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September 29, 2008 9:00 PM PDT

IBM releasing iNotes for iPhone

by Tom Krazit
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IBM has released iNotes Ultralite for getting Lotus Notes e-mail onto the iPhone.

(Credit: IBM)

IBM has released a way to get Lotus Notes e-mail on your iPhone that stops short of full support, but gets the job done.

IBM's iNotes Ultralite (no trademark fight necessary) will be formally released Tuesday for Notes administrators and iPhone users. The software is a Web application that allows you to access Notes mail through the Safari mobile browser on the iPhone. Administrators need to install IBM Lotus Domino Web Access 8.0.2 in order to make the whole thing work.

One of the more popular additions to the iPhone 3G was the support for Microsoft's Exchange technology, which allows you to get your corporate Exchange e-mail on the iPhone's Mail client. IBM and Apple haven't inked a deal to do the same thing for Notes as of yet, but an IBM representative said the two companies are working to bring the Lotus Notes Traveler software to the iPhone.

iNotes Ultralite is a free download from IBM.

Tom Krazit writes about the ever-expanding world of Internet search, including Google, Yahoo, online advertising, and portals, as well as the evolution of mobile computing. He has written about traditional PC companies, chip manufacturers, and mobile computers, spending the last three years covering Apple. E-mail Tom.
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by AppleSuxLeo September 29, 2008 9:41 PM PDT
And in a related note...Millions of financial analysts have just released iDontcare4apple for all of Apple`s products.
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by Jonathan Monahan September 30, 2008 6:29 AM PDT
IBM should have made and app not a damn web app.
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by Vegaman_Dan September 30, 2008 7:54 AM PDT
A web-based email app? That's not a real help here. People want to look at their mail offline too. Sometimes you aren't near a cell tower or have wifi- such as on a plane or inside many modern office buildings.
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by TV James September 30, 2008 8:34 AM PDT
#1 - I don't want it on my desktop. Why would I want it I want it on my iPhone (if I had one)?

#2 - Maybe they should have spent the time fixing the desktop version first. Although after 8 versions, maybe that's being way too optimistic.
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