Halliburton To Dump Blackberry For iOS

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."'"

Seems fitting

[gottspeed]

Lets all join hands in making the world a better place for investors!

Re:Physical keyboard?

[Anonymous Coward]

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

Only while driving.

Re:Physical keyboard?

[MrHanky]

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

Re:Remember their coveted corporate user base?

[fuzzyfuzzyfungus]

On the plus side, RIM should find it much easier to retain customer-service reps, now that the risk of picking up the phone and being on the receiving end of Dick Cheney's rather impressive gravelly snarl is gone...

Re:Physical keyboard?

[cc1984_]

>arrogant
Can we assume that's from your iPhone auto correct?

Choose

Re:Physical keyboard?

[MightyYar]

typing this on i touchscreen keyboard

Comedy gold!

Re:Physical keyboard?

[MightyYar]

LOL, a have Java dictionary?

One pro tip: never type curse words into your phone. It will learn the curse words and then auto-correct at the worst possible times.

Re:Physical keyboard?

[Anonymous Coward]

I find it harder to type on touchscreen keyboards then on physical phone keyboards when I'm shitfaced.

But the touchscreen is easier to clean the puke off of.

Re:Physical keyboard?

[dkf]

I find it harder to type on touchscreen keyboards then on physical phone keyboards when I'm shitfaced.

You reply to work emails when drunk? I know it might make dealing with the utter rubbish out of Marketing easier, but even so it's probably unwise...

Re:If I worked at Halliburton, I'd be Droid now

[Anonymous Coward]

Whoah, I bet you have the wallet that says "Bad Mother Fucker" on it, too.