One of the many niggling little issues that militated against the iPhone's use as a full-on business-oriented tool had been the outrageous rates for international roaming use. No more, reports Ars Technica; AT&T is now rolling out international data plans.

There remains a whole separate discussion over exactly how well suited the iPhone is in the typical corporate IT setting. That it is being rapidly introduced into such settings is not debatable in the least... it's coming, and it's coming to an executive's pocket near you. The question is what it will take to support it, or what your alternatives might be for providing similar utility even without the customary Apple polish and glitz.