Exactly. :)

"my intention is actually to hand over the company-owned phone to someone who's trying to rob me"

@cparizo: Normally, the phones companies give out are insured so they don't really get to lose anything if you get mugged. Not a bad idea to hand over the company phone then :)

"There are trade-offs and compromises involved but at the end of the day, it's what the firm can live with and manage that will serve as the deciding factor."

@sotheco: I agree. There's a trade-off involved and one of the ways to minimize the impact, as you said, is by having effective BYOD policies. I think BYOD will gain popularity as time passes and as organizations and employees get comfortable with it.

I don't necessarily think BYOD is bad for all the conveniences that it promises to bring with proper implementation. Most of the points Christine enumerated are valid--there are a lot of risks to BYOD, especially if IT doesn't put out a policy that covers all the bases. But if they do and do it well, then the risks are minimized.

The employers and the employees both stand to benefit from this. For employers, increased productivity; for employees, increased convenience. There are trade-offs and compromises involved but at the end of the day, it's what the firm can live with and manage that will serve as the deciding factor.

@taimur_tz, my intention is actually to hand over the company-owned phone to someone who's trying to rob me. I mean, theoretically. I only have one phone right now, since I work for myself as a freelancer, and my company has a liberal BYOD policy. :)

"Yes, but you're theoretically using them only half as much, so the batteries should last longer. Charge one at the office and one at home."

@cparizo: That's certainly a benefit of carrying two phones but if that's what your intention was, you may want to carry just a spare battery rather than another phone. Makes things simpler.

"The question now is who really stands to better gain from BYOD? Is it the employee or the employer?"

@Paul: From what I see, it seems to be a fair deal where there are advantages for both and disadvantages for both as well. The model has been designed to portray that employees are benefiting more as they get more choice, but I think both are equally benefiting from it.

"I certainly don't want to get the trouble of thinking which ones of the smartphone should i use for each kind of information. I want all my information in just a single mobile device. "

@Paul: That's quite important in many cases. For instance, you want one calendar which can organize your work and personal commitments so you know what you have to do in the day. Certainly a hassle to look at two different calendars and decide.

Carrying two feature phones might not be so bad but carrying two smartphones is certainly a hassle because they're bigger in size.

@taimur_tz, I totally agree with you on this. Smartphones are not as small as mini-phones. Its pretty big and sometimes difficult to carry two of them at a time. I would like to converge all of them into one device.

why risk that shiny, new smartphone on the corporate death network?

@DukeW, true. Its not a good idea to risk new smartphone on corporate network but then I would miss out on new features which the new smarpthones have to offer.