Apple Hates Your Company

I knew from the get-go that the iPhone was not going to be a big hit with business customers. Apparently, Apple is taking extra steps to make sure that it won't be. Don MacAskill of SmugMug says that when he tried to get he and his staff iPhones to use, that he was told that wasn't possible. According to everyone he talked to, in order to get one, it has to be tied to a personal account, not a corporate one. Now this means that if you have your own account that you use for business and just get reimbursed for, you'd still be able to nab one. If the account is completely a corporate one, though, then you're going to be out of luck. All of this might be a good thing, though, given that Gartner has encouraged IT people to not allow the iPhone onto their networks.