when you go into meetings. It's easy to use. I don't think most companies get that - convenience is king. That's why McDonalds is a billion-dollar enterprise when all it does is make people fat, give them heartburn, and heart attacks down the road - who cares? It's convenient! Apple understands the easy factor and I can definitely see them taking over the Enterprise market overnight.

Its size is going to be a big draw for those who really despise their bulky blackberries and palms.

And I can't believe Spore was ported to the iPhone. This SDK is going to result in some really sweet apps!!

AIM.

Boo. I want adium type app.

iChat, sweet!!

Village Idiot said:

AIM.

Boo. I want adium type app.

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The SDK is just coming out right now. You have to give them at least a week or two!

Kash said:

Its size is going to be a big draw for those who really despise their bulky blackberries and palms.

And I can't believe Spore was ported to the iPhone. This SDK is going to result in some really sweet apps!!

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I'm very interested to see what their distribution model is going to be. I have a jailbroken iPhone and have a lot of GREAT apps; I won't be willing to switch unless they are ported to the official SDK (iFlix, Contacts, KB Auto-Correct Disable, etc.). I really hope that not everything has to be pay-for...the Apple SDK has a lot more potential for more tightly-integrated apps, especially the games!

Super Monkey Ball!!!

Yea, distribution is my biggest concern as well.

Speak of the devil, Jobs is talking about it right now. I'm on the edge of my seat

Edit: An App Store directly ON the phone itself! That is SO much better than using iTunes!! Looks like Apple took a cue from Installer.app

And it looks like some will be available for free!! Yippee!!

Kash said:

Yea, distribution is my biggest concern as well.

Speak of the devil, Jobs is talking about it right now. I'm on the edge of my seat

Edit: An App Store directly ON the phone itself! That is SO much better than using iTunes!! Looks like Apple took a cue from Installer.app

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Woot! The one thing that would make it better is if we could buy iTunes songs over EDGE. Not that that's completely related, but hey...

Hmm, so developers can only sell iPhone apps through Apple's App Store? I don't like the sound of that. Sounds like more monopolization and control tactics to me.

Devs get 70%, translation, the cost of apps to you will be up to 30% more than they may have been without Apple's "exclusive" App Store.

Why not? It worked rather well for Installer.app. And plus, it looks like developers get to set their own rates.

Now when is the next iPhone update coming out? I want!!

Edit: "No charge for free apps" Really? ;P

Darn, no porn...

fleurya said:

The SDK is just coming out right now. You have to give them at least a week or two!

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I know, but you figure that Apple would stick to a proprietary software rather than go with something like AOL's messenger.

What the heck? The update is coming in JUNE!?!?!?!?!

Ouch, we have to wait for June before getting any of this?

"nominal charge for the Touch". Sorry, Touch owners, looks like you're getting the bad deal again. Something tells me Touch sales are going to start to tank in the near future.

Yea, everything we saw today we have to wait till June to get. What a load of crock.

At least the SDK is available for developers today. Maybe the guys who make apps for jailbroken phones can use this to their advantage

Jobs asked the press to stay a few minutes...... what could this be?

On the edge of my seat