Lotus Notes for the iPhone
A cooperative effort between IBM and Apple will soon lead to Lotus Notes for your iPhone or iPod Touch. IBM plans to formally announce the software's availability for Apple devices at next week's Lotusphere conference in Orlando, Fla. With Microsoft as their main competitor, the arrangement
stands to be mutually beneficial. Taking advantage of Apple's success in providing alternatives to Microsoft products, IBM should be able to proliferate its own software. In turn, with an estimated 135 million Lotus users worldwide, the iPhone could become more competitive with business oriented smartphones such as RIM's Blackberry.
While the iPhone can already connect to Web-based email services and email on Microsoft Exchange, many corporations do not allow it. IBM hopes to change this so employees will be able to check their email via Lotus Notes on the iPhone or iPod Touch. The software uses IBM's Domino server and will be free for those who already have a Lotus Web access license and $39/year for new users.
The cooperation between the two comes after years of competition in the PC and software markets. Now, according to IBM spokesman Mike Azzi "we have a lot in common [with Apple] and we're going to cross-pollinate."
[via Mobile Tech Today
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