A Coder From South Africa

Hi All. I've recently had a huge demand on companies wanting to go mobile with mail, etc. I've been playing around with mNotes (commontime) and reading up on Lotus Notes Traveler.

Here's a basic rundown at present of the software mentioned above:

Commontime mSuite (includes mNotes)

- Compatible with Windows Mobile 5 and 6 ; Palm OS ; Symbian
- Synchronizes directly on the server
- Allows deployment of Notes Applications to mobile devices
- Compatible with R6.5 and up (could be R5 and up....not too sure)

Lotus Notes Traveler

- Only works with Windows Mobile 5 and 6 (based on IBM information page)
- Runs as a Domino Server Task
- Cannot deploy applications to mobile devices
- Compatible with R8.0.1 and above

It obviously gets more technical than this, and there's where you find that there are some unfortunate restrictions with Traveler.

I'm currently leaning towards commontime at present, firstly because it supports deployment of notes applications, secondly because it's compatible with previous versions of notes. The only difference worth mentioning, is that your Lotus Notes User License acts as a Traveler License, which means off-hand that no additional costs are involved with Lotus Notes Traveler, where with commontime there is a license cost.

I could be mistaken. Your Thoughts?

I've been fortunate to try out commontime mNotes for a month on my Tytn 2, and it really impressed me.