I have been using an evaluation unit of the RIM BlackBerry Bold for two months. In short, it is the best BlackBerry that I have used to date (vs. With the Blackberry, making the decision about how much stuff you will carry around with you is not an upfront pre-purchase decision, as it is with the iPhone. When I was using 8700, 8707v and 8310 ), and I highly recommend it. The device is a stunning marvel of engineering.

There is also a Community Card that functions similarly: Out-of-box access from multiple clients To help folks naturally discover people and their knowledge from the tools they use everyday , some or all of the Lotus Connections components are accessible out of the box from the following clients: *RIM Blackberry (Profiles, Dogear) – this is built by and supported by RIM. A REST-style API using Atom Publishing Protocol (Atompub) and Atom Synchronization Format (ASF) is available for every component. Connected Search Archives IBM Lotus Connections, in plain English Edit: I used to be the IBM Lotus Connections Technical Evangelist.

There is also a Community Card that functions similarly: Out-of-box access from multiple clients To help folks naturally discover people and their knowledge from the tools they use everyday , some or all of the Lotus Connections components are accessible out of the box from the following clients: *RIM Blackberry (Profiles, Dogear) – this is built by and supported by RIM. A REST-style API using Atom Publishing Protocol (Atompub) and Atom Synchronization Format (ASF) is available for every component. Connected Search Archives IBM Lotus Connections, in plain English Edit: I used to be the IBM Lotus Connections Technical Evangelist.

The LotusLive Notes service will be optimized to support hybrid on-premise and cloud deployments with standard support for directory synchronization between on-premise directories and the cloud, access to application and mail workflows that remain on-premise, and entitlement for every user to use either a browser or the Lotus Notes client to access their email. Both Quickr and Connections can be accessed through new clients for the RIM BlackBerry device. - Day 1 of IBM annual Lotusphere conference was today, in Orlando. Here's what I've seen announced or discussed during the day.

RIM introduced an invite-only beta of a new Twitter client for BlackBerry clients. " Our first impression of it is that the interface of the application looks awfully similar to that of Facebook for BlackBerry. We’re learning that just like the Facebook app for BlackBerry, Twitter for BlackBerry does not cache tweets, so you have to wait a few seconds every time you access Twitter for BlackBerry for the stream of updates to load. " More - Microsoft After RIM ... Is Microsoft about to make an acquisition of RIM? "

Evernote for BlackBerry ... Evernote released a client for the BlackBerry. " Evernote for BlackBerry is available from the BlackBerry App World and is free for the taking. 2) I would also skip the Synchronous Collaboration component. CubeTree Launch ... CubeTree released its enterprise collaboration suite, with collaboration and social networking capabilities. "

Scalix for BlackBerry ... Scalix released a BlackBerry Connector for its messaging and calendaring platform. " Scalix Connect for Blackberry Enterprise Server is a connector that links the Exchange Edition of Research in Motion's Blackberry Enterprise Server (BES) or Blackberry Professional Software (BPS) products to Scalix. It provides Scalix users with the full integrated Blackberry user experience ROI on Advanced Collaboration Solutions ... Research sponsored by Cisco and Verizon found that firms who use advanced collaboration technologies for meetings

ASE Technology migrated from Microsoft Exchange and a Blackberry Enterprise Server to Google Apps and since then has used services like Google's email and integrated IM to help field sales reps get faster answers from headquarters when they're out with prospects. " Legal Issues with BlackBerries ... Joshua and From Exchange to Google Apps ... Google is hosting a webinar on February 12 at which one of its Apps customers will talk about the experience and benefits of shifting from Microsoft Exchange to Google Apps. "

Scalix for BlackBerry ... Scalix announced a new integration for the BlackBerry Enterprise Server, for wireless email and calendaring. " Scalix Connect for Blackberry Enterprise Server provides push email, wireless contact, calendar and task synchronization, meeting scheduling, and remote address book/Global Address List lookup. Scalix now offers a full suite of mobility solutions for Evernote for Groups ... Evernote added sharing and collaboration capabilities to its personal information management application. "

Many people, we suspect, would define collaboration as any situation where people work together in a coordinated way to achieve common objectives and would include highly specified and synchronized coordination, such as traditional assembly line operations. FaceTime for BlackBerry and OCS ... FaceTime added support for Notes and Domino 8.5.1 ... IBM announced the beta of Notes and Domino 8.5.1,