3 posts and columns on business customer

Smart-Phone Makers Call the Doctor

in News on October 7, 2009 at 5:10 am PT

The medical waistband is the latest front in the battle among smart-phone makers for the business customer. Pagers have long reigned in hospitals, where they are prized for their dependability. But with doctors treating more patients and hospitals facing pressure to be more efficient, companies like Apple Inc. and Research In Motion Ltd. see an opportunity to peddle their devices.

The iPhone Doesn't Appeal to Business Customers at All?

in News on December 2, 2008 at 11:59 am PT

“Apple’s iPhone 3G, introduced in July, is the only reason smartphone growth did not slow in September.” This according to Needham analyst Charles Wolf, who in a research note today points out that the nearly seven million iPhones Apple shipped during the three-month period ending September account for all of the sequential shipment growth in the quarter. Astonishing.

The iPhone Doesn’t Appeal to Business Customers at All?

in News on December 2, 2008 at 11:59 am PT

“Apple’s iPhone 3G, introduced in July, is the only reason smartphone growth did not slow in September.” This according to Needham analyst Charles Wolf, who in a research note today points out that the nearly seven million iPhones Apple shipped during the three-month period ending September account for all of the sequential shipment growth in the quarter. Astonishing.