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Good point. And those iPhone data plans are UNLIMITED plans, as well, so users aren't concerned with excess charges for downloading content.


The study that came up with these findings was commissioned by a company that makes widescreen monitors so that's a bit weird. But I have a widescreen and I am significantly more productive using it than I was in the past with my tiny 15 inch standard format display.


Yeah, NEC funded it, but the study was vetted by the University's research board, so it theoretically shouldn't be too biased.


NEC also make standard monitors, I really don't think they'd give a crap which one you buy. It isn't a study of NEC performance versus Acer or anything, it's just Standard Vs Widescreen and they make both in the same factories so I don't see the bonus.

Perhaps they make more profit on a widescreen than a standard, but if widescreen sales were actually boosted then market competivity would wipe anything like that out. So I really see no possible benefit from biasing the results.


One benefit of a study showing that one monitor configuration is better than another is that it encourages people with the worse configuration to buy new monitors.

Another benefit is an article on the CIO website featuring an illustration of an NEC monitor as an example of widescreen monitors.

...Which is not necessarily a reason to bias results in one direction or another, but it is a reason to emphasize the results enough to be statistically significant and hence reportable.


The point of the post is whether or not the iPhone is ready for enterprise use. Enterprise users are mostly BlackBerry users. Who else would you ask if they'd make the switch or not?


Enterprise IT departments, regardless of what they use (especially if they use neither!). By asking people on Blackberry-specific forums, he's targeting people who have already made an investment in some Blackberries.


That's actually a really good point, though Apple had made a handheld before, the Newton.


And don't forget the other handheld device - iPod. It has all the characteristics of a PDA, but the software is limited to media.


Yeah, Notes sucks. I use it at work, and it is often painful, especially if you use another mail client that's user friendly. Then you know what you're missing.


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