JPMorgan Said to Test IPhone, BlackBerry Alternatives

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http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-09-10/jpmorgan-said-to-test-iphone-for-e-mail-as-more-bankers-bypass-blackberry.html

By Hugo Miller, Elena Logutenkova and Adam Satariano 
Bloomberg
September 10, 2010

JPMorgan Chase & Co. may soon let employees use iPhones for corporate 
e-mail, making it an alternative to Research in Motion Ltd.’s BlackBerry 
at the bank for the first time, two people familiar with the situation 
said.

JPMorgan is testing the Apple Inc. device and smartphones based on 
Google Inc.’s Android software, said the people, who didn’t want to be 
named because the plans haven’t been made public. The bank is the 
second-largest in the U.S. by assets and has about 220,000 employees 
worldwide.

UBS AG, Switzerland’s biggest bank, said it is also considering allowing 
its staff to use iPhones for company messaging as more of them opt for 
the Apple product. UBS has more than 63,000 employees.

Apple and Google are making inroads in RIM’s traditional stronghold with 
corporate customers, after their devices first caught on with consumers. 
Standard Chartered Bank Plc said in May it’s switching from the 
BlackBerry to the iPhone for employees and expects to have 15,000 
distributed by year-end.

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