1. The processor. Intel is late on their delivery of their ultra-low power 45nm laptop chips. Clearly, the MacBook Air is the exact computer that these types of chips belong in. So Apple and Intel spun it as going out of their way to do something special. That something special was jimmy-ing a 65nm chip onto a board that was made for a 45nm one. The 45 nm chips will be arriving by mid-year and will likely be put in rev 2 of the MacBook Air. They will use less power per CPU cycle and that five hour battery life could easily turn into six - and with the reduced power consumption, they might be able to crank the processor speed up to and beyond 2 Ghz or maybe even fit in some more wireless options.

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(1) Doesn’t natively support push business email or over-the-air calendar sync. … The iPhone can sync with Microsoft’s Exchange and IBM’s Lotus Notes over IMAP and SMTP ports, but your server and security admins have to configure their infrastructure to do so or purchase a mobile gateway from Synchronica or Azaleos….
(2) Doesn’t accommodate third-party applications, including those internally developed. … This is a showstopper for companies with enterprise mobility initiatives that require line-of-business applications like mobile sales force automation or an industry-specific application like mobile claims…
(3) Doesn’t support securing data on the device through encryption.
(4) Can’t be remotely locked or wiped in the event of a lost or stolen device.
(5) Lacks a hard keypad that provides feedback, which isn’t ideal for rapid and accurate input.
(6) Has limited service provider support and its carrier lock-in inhibits flexibility.
(7) Comes with a premium price tag.
(8) Is only the first generation.
(9) Lacks a removable battery, so when the battery kicks it, so does the device.
(10) Lacks case studies of firms that have deployed it enterprisewide.

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Top 10 reasons IT won’t support the iPhone (Fortune)

Weblog Lifehacker has an excellent rundown of the 20 best iPod utilities. These programs will make your iPod run better, faster, harder, stronger as well as achieve feats no normal iPod was designed to achieve.

Here are seven, in no particular order:

• How to jailbreak your iPhone
• Wirelessly Stream Music from Your iPod touch or iPhone to Any iTunes Library
• Install Linux on Your iPod with iPod Linux
• Put Wikipedia on Your iPod with Encyclopodia
• Upgrade Your iPod Video to an iPod classic
• Backup Your Home Folder to Your iPod with iPodBackup
• Convert YouTube Videos for Your iPod with Zamzar

Obviously, there are plenty more items, and plenty of description in the original article, here:
The 20 Best iPod Utilities