A cloud of mist surrounds IBM’s Lotus notes. IBM spokesman Mike Azzi said that IBM is working on Notes e-mail application for iPhone 2.0, but he didn’t reveal any more details. Apple did not provide any comment either.

It can be guessed that IBM will use recently launched SDK to develop Lotus Notes for the iPhone 2.0, which will then be distributed over App store.

There are 140 million Lotus Notes and Domino users worldwide, according to IBM, and it would be very wise for both Apple and IBM to release it faster. So far Microsoft Exchange is number one platform.

In the meantime one can use “MartinScott Consulting LLC’s WirelessMail” to forward Lotus Notes emails to Gmail or Yahoo mail.

Thanks: PC World

Are you excited about iPhone 2.0 firmware just as we are? Now thanks to some folks from Hackintosh and Gizmodo, we have a video and some pics of how it looks.

There are quite a bunch of new features in it like Parental Controls, Mass mail delete, App store, Exchange support, advanced calculator Cisco VPN support and more.

Video is a bit blurry but it might satisfy the hungry ones:

There is a better video at Gizmodo too.

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A pretty nifty new service is now available for those iPhone owners that are concerned about their mobile communications’ security, called VPN Mobile.

Since Apple iPhone and other smart phones have the capability to join countless networks and are always mobile, they are constantly in search of different wireless connections, leaving the door open for data intrusion. Wireless devices like the iPhone have limited in-transit data security options and can lack the ability to secure information sent wirelessly from one machine to another. VPN Mobile provides the additional level of security needed for protected information transmission.

Designed to enable the quick delivery of multimedia and broadband data, EDGE, the wireless data service standard that Apple iPhone is using, is historically known for its vulnerability to intrusions. Secure-Tunnel VPN for iPhone is able to encrypt all EDGE data, ensuring a comprehensive privacy and data security solution for mobile users.
Secure-Tunnel VPN Mobile features:

* Protects otherwise extremely vunerable mobile communications
* Simple configuration, Ready in minutes!
* Strong encryption works on both wifi and cellular data networks
* Included Email account with SSL webmail

VPN for iPhone is available at a subscription price of $5.95 per month or $59.95 annually at Secure Tunnel’s website.

iPlus just got better with the latest release from ipluspwns.com. iPlus is quickly becoming the definitive tool for unlocking, jailbreak and activation of the iPhone. If you aren’t already familiar with iPlus you need to check it out. Why choose iPlus? iPlus uses BL 3.9FakeBlank for bootloader downgrading. This means that the process is fully reversible (unlike some other tools), giving you the peace of mind that you can go back to where you started if you feel the need!

PF EDIT: Guide is up and ready here!

Features of iPlus 2.0b include:

• 1-Unlock and, if required, automatically downgrade the bootloader from 4.6 to 3.9FakeBlank
• 2-Jailbreak
• 3-Activate
• 4-Install AFC2
• 5-Add the following packages:
• Installer
• Community Sources
• BSD subsystem
• OpenSSH
• VT-100

And even more:

• BSD Fix (backspace)
• VT100 Fix (can’t login)
• Summerboard themes directory fix (installation issues)
• Relocates Fonts and Ringtones (Allows for more than 120MB free for Apps!)
• Customizable payloads!

This great release has many bug fixes including:

• Unlock/downgrade strategy rework: Now safer than ever!
• New Interface on the iPhone (using iPipe from MCA)
• Fix for the “Repair Needed” problem reported by some users
• iPlus will always reboot twice (and not 2 or 3 times)
• Pass 2 visual feedback. Now users know what is going on
• PC/Mac program will not end until everything is really done
• Support for PPC
• Better error handling
• Empty payloads – just jailbreak
• No need to install libreadline on MacOS X

Scared of a non GUI program? Don’t be we’ll have guides up very soon to show you how easy it is to mod your iPhone. For those of you that are still hesitant by a non GUI program don’t worry! The next release of iPlus will include both a GUI and iTouch support.

Grab your copy of the Jailbreak + Activate + Unlocking Version (Mac/Windows):

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Don’t need to unlock? Grab the Jailbreak + Activate only version (half the size)

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It’s about time iPhone carries this feature, If you are like me, having 280 contacts is a nightmare to lookup for an individual contact.

While Apple may have been intending to demonstrate their new Enterprise features last week, they also – likely accidentally – unveiled another upcoming addition to the iPhone: contacts search. Spotted by Daniel Ahdout, the functionality is hinted at by the appearance of a small magnifying glass icon at the top of the list; you can see it yourself at 9 minutes 30 into the official Apple SDK Roadmap video.

[via PhoneMag]