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One of my favorite announcements from Lotusphere was the news that Lotus would soon support ActiveSync (which could, I suppose, be handy for people with an iPhone – hint, hint; wink, wink).

I decided a few weeks ago, that I better get some hands-on experience with Traveler, the product that will make this happen. (Important note: I opted to be “one of those guys” with TWO cell phones, vs. “downgrade” from my iPhone to something else. I considered that the better of two evils).

So far – I really like it! Traveler integrates well with the phone O/S (in my case, Windows Mobile running on a BlackJack II). The last time I evaluated software like this was what led to our choice of using GOOD as our standard – which is still a great product, however I look to Traveler as both an answer to my iPhone dilemma and a potential way to phase out GOOD and reduce costs.

He’s a run-down of the highlights I’ve seen so far:

• Pro: Visual cues – like an icon that appears to let you know its communicating with the server.
• Pro: Easy to use.
• Pro: Integrates with the phone O/S. (GOOD does not.)
• Pro: Ability to “dismiss” calendar entries while phone is “locked”
• Con: No support for a global address book (this is THE reason we’re not deploying it more wide-spread today)
• Neutral: Setup is easy – but seems like it could be even easier. It’d be great to have the ability, through Domino Administrator, to push a text message to a user’s phone that provides a URL to download, install and configure (at least to the point of entering a password) the software. The install process is quite easy – but is still a bit more work than GOOD’s.

All in all, I’m really this product! If you’re interested in it, I’ve provided a few links below that might be helpful:

• Notes Traveler Wiki
• Installing Notes Traveler
• Product information page