Apple computers, iPods and now iPhones are hip and part of a new lifestyle, where design actually meets function. Amongst many, also Oracle is recognizing that and recently announced native apps, Oracle Business Indicators, which run on Apple´s iPhones:
http://www.oracle.com/corporate/press/2008_jul/iphone-apps.html?rssid=rss_ocom_pr
While these new Oracle apps for the iPhone are currently geared towards providing value to CIOs, sales managers and commodity managers, one could think of many applications for the average PLM user, like engineering leads or change analysts.
What is your opinion? Do we need an iPhone app for Agile PLM or Agile Analytics?
Or, are we good to go with Mobile Safari and Mail?
Maybe next time you work with Agile PLM, the UI looks like this:
http://oracle.com.edgesuite.net/anon.oracle-orig/demo/iphone_demo.html
