This could be pretty big news, depending on how Apple sends it out. Starting in June, the iPhone will be able to work with Microsoft ActiveSync to allow for ‘push’ email. This is what has made the BlackBerry what it is, and why it works so well.

If this works as Apple plans, then the iPhone could connect directly to a corporate Exchange mail server and get your business email in nearly real time. For those of us using BlackBerrys, this is it: It is what makes a smartphone ‘smart’, and what makes it so you really are ‘connected’.

This could be a pretty big deal, and we’ll keep an eye on this one.

Here are two stories:

The iPhone made easy for business customers

and

Apple iPhone set for major improvements in a bid to beat out rival BlackBerry