The iPhone 3.0 OS takes on some of the BlackBerry's advantages for business users. See where the iPhone wins over the BlackBerry, and where the BlackBerry still prevails.
The new iPhone 3.0 OS is now old news, but does its enhancements overcome any advantages that the BlackBerry has over the iPhone? In May, I pitted the BlackBerry Bold in a head-to-head competition against the iPhone 3G, which handily beat RIM's business standard in most areas. After all, the iPhone 3.0 OS enhances the e-mail, calendar, and search functions that many BlackBerry users focus on and that IT loves about the BlackBerry Enterprise Server (BES).
Now that many had the chance to play around with the new iPhone OS, plenty of undocumented features and nifty updates are started showing up. Here are the top 10 hidden gems within the iPhone 3.0 update, which are some of the most important undocumented features so far.
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