Apple is working hard to make working an easier task for everyone. With the introduction of the iPhone and other services, it is making it possible for the office to be where ever you are with just the touch of a button.
There are good points and bad points to being able to work all the time. It makes it harder to leave tasks at the office. This really blends work and home into something that can only take away from family.
At the same time, being able to work on the go can make a job more flexible and therefore open to more individuals. Instead of having to commute to the office everyday, employees could work from their own homes (or while they are at the doctor’s office or getting the oil change). Mobile work options can actually make what would have been wasted time more productive.
Having a connection to the office, anywhere or anytime, could make it more convenient to go to the children’s ball games or recitals. Instead of pushing the employee away from family, it could offer opportunities to spend more time with them.
Apple has the right idea. It wants to give us the tools to get everything done on our own time. The flexibility will take discipline, but it will be a great benefit to all when it becomes the standard and not the exception.