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I think that, in the long run, this model may be about the only way that some people will ever get the chance to use a Windows Mobile device and to experience firsthand just what useful tools they can be. Especially during periods of less-than-booming economic times, enterprises will continue to balk at the cost of supplying the mobile hardware and to use the challenges of corporate-wide deployment as a reason (excuse?) not to take the plunge.
My greatest concern with something like SCMDM is that it might allow IT departments to be a little too aggressive with unreasonable device controls and lock-downs. For example, for some goofy reason my employer decided that it would force a 10-second backlight time-out as part of its protocols; we were simply denied access to change that setting. It took weeks of concerted belly-aching to convince the powers that be to let US control a few simple things like backlight, Today themes, etc.
The truth is that, if I HAD to, I'd tolerate a lot of stringent rules and protocols just to keep the use of my Windows Mobile device. I just hope that none of us HAS to.
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