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It is possible to use a Windows personal computer on an iPhone. Of course, the computer isn’t inside the phone. WebEx, a Cisco company that offers remote computing services, now supports iPhone on its PCNow service.

That will let users search and retrieve files on a remote desktop computer. The remote computer needs a LAN or broadband connection to the Internet, of course. Users can also edit, create, send, view and receive Outlook email, contacts and appointments.

As a bonus, WebEx connects iPhone users to Skype to allow VoIP telephone calls using an iPhone.

One nice benefit of this approach is that the WebEx iPhone client isn’t giving the user direct access to the Windows desktop.

Of course, anyone who can get access to that iPhone and the user’s passwords could get access to that remote PC. WebEx allows users to remotely connect one or two PCs to their iPhone for US$11.95 a month. For a small business, this might be a nice option.

Larger companies may not want their employees to breach the corporate firewall in this manner, though.

This ZDnet article has some additional details.

I have 4 more papers to mark this evening, but I’m almost done with the IS 6100 Paper 2 drafts.

Meanwhile, here’s an article from Engadget. There’s a new Blackberry model that offers WiFi connectivity on T-Mobile’s network: the Blackberry Curve 8320.

A similar model (the 8310) offers GPS capabilities instead of the WiFi feature. There’s only so much room inside the phone, so it’s one chipset or the other – not both.

It’s up to the carrier to offer the GPS, WiFi or both versions. So T-Mo went with WiFi.

Engadget also ran articles about a GPS service for iPhones last Wednesday. It’ll do until Apple adds real GPS hardware to the next iPhone.