Re: [Fed-Talk] I-Phone 2.0 Software
Re: [Fed-Talk] I-Phone 2.0 Software
- Subject: Re: [Fed-Talk] I-Phone 2.0 Software
- From: Taylor Armstrong <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 16:49:18 -0400
One other viewpoint... I know this may be an unpopular one, but since
this *is* the Fed-talk list, is the purchase for personal, or business use?
We've officially said that we will not support the iPhone for any
business needs. For us, it isn't necessarily an OS issue, but it is a
fiscal one. When we are getting Blackberries basically for free as part
of our contract, why would we spend $500 of *taxpayer's* money for an
iPhone?
For personal use, it is of course another story, but for a .gov
organization, we just can't justify it.
Taylor
Villano, Paul Ch CIV USA TRADOC wrote:
Is it worth waiting to buy an I-phone for it to come out with the I-phone 2.0 software for the average user or is it "pushed" through the phone no matter which version of the phone or OS you already have? (That is, will I have to bring the phone back to have it upgraded if I buy it now if the software is the only thing that will change)?
To tell the truth, reading reports of what the new software will do makes me nervous...Sounds as if it's fruit that is becoming more and more tempting to hackers and hijackers at hotspots, thorugh You Tube, etc. and if I understand that developers are about to have a much greater ability to "push" their software to the phones it seems to infer the possibility of pushing malware being upped exponentially.
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