More and more corporate people are now moving from Blackberry to iPhone. This makes iPhone the latest apple of the eye to many techie professionals while BlackBerry steps aside.

Reports have pointed out that Blackberry hasn't developed its usefulness for business as much as other devices like the iPhone. Reports say that Apple managed to make its devices business-friendly by offering compatibility to Microsoft Office documents and e-mail servers, and is able to host business applications.

In a MailOnline report, a survey conducted showed that 45 per cent of business users have an iPhone, 32 per cent a Blackberry and 21 per cent Android-based smartphones. Asked if consumers would still buy BlackBerry's next year, results showed that only 2.3 per cent would purchase Blackberry.

Blackberry usage fell by more than 2 per cent this year. It also faced an outage issue in October that might have affected the survey conducted.

Apple on the other hand has been reaping the sweet fruits of its labor, with more companies patronizing their devices for their businesses.

Among the recent clients Apple has served are the Lowe's home improvement retailer which purchased 42,000 units of iPhone that will be used by their employees on store floors. The device will enable employees to easily access inventory, demo videos, and help customers estimate home improvement projects without having to go to their desktop computers.

Another Apple customer is Boston Scientific, a medical device manufacturer geared up its sales representatives with iPads and is said to have purchased 3,000 units and plans to buy 1,500 more.

Airlines also made a shift from printed manuals to e-manuals, and began using iPads and loaded up with flight manuals, navigation charts and other materials needed on board. Through their iPads they can easily browse all the information they need in-flight with just a slide of their fingers. No more bulky binders and manual pages to be replaced every so often. Updating the manuals is now done electronically with the iPad and bulk is no longer a problem. Among the airlines that have distributed iPads to their pilots were Alaska Airlines and United and Continental Airlines.

IPads have become a substitute for laptops. iPhones, on the other hand replacing BlackBerry's for being more business-friendly having the ability to create an application for whatever business related service is possible.