I have installed Lotus Traveler onto my own server and am now using it from a Windows Mobile mobile phone (iMate Jamin). I have found that even though this phone is only on GPRS, the Lotus Traveler application is very reliable.
I also have a Blackberry and a BES server. I have not used my Blackberry in some time now as I preferred to use my Nokia phone. However, after good use, my Nokia decided that it didn't want to work for me anymore, so I was forced to look into some other options.
I had used my iMate in the past for a job I was doing whereby the client required about 80 iMate's. As it is about 2 years old (put hardly ever used), I am now using it as my main phone.
When I compare Lotus Traveler to my Blackberry, I would say, go for Lotus Traveler. It is able to do the primary features of what a Blackberry running with BES can do. I doesn't have the ability to set your "Out of Office", but who really cares!
Also, Lotus Traveler is a lot cheaper to run. I am not sure about other parts of the world, but in New Zealand, Vodafone charges about (NZD)$40.00 per month just to have the BES connectivity, as well as regular line costs etc. Also, BES requires you to have licences at the server end.
Vaughan Rivett July 21st, 2008 02:19:50 p.m.
