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Featured Articles » iPhone Users to March on Apple in Protest of Worker Conditions » Why you Can't Upgrade your iPhone 4 to Siri: It's a Chip Thing » Why iPhone Apps Crash More Than Android's » Mobile Security: Security Apps for iPhone   Sponsored By: MobileIron WEBINAR: Mobile IT Best Practices - Enterprise BYOD for Android and iOS Phones and Tablets Wednesday, February 15, 2012 10:00 am Pacific Time/1:00 pm Eastern Time REGISTER TODAY To meet the needs of your firm, Vodafone Global Enterprise and MobileIron will discuss several customer use cases in healthcare, finance, government and manufacturing. We'll also demonstrate how MDM software works including the ability to segregate personal data from corporate apps, IT and existing infrastructure permissions.   Top Stories » TicketLeap Brings the Box Office to Apple Users' Fingertips » Microsoft Dynamics CRM Software Available for iOS Devices in Q2 Service Update » Xatori Launches GreenCharge App for iOS to Measure Real Time Data for Electric Vehicles » Most Mobile Business Cloud File Sharing Occurs Using iOS Devices: Study   From The Expert Corner February 10, 2012 U.S. Government Ditches BlackBerry Devices for iPhones By David Delony Contributing Writer In the past, Research In Motion’s BlackBerry line has been the smartphone of choice for business users, but one important customer is switching to the iPhone (News - Alert) – the U.S. government. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced that it will be giving its employees iPhones and iPads instead of BlackBerry phones, starting in May. NOAA’s Chief Information Officer Joe Klimavicz told Bloomberg that the reason for the move is that Apple’s (News - Alert) products are easier to integrate into their existing systems than RIM’s phones. “Times are changing and technology is changing and we have to look at our technologies and see how we can do things more efficiently,” he said. NOAA is not the only company to recently make the switch as several other notable companies have tossed in their BlackBerry phones for iPhone and Android (News - Alert)-based phones. They include Halliburton, Credit Suisse, Barclays Capital and Standard Chartered... Read More   From The Blogs Apple Planned the iPad BEFORE the iPhone. Who knew? February 10, 2012 By: Tom Keating Everyone assumes that Apple was working on the iPhone before the iPad. However, the recent lawsuit by Proview Electronics suing Apple over the name 'iPad' says others wise. The iPhone was launched in 2007 and the iPad in 2010. However, in 2006 Apple purchased the iPad trademark from display manufacturer Proview Electronics (Taiwan) for $55,000 by way of a front company called IP Application Development. So it appears Apple planned on making a tablet before the iPhone even came to market... Read More    Featured Videos Interview with iPass    Featured Resources » Rating Services in the Cloud - A Cloud Rating Strategy for "Greenfield" Mobile Operators and MVNO's » Mobile Customer Service Moves to the Forefront of Multi-Channel Interactio » Mobile And Social Technologies Come Late To Wealth Management   Featured Channels » Mobile Unified Communications » Mobile Video » iphone   iPhone.tmcnet.com is Your Source for the Latest iPhone News and Information   Sign Up For FREE    |    Visit Site    |    Free Magazine Subscription   Advertise With Us   General advertising Info: Click here      Contact Us   Company Directory    |    All Editors' Info   Become a TMCnet columnist! Become a TMCnet columnist! Want to contribute your expertise to a growing audience of technology professionals? Become a writer, blogger or columnist for the TMCnet Web site and this newsletter. Contact TMCnet Group Editorial Director, Erik Linask, at elinask@tmcnet.com for details.

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