[fertel]

That argument doesn't hold much water anymore. I have friends who work at some of the top investment banks - JP Morgan and Deutsche Bank are two of which I know are offering the iPhone as a choice instead of the blackberry.

Also, a lawyer friend at a top tier law firm was offered the iPhone as an alternative as well - granted he didn't take it. A decision he regrets.

It's only a matter of time - no one wants to carry 2 devices and their employers are keen to it.

[mortenjorck]

I'd be very curious to see some real-world speed tests (not just one of the "I'm typing on an iPhone; now I'm typing on a Bold" videos) with a decent sample size and current hardware.

I can type faster now on my iPhone than I ever imagined possible on a mobile device, thanks to three things: autocorrect, adaptive key hitboxes (look up the patent; it's pretty cool), and the lack of tactile feedback.

Yes, lack of tactile feedback. Merely making contact with a surface takes slightly less time than pressing the travel distance of a key, and it adds up. In my experience, the loss in accuracy from lack of tactility is more than compensated for by the iPhone keyboard's advantages.

[danzheng]

Here is another data point, my finance, who's in sales and a Droid user for a year, recently got a Blackberry for work. She didn't like it at all. Blackberry is not going away anytime soon due long enterprise sales cycle. But like fertel said, it's only a matter of time.

[fractallyte]

That's an interesting typo... Do you lavish a lot of money on her? ;-)

[hello_moto]

Meh, your argument doesn't hold much water either.

My friend just dump iPhone for BB because well... his friends are using BBM.

My father works in Bank and him and his friends and all of his business partners don't bother to look at iPhone/iPod/iPad.