IBM announced today the availability
of new versions of the BlackBerry clients for their collaboration products:
- BlackBerry Client for IBM Lotus Connections 2.3
- BlackBerry Client for IBM Lotus Quickr 1.0
"Specific enhancements built
into the BlackBerry clients for IBM Lotus software for Connections and
Quickr
With BlackBerry Client for IBM Lotus
Connections 2.3, there is now support for Blogs, Activities, Bookmarks,
and Communities, and an enhanced Profile information capability including
pictures. The richer integration with BlackBerry core applications makes
the application appear as an integral part of the BlackBerry device, and
is easier to use.
This is the first BlackBerry client
for IBM Lotus Quickr in the market and with it the enterprise users can
perform most of the key activities from their BlackBerry devices that they
would wish to do when working with documents.
- Navigate and view library contents
- Designate libraries as "Favorites" for fast access
- Sort and filter folder contents to highlight material the user wants to find easily
- View file and folder details - when and by whom it was created and modified
- Preview documents via the BlackBerry Attachment Service
- Download and check out documents for editing
- Check in documents, in addition to or to replace older versions
- Organize documents in new folders created from the BlackBerry smartphone
- E-mail document authors with questions
- Send a link to a document or folder rather than sending the entire document"
I find it interestingly that this announcement
is just one week before Lotusphere (and not at Lotusphere). My interpretation
is that these are only peanuts compared to the news announced next week
in Orlando... 
Source: http://www-01.ibm.com/cgi-bin/common/ssi/ssialias?infotype=an&subtype=ca&htmlfid=877/ENUSZP10-0041
