Offer information about the Apple iPhone The Apple iPhone, like any cell phone, has advantages and disadvantages. Provide your customers with detailed information about the iPhone, including customer reviews and help with the features and functions of the iPhone. This information shows that you care about customer satisfaction before, during and after the sale.

I recommend:  Apple.com and CNet.com both have detailed information about the Apple iPhone. Apple.com is an Apple iPhone vendor as well as the iPhone manufacturer. It offers a variety of iPhone applications and software available. This website also has a detailed troubleshooting list for the iPhone. CNet.com has price comparisons and detailed reviews about the iPhone.

Sell iPhone accessories Customers who own an Apple iPhone will usually add accessories to make the iPhone fit their lifestyle. Selling Apple iPhone accessories, such as protective cases, car chargers and Bluetooth devices, allows you to meet the needs of iPhone users.

I recommend:  Apple Store is the official Apple iPhone online shopping center. All of the iPhone accessories have an unconditional warranty. Orders meeting certain requirements qualify for free shipping. You will find a wide selection of Apple iPhone accessories, including protective cases, data transfer cables and full accessory kits at eForCity.com. This company offers wholesale prices and sometimes has special online coupons that will give you a discount on top of the wholesale prices.

Stock iPhone replacement parts Replacement parts, such as batteries and screens, for an iPhone allow iPhone users to fix a phone that is malfunctioning or one that has cosmetic defects that are unappealing. Offering these parts allows you to meet the needs of customers who want to fix their iPhone.

I recommend:  Cellular-Blowout offers a variety of replacement parts for the iPhone for sale, including chargers and batteries. This company offers wholesale prices and discounted shipping. This company has an easy to use search service to help you find parts for iPhones. Kokopelli Music is an iPhone supplier that carries a full line of replacement parts, including screens, for the Apple iPhone. This company offers special rates to iPhone vendors who order products in bulk.

Buy your iPhone device Assuming you don't have iPhone already; this obviously is the first step. Since the iPhone distribution market is very organized, there wont be many price differentials.

I recommend:  Visit the official Apple instruction page on the subject. The three places you can buy your iPhone are official Apple Stores, AT&T outlets, or the Apple Online Store. If you are looking for a bargain, eBay could be another option.

Get a Messaging Solution According to a recent Rubicon study, the major reason for iPhone internet usage was mail access. Even otherwise, the foremost business use of a computing device is the ability to access and send official mail. Secondarily, the ability to access official contacts, calendars and tasks. For a majority of small businesses this means the ability to access Outlook information. Unfortunately, iPhone does not provide native MS Exchange support at this time and there is no direct way to access Outlook information. But there are some powerful web applications which surmount this difficulty and allow easy Outlook access.

I recommend:  The first option to access Outlook on iPhone is Outlook Web Access (OWA). But some drawbacks of this are that OWA’s appearance is chunky on iPhone, full feature access is not available, and you need Exchange to be installed. Powerful web applications like HyperOffice, on the other hand, are optimized for iPhone, offer near full access to Outlook on iPhone, go further and allow Outlook calendars, tasks, and contacts to be shared with colleagues, and work even if Exchange is not installed on the company servers. Alternatively, if you don’t want to go the MS Outlook way at all, you can use purely web based email solutions like Gmail.

Get a Collaboration Solution Corporate email access is the bare bones necessity if iPhone is to be used as a business tool. But it neednt stop there, and there are many web applications that allow iPhone to be used as a full fledged collaboration tool wherein users can share and work togather on information right from their iPhone devices - documents, contacts, calendars, tasks etc.

I recommend:  One approach could be to buy ad-hoc solutions for different needs. Google Apps or Zimbra are a purely web based Office suite which let you collaborate in real time on documents. If youre looking for an all in one solution, HyperOffice in addition to its messaging capabilities, allows sharing of tasks, calendars, contacts and documents. It also fits well if you use MS Office to manage information at your office. Alternatively you could browse Apple’s webapp directory and look for suitable solutions.