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Ruminations on the System i Market
August 27, 2008
Who Says Green Screens and iPhones Don't Go Together?
I want to give a shout out to MochaSoft for delivering one of the first iPhone applications to the Apple iPhone App Store. The apps are TN5250 ($29.99) and TN5250 Lite (free). They support all standard 5250 emulation features, SSL, zoom and scroll (just like the Safari iPhone browser), auto login, macros, and a handful of other features. So far 11 people have reviewed it on the Apple App Store, which is part of iTunes for those not in the know, and the reviews have been predominantly positive.
In addition to Vicki Hamende's coverage of looksoftware's snap solutions for mobile front ends, are there any other iPhone and System i apps out and about or on the way?
Eventually -- and by eventually I mean sometime in 2008 -- IBM will deliver Lotus iNotes on the iPhone. IBM has a promo web site for iNotes, including screenshots . . . but only a little concrete detail.
I have an iPhone . . . and I actually used it while traveling to send out NEWS Daily -- but just once. It was kind of a painful process on a tiny screen. Anyone out there using iPhones with System i-related applications yet?
--Chris Maxcer, news editor
Posted by cmaxcer at August 27, 2008 1:52 AM
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