Not so locked down, with iOS 4, Apple released over 60 security updates, most to the web browser, many of which allowed remote execution of code...as in what allows remote users to take over the device. Now users of the first iphone and first gen touch wait to see if they will get the security fixes at least.
On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 4:10 PM, TJPA <t...@tjpa.com> wrote: > Actually, what iOS could do is sweep the business market. A locked down > system is just what most IT managers want. A much larger iPad with a > wireless keyboard may be the business computer of the future. > > After getting used to using an iPad it is somewhat frustrating to use an > old fashioned computer that I can't control by directly interacting with the > screen. > > Sent from my iPad > > On Jun 24, 2010, at 5:35 PM, "phartz...@gmail.com" <phartz...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Apple can cede the business desktop and laptop computing market to > > Windows without skipping a beat in terms of its income and stock > > value. Even as Apple has made some inroads in that business market, > > it will take them years and years to really make a truly noticeable > > dent in that sector at their current pace. What Apple can do very > > successfully, and very quickly, is to grab the consumer level > > computer market, and it happens to be my suspicion that is what they > > are going to focus on, and the iPad paves the way. > > > ************************************************************************* > ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** > ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** > ************************************************************************* > ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
