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    Apple's soon-to-be-launched iPhone will be irrelevant to business users because it is a "closed device" and does not support Microsoft Office, a senior executive with the software giant said this week.

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    Australian mid-cap miner OZ Minerals should have picked Apple's iPhone instead of Research in Motion's BlackBerry.

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    Cutting costs by deploying Linux is a well-established strategy on the server and even the desktop, but what effect could it have on the cost of mobile computing?

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    Australia's leading telco has added wireless CRM capabilities to its portfolio thanks to a partnership with Salesforce.com.

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  • Microsoft slams iPhone as irrelevant

    Apple's soon-to-be-launched iPhone will be irrelevant to business users because it is a "closed device" and does not support Microsoft Office, a senior executive with the software giant said this week.

  • Study: Mobile use spreading into the home

    Mobile services and applications designed primarily for business environments are spilling into homes, according to a new IDC study.

  • Hutchison's '3' courts enterprise developers

    Hutchison Telecom's "3" will start to recruit business application developers in April, with a new Web site instructing developers how to use the company's 3G network the first step into battle with other carriers for the lucrative business communications dollar.

  • Enterprise PDA phones reviewed

    The new wave of hybrid PDA business phones are here. The gadget gurus from RMIT decide who talks the talk.

  • Linux to power most Motorola phones

    Motorola will begin selling its first mobile phone based on Linux this year and says most models will follow suit, a major sign of the growing popularity of the operating system outside its stronghold on high-end computers.

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