Apple iPhone needs new package for typing, mobile computing

Now that Apple has proclaimed its intention to get its iPhone into the enterprise (see above), the company needs to offer a hardware/software package that provides a much better typing and document management experience.

Despite the fulsome crowing of Apple’s CEO Steve Jobs and other Apple executives about the wonderfulness of the iPhone’s virtual keyboard, it’s not that good, even with the predictive text.

Instead of trying to compare the keyboard in a more favorable light to Research in Motion’s BlackBerry keyboard (see below) — which is a joke if you’ve ever used the superior BlackBerry physical keyboard — Apple ought to transform the iPhone into a significantly better portable computing device for enterprise users.

Based on the state of technology, the iPhone’s virtual keyboard will remain inferior to good physical keyboards on cellular phones. Also, the iPhone’s current lack of good business software, especially office suite software, is a big problem.