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The iPhone may not be ready for the enterprise, but that didn't stop IT professionals from giving Apple's smartphone this year's Datamation Product of the Year 2008 Award in the Handheld Device category.

It appears some of the more than 4 million people who bought the iPhone last year, which has - up until now - been geared almost exclusively to consumers, were information technology pros.

Interestingly, the iPhone follows last year's winner, the BlackBerry Pearl, another consumer-orientated smartphone. One big difference, however: The Pearl, as with other BlackBerries, fully supports RIM's market-leading push e-mail and data access service in and out of the enterprise.

2008 runner up the BlackBerry Curve ran strongly in this year's Datamation voting. In addition to the Blackberry Curve, the other nominees were the Nokia n810, Sprint Mogul, Motorola Q9h Global, and Palm Treo 755p.

See our iPhone Review: Integration Key to iPhone's Success

See our Review: BlackBerry Curve 8320 - Wi-Fi or Cell Calls? How About Both

See our Review: Treo 755p - A Step Up From Treo 700p

See our Review: BlackBerry Curve - Better Than The Pearl

See our Review: Motorola Q9h/ Global - A Real Keeper

See our Review: Sprint Mogul - A Windows Mobile 6 Powerhouse

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