Not smart, but not stupid

So what makes a good business phone?

A surprisingly short list of features that have little or nothing to do with the new generation of converged devices.

Consumers have difficult choices, playing pick-and-mix across everything from music and games to on-board camera features. But for business customers the buying decisions are much more straightforward.

There is a checklist of what’s really useful as opposed to what’s fun. Good phone performance and decent battery life are the starting point. After that ...