Dear IBM, Ultralite Rocks !
Category Administration IBM/Lotus Domino ND8
My users are saying that iNotes Ultralite is terrific. One has given up his Blackberry and is the most vociferous about his satisfaction with Ultralite on the iPhone. Another is likely to give up his Blackberry in the coming days, though he misses the expanded search capabilities of the BB. Mostly the users are simply glad to have their email access on their iPhone. We are quickly ramping up the adoption and hope to have 50 accounts using the iPhone in very short order.
These glowing words of love were a surprise. Mind you, we have two BES servers and also provide IMAP connectivity. When I first saw the iPhone, and read the specifications, I just did not see the big picture. I mean, I already support an array of smartphones, so what is so new about the iPhone? Here is why the iPhone is so significant.
The iPhone, and all next-gen phones, comes with an always-on Internet data connection, the open-source WebKit platform, and a usable form-factor with larger screens. The impact is staggering: no more push technology. Application development can be generalized to web-enabled capabilities, instead of something that is rigidly platform specific. Oh, and no more dedicated carriers to process the connection transactions (as with RIM).
Ultralite marks the boundary between yesterday's infrastructure-heavy mobile systems and the nascent Mobile Web. Let me give an example, when the iPhone was launched, Apple had licensed active-sync from Microsoft. Nothing of the kind was available for IBM/Lotus. Microsoft Outlook could be deployed to the iPhone, but there was no IBM solution. Many Lotus Notes users were frustrated. We want mobile sync ! was the shout. In hindsight, it was not a very forward thinking wish. Now that I have worked with ND8 and the iNotes Ultralite, I have changed my perspective. The desire for mobile-sync, and its associated push-oriented platform has lost its allure and is as compelling to me as returning to the rows of modem banks I had 15 years ago.
What's ahead for Mobile Web devices ? Android, Nokia, Samsung, and Motorola are providing phones that will live on the Web. Out-of-the-box they can run with iNotes Ultralite. No special client software, no push-servers, no dedicated back-channel networks--just nice, clean HTML. We have seen the success of the iPhone, and the demands that the clients have for embracing its functionality. So, what do you think are the odds that Google will license active-sync for Android? Or, Motorola ? Not so good ?
Ultralite is looking better and better.
Technorati Tags: Lotus Notes, iNotes, Ultralite
My users are saying that iNotes Ultralite is terrific. One has given up his Blackberry and is the most vociferous about his satisfaction with Ultralite on the iPhone. Another is likely to give up his Blackberry in the coming days, though he misses the expanded search capabilities of the BB. Mostly the users are simply glad to have their email access on their iPhone. We are quickly ramping up the adoption and hope to have 50 accounts using the iPhone in very short order.
These glowing words of love were a surprise. Mind you, we have two BES servers and also provide IMAP connectivity. When I first saw the iPhone, and read the specifications, I just did not see the big picture. I mean, I already support an array of smartphones, so what is so new about the iPhone? Here is why the iPhone is so significant.
The iPhone, and all next-gen phones, comes with an always-on Internet data connection, the open-source WebKit platform, and a usable form-factor with larger screens. The impact is staggering: no more push technology. Application development can be generalized to web-enabled capabilities, instead of something that is rigidly platform specific. Oh, and no more dedicated carriers to process the connection transactions (as with RIM).
Ultralite marks the boundary between yesterday's infrastructure-heavy mobile systems and the nascent Mobile Web. Let me give an example, when the iPhone was launched, Apple had licensed active-sync from Microsoft. Nothing of the kind was available for IBM/Lotus. Microsoft Outlook could be deployed to the iPhone, but there was no IBM solution. Many Lotus Notes users were frustrated. We want mobile sync ! was the shout. In hindsight, it was not a very forward thinking wish. Now that I have worked with ND8 and the iNotes Ultralite, I have changed my perspective. The desire for mobile-sync, and its associated push-oriented platform has lost its allure and is as compelling to me as returning to the rows of modem banks I had 15 years ago.
What's ahead for Mobile Web devices ? Android, Nokia, Samsung, and Motorola are providing phones that will live on the Web. Out-of-the-box they can run with iNotes Ultralite. No special client software, no push-servers, no dedicated back-channel networks--just nice, clean HTML. We have seen the success of the iPhone, and the demands that the clients have for embracing its functionality. So, what do you think are the odds that Google will license active-sync for Android? Or, Motorola ? Not so good ?
Ultralite is looking better and better.
Technorati Tags: Lotus Notes, iNotes, Ultralite
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Comments
The 2 features that seem most missing to me right now are:
- Saving the password! Even a small front end iPhone app that would just save the password in encrypted form and point to the URL for my email would be great.
- Better calendar navigation. looking ahead 1 day at a time and waiting for each page to load is crazy.
Posted by Christopher Harvey At 06:58:09 PM On 11/18/2008 | - Website - |
At least with my current setup, I can still organize my day and filter through the stuff that isn't important without an active connection.
Your thoughts would be appreciated.
Posted by Samuel deHuszar Allen At 03:11:09 AM On 11/15/2008 | - Website - |
Posted by null At 11:53:51 PM On 11/14/2008 | - Website - |