I'm interested in doing an iPhone app for my day job as a pet project to learn iPhone app development. I'm curious how many companies are doing corporate iPhone apps (for internal use or for customer use). Does anyone have examples of how companies are doing iPhone apps?
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One key integration I have seen is to centralize communications in one area. It is a powerful thing to be able to view all of your emails, phone messages, and text messages all in one place and in chronological order.
ojblass
2009-04-05 22:08:35
That's an iPhone all by itself.
Kriem
2009-04-06 09:31:20
They are not usually tied to the list of corporate contacts.
ojblass
2009-04-06 14:05:10
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I'm currently doing in-house iPhone apps to assist workers in maintenance of complex mechanical systems. Fault notification, machine error logging, etc. Probably not a good project idea to get your feet wet, but it's one corporate use I know of.
Marc W
2009-05-07 13:40:24
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iPhone and corporate use do not sound together.
What about doing it for Windows Mobile? It has a better image for corporate use and users could choose devices from many vendors.
User
2009-05-07 13:46:35
Yes, I've heard this opinion from others. Blackberry seems to be the most comment suggested corporate platform. Things could change though..
Marcus
2009-05-07 21:21:03
I'd rather call it common sense. I just read today comments on Amazon.de about iPhone and how repellent it is to activate it and accept all those evil licences. One guy called WM an open-source compared to Apple. I just think you should target the widest audience. WM devices are produced by many companies, lots of interesting models and third-party applications for both businessmen as well as techno-freaks. You will thus please a large audience of mobile users. Probably an audience with higher average IQ than that of iPhone fans. BB should also be great but it is ignored by consumers.
User
2009-05-07 21:27:24
Then of course there's the whole part about which of the platforms is nicer to develop for once you get right down to it. I have never done BB development before, but Windows Mobile (from what I've seen) is a horrible development experience. Personally, I'm quite fond of the UIKit framework on the iPhone as well as Objective-C. If he wants to enjoy his development, I'd still say iPhone is the way to go. And you'd be surprised how many companies I've heard of are developing in-house corporate iPhone apps.
Marc W
2009-05-07 23:21:41
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Oracle has a bunch of Corporate(Enterprise) iPhone applications, check out Oracle Business Indicators or Oracle Business Approvals!
drupii
2009-10-17 04:32:30