Demo'd is not used.
What's not accessible about one tap on a screen icon? The email, while currently not push compatible is quite full featured. The calendar works great for me... syncs with my Calendar app on my computer and allows me to add events, ties to my address book. As for the browser, you are joking aren't you? Safari is a full fledged browser, not a mobile phone lite browser like you get on Blackberries. I have yet to find a webpage I could not see in its entirety (minus Flash content) with my iPhone. When some webpages started re-directing iPhones to their mobile webpages, iPhone users filed complaints with their owners... because we don't want a crippled internet experience.
Despite being outnumbered by Blackberries, the iPhone far surpassed Net Applications' browser usage in less than six months of being on the market... it is much easier to use the internet on an iPhone than on any other mobile browsing device.
You seem to have decided the keyboard on the iPhone is not as useable as the Blackberries' keyboards... IMO, nothing could be further from the truth. I can actually type faster on an iPhone than I could on a previous BB I had... and more accurately. The keyboard on the iPhone is contextual... it can change according to what you need to do. The auto-correcting feature takes about a week to get used to but once you have become accustomed to it, you miss it on every other typing experience.
i wish the email client had a “reply to” feature. I would like my email to not look like it came from my gmail but rather my business email. But not a huge deal.
The ability to implement and use the device with the shortest learning curve is a major consideration for corporate execs in charge of rolling out new technology. Just because the IT Director or VP of Ops. can use an iphone, most of them realize that the simplicity of a Blackberry is far more beneficial to the desired employee base because of the learning curve. Companies as a whole are fearful of technology and the ability of it to "bog down" rather than make an immediate impact on performance.
Outside the office, i will always admit that the iphone is a great phone for the people who use it. They love it is what i hear all the time and take nothing away from it.
That being said, I still have my opinion about the BlackBerry performance over the iphone as a better business performing tool on a day to day basis.
I read all the research on the devices and have ears within the industry, and far and away RIM and co. are a long way from seeing the iphone take anything other than a miniscule amount of business and when i see it, it is usually a small business (less than 25 employees) where they are still working off "family share" plans.
When you talk about companies that spend $3000 to $25000 a month on a wireless bill, far and away RIM products (also some Treo/smartphones) as well, are the hands down leader and will be for a long time.
I have read both your posts and see that you are a happy iphone user. That is not the point i am addressing and encourage you to continue to use the product that works best for you. Everyone should, but when I am asked to provide the best solution at the best value, it will never be an iphone. And don't even get me started on the price per device. :o)
Happy FReeping