Well... I leave for dinner and come back to find my iPhone is now a Notes mail client!
Category Lotusphere2008
From Associated Press: IBM To Add Software For Apple Devices
E-mail software from IBM Corp. will be available on Apple Inc. iPhones and iPod Touch devices under a new partnership that brings together two big rivals of Microsoft Corp.
IBM plans a formal announcement of the Lotus Notes e-mail package for Apple's portable devices at its Lotusphere conference in Orlando, Fla., next week. The software, which requires use of IBM's Domino e-mail server program, will be free for users who already have a Lotus Web-access license and start at $39 per year for new users.
IBM also plans to release Lotus Notes and the free Lotus Symphony "productivity" package — which includes documents, spreadsheets and other Microsoft Office-like software — for Apple's Macintosh computers.
With these moves, IBM is trying to find more avenues for its software and take advantage of Apple's natural affinity for Microsoft alternatives.
And...
Now, Apple hardware has become a broader platform with the popularity of the iPhone and Web-enabled iPod Touch devices. However, Apple has delayed fully opening the devices to third-party applications; a "software developers' kit" to enable that isn't due until next month. Apple and IBM have been working together on their own.
Before I left for dinner at the Polynesian, my Google alerts were cleared out for Lotusphere news hits. I come back to find this one, and to find that Ed has already blogged it. This one definitely made it into my list of Lotusphere Press Coverage that I'm keeping up on my blog this year... :)
This announcement, if pulled off, could signal a major shift for the way I separate work and personal email. Since I use Yahoo and Gmail for my personal communications, I basically don't handle any work email outside of the times I'm actually working on stuff for my employer. But since I have an iPhone, I could see myself going down the route of having access to both work and personal email with me 24/7. It'll also mean that I'll pay more attention to developments in the mobile world, as I basically ignore Blackberry stuff as it doesn't affect my world.
Some cool stuff coming out, and it's not even Wednesday of the week before Lotusphere yet!
From Associated Press: IBM To Add Software For Apple Devices
E-mail software from IBM Corp. will be available on Apple Inc. iPhones and iPod Touch devices under a new partnership that brings together two big rivals of Microsoft Corp.
IBM plans a formal announcement of the Lotus Notes e-mail package for Apple's portable devices at its Lotusphere conference in Orlando, Fla., next week. The software, which requires use of IBM's Domino e-mail server program, will be free for users who already have a Lotus Web-access license and start at $39 per year for new users.
IBM also plans to release Lotus Notes and the free Lotus Symphony "productivity" package — which includes documents, spreadsheets and other Microsoft Office-like software — for Apple's Macintosh computers.
With these moves, IBM is trying to find more avenues for its software and take advantage of Apple's natural affinity for Microsoft alternatives.
And...
Now, Apple hardware has become a broader platform with the popularity of the iPhone and Web-enabled iPod Touch devices. However, Apple has delayed fully opening the devices to third-party applications; a "software developers' kit" to enable that isn't due until next month. Apple and IBM have been working together on their own.
Before I left for dinner at the Polynesian, my Google alerts were cleared out for Lotusphere news hits. I come back to find this one, and to find that Ed has already blogged it. This one definitely made it into my list of Lotusphere Press Coverage that I'm keeping up on my blog this year... :)
This announcement, if pulled off, could signal a major shift for the way I separate work and personal email. Since I use Yahoo and Gmail for my personal communications, I basically don't handle any work email outside of the times I'm actually working on stuff for my employer. But since I have an iPhone, I could see myself going down the route of having access to both work and personal email with me 24/7. It'll also mean that I'll pay more attention to developments in the mobile world, as I basically ignore Blackberry stuff as it doesn't affect my world.
Some cool stuff coming out, and it's not even Wednesday of the week before Lotusphere yet!
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