Apple adds Excel, Word support to iPhone

Apple today revealed that its iPhone will support Microsoft Excel and Word documents, putting to rest one of the major criticisms voiced by potential business adopters of the mobile handset. The company's guided tour of iPhone reveals clearly that the device does in fact support viewing Microsoft Word and Excel documents received in email messages, prompting potential business customers to rethink any decisions to hold off on purchasing the device as a result of lacking functionality in the corporate realm. Rumors are also circulating that Apple is planning to integrate the iPhone with current corporate email installations, which would make the cellular phone an even more tantalizing option for widespread enterprise adoption.

IBM: iPhone hype to test handset security

Apple's highly anticipated iPhone -- which recently garnered more than one million enquiries via AT&T's website -- may well attract the attention of malicious users looking to breach the handset's security measures. With so much attention and hype built up around the $499/$599 gadget, experienced crackers are likely to try their hand at attacking the mobile phone, according to IBM. "We've been following it since it was announced," said Neel Mehta, the team lead of advance research group at Internet Security Systems -- IBM's security division -- in an interview with InformationWeek. "It's going to be challenging for the bad guys to exploit them like they do other [smart phones] but there will be a lot of individuals willing to try because of the amount of buzz around it... We've seen some very determined attacks on other mobile phone platforms, like the Symbian platform. A lot of these attacks are going to be very hard to launch against the iPhone."

iTransmitter 2 eases control with remote

The website USBfever.com has begun selling the iTransmitter 2, an FM transmitter specifically designed around vehicles; an included cable plugs directly from the iTransmitter into a car charger, and three presets allow users to move from one car to another without having to manually dial in a new frequency. New to the second version of the product is a remote, which allows full control of the transmitter without having to pick up the iPod. The product is compatible with third-, fourth- and fifth-generation full-size iPods, as well as the mini and nano. USBfever is selling the iTransmitter 2 in white or black for $27.