timmah on 20 December 2012
| rocketpig said: As a former IT manager, I can state that dealing with Android devices was a ****ing headache. Too many variables and time spent doing simple tasks because everyone's phone operates differently. I can only imagine what it would be like if I had to set up the phones to do more complex tasks like VPNing or more complex internal data management. In short, this isn't the least bit surprising. I've always said that Google's biggest mistake was not unifying their operating system. Down with skins, down with carrier and manufacturer specific customization. It's just a bad idea. |
I run the IT consulting division of a small company. If one of the companies we work with want to use Android, we usually settle on a known 'good' phone, then deploy the same phone to everybody (for example, we just had one company decide to go with the GSIII). We also have some companies that are iPhone only (don't get me started on the massive headache that every iOS upgrade gives me, their update process is garbage), or have a list of approved phones, such as iPhone and a small number of current Samsung devices. We're starting to push the new Windows phones since they're going to integrate very well with existing Microsoft products. Policies and standardization within a company regarding smartphones gets rid of much of headache.
