Why the iPhone is more for 'fun' than for 'Business'.

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I LOVE my iPhone. Since getting it, social networking doors have been blown open. I've broken into the format of Twitter, grabbing it by the neck and shaking the life from it's body. Facebook has been abused to the max in much the same way. I get that little thrill we all get when we see the littler red speech bubble in the corner of the screen. So as a social networking phone, with hundreds of Twitter Clients available, Tweetdeck, Twitterfon, Tweetie, etc, and a fantastic Facebook application, it's a fantastic aid.

It's also a fantastic gaming platform, with more games than the PSP, and Nintendo DS/I, it appeals to the gaming geek. It also makes for a fantastic developers platform, with anyone with the SDK pack from Apple. I heard the voice of Laslo from the GTA series by Rockstar talk about how long it takes them to perfect each version of the game; 4 years. With the iPhone, as long as you have the SDK pack and a good idea, you can do just about anything, and make a nifty bit of money on the side if your game is good enough. Any Gadget fan should watch 'The Gadget Show' on Five, a couple of weeks ago their competition between two of the presenters was to create and develop the best 'App' for the iPhone or other 'App' enabled phones...(of which there are a few, less honed and polished versions of the iPhone's App Store.) One of them designed a social networking app, which did acceptably well, while the other made a game, which made it into the top ten apps in the world! Considering there have now been over 2 billion downloads of various apps and such across the world.

HOWEVER, the Nokia E71 with a full QWERTY Keyboard, is toted as a business man's phone, as are the various Blackberry models. With PUSH Email, full Physical QWERTY Keyboards and various sound settings for phone calls/text messages. The Nokia E series boasts the ability to operate two Sims synonymously, meaning you could have one for Social/Family, and the other for business contacts. This means high powered business people and the like wouldn't have pocketfuls of phones weighing down their Armani, Milan bought suits.

With Smartphones gaining more IQ points, where does this leave the iPhone? There's certainly scope for the iPhone to develop, let's face it, Apple have the means to make it an even more fantastic phone, while barley meddling with the fantastic user-interface already in place. Sony Ericsson, Samsung, Nokia, HTC and Palm are pumping their developers with Steroids in an attempt to over-turn the iPhone's throne. They're coming up with some fantastic concepts to keep the iPhone sleepless at night. For instance the new Sony Ericsson has automatic sharing facilities when you take a photo, saving on the Twitpic issues and saving a few precious seconds.

Phones are also gaining weight in the camera department, again with Sony Ericsson and Samsung boasting phones with 8/10 and even 12 MP cameras. These are combating the Mega Pixels of some of the compact cameras from solely Camera manufacturers. With the iPhone 3GS, the latest model of the iphone is still only feebly mentioning a 3MP camera, albeit with Video capability, which is more than the Edge and the 3G.

So, can iPhone realistically contend with these big-weights? While the business phones may offer some unique features, as does the iPhone. The iPhone's features are slightly more special than the likes of Samsung, Nokia and SE, allowing developers the chance to offer the fruits of their imagination, in the most developed branch of App Store available. Ease of use also works in iPhone's favour. With a small and incomplete manual on the iPhone, Apple are fairly confident in their product to offer such a limited manual. While I've not seen the manual of 'the rivals', I can be fairly certain that they're extensive, laborious, and almost always referred to when needed... A time that will come with all phones other than the iPhone.

While it may not be the biggest business contender, it certainly offers ease of use...Which after all is what business men and woman want... They don't want to spend hours reading a manual, they want to pick the gadget up, use it, understand it and finally master it. The iPhone is the only smart phone which offers that ability!