What Happened To Tech Road Maps?
A few days ago, I got an e-mail from someone within the IT department of a very large city who had read our March 30 cover story, “Business Gone Mobile.” This city is considering a substantial deployment of iPhones to city employees. His question to me: “Does Apple intend to address the encryption issue on the iPhone soon? We have been putting off the deployment of iPhones due to the lack of encryption on the device. We currently only deploy BlackBerrys and love the control over them in the event they are lost or stolen.” I asked if he’d talked to Apple. His answer: “Yes, I have tried Apple; they aren’t very good with giving up information to anyone.” function showDesc(img) { var element = document.getElementById(“videoBoxDisplayAreaText”); if(element) element.innerHTML = img.alt; }; It’s almost pitiful, isn’t it? What happened to the concept of technology road maps? I wonder if the fear of exposing future product plans to competitors now outweighs the drive to give customers the infor
