Smartphone Corporate Tools
WHITE PAPER Apple iPhone and RIM Blackberry – Consumer gadget vs. Corporate tool? By John Thompson & Peter Cocks September 2010 Sponsored by: Neil Davison – Head of IT, Farrer & Co LLP Jan Durant – Director of IT and Operations, Lewis Silkin LLP Simon Earnshaw – Director of IT, Dickinson Dees LLP Mabel Evans – Head of IT Services, Field Fisher Waterhouse LLP James Harrison – Head of IT, Leigh Day & Co Angela McMahon – IT Support Manager, Mishcon de Reya 1 ABSTRACT This paper considers the advantages and disadvantages of both Apple’s iPhone 4 and RIM’s BlackBerry Torch 9800 (to be released in the UK in October 2010), providing a comparison of key considerations for IT managers, such as the security levels supported, relative hardware costs, remote management functionality and respective device usability. This Paper will not be considering other alternative smartphones in the current marketplace, such as those with different operating systems, e.g. Android (HTC Desire), or Bada (Samsung Wave). The Apple iPad has however been acknowledged in this research, as it is expected to emerge as a viable alternative business tool, and in the legal sector it was recently reported that Eversheds were due to run an iPad triali. The iPad also faces competition from rivals such as Samsung, Dell and Fujitsu (running both Windows 7 and Android operating systems)ii; and it is widely rumoured that Apple will be releasing a 7” “mini-iPad” in time for Christmas 2010iii. RIM have also very recently announced the launch of a new tablet called the PlayBook which is rumoured to have better overall performance than the iPad.
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