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Halliburton To Dump Blackberry For iOS

Posted by Unknown on from the death-spiral-in-motion dept.

grub writes "Halliburton has decided to drop Research In Motion's Blackberry platform in favor of Apple's iOS for its workforce. 'An internal newsletter outlined the plan for the nearly 70,000 employees who work for Halliburton in more than 70 countries. "Over the next year, we will begin expanding the use of our mobile technology by transitioning from the BlackBerry (RIM) platform that we currently use to smartphone technology via the iPhone."'"

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  1. Re:Physical keyboard? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    "Does anybody else use an iPhone as their primary work device?"

    Only while driving.

  2. Re:Physical keyboard? by MrHanky · · Score: 4, Funny

    Oh, don't say that. With autocorrect, an on-screen touch keyboard is just as fast and arrogant as a maniacal keyboard.

  3. Re:Physical keyboard? by MightyYar · · Score: 4, Funny

    typing this on i touchscreen keyboard

    Comedy gold!

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