While IBM has a beta full release of Lotus Notes and Domino 8.5.1, allowing iPhone users to enjoy the software’s automatic syncing capabilities for e-mail and calendaring, there is no announced support for the android platform. This means that people who buy the Verizon google phone, i.e. the Droid, will not be able to sync their corporate email to the device if their company uses Lotus Notes.

This past year, IBM announced the availability of their Lotus Notes and Domino 8.5.1, which includes Lotus Notes Traveler 8.5.1 with its planned synching capabilities for email and calendar features on the iPhone. IBM is touting this as one way to make Apple’s iPhone a business tool, something 73% of users say is not the case. Maybe Lowell McAdams has the similar position on the android smart phones. Verizon executives have been quoted that the Droid is positioned as a consumer phone. Verizon has made it clear that the Droid is their most anticipated launch of the year. They’ve been sending out an unusual amount of teaser information, commercials, culminating in a countdown clock to November 6th, 2009. Some of the phone’s features were covered in a recent Verizon Droid review summary. For the record, Lotus Notes Traveler software is supported on the following mobile device platforms:

Apple iphone

Nokia Symbian devices

Microsoft Windows Mobile 5, 6 and 6.1

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