So this is what we waited for at the Opening General Session yesterday. So probably IBM did not announce it in respect to strategic partner RIM. Orlando, Fla. – IBM/Lotus for the first time ever will provide users of the iPhone and other mobile devices that support ActiveSync with real-time access to their email, calendars…

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Time to wrap up the announcements from this mornings Lotusphere opening session. First we had a great start. Seated in beanbags right in front of the stage with access to a fixed LAN and power for our laptops was really great. IBM and especially Erica did a great job to make us feel comfortable. Beeing…

Did not know that front row seating for Bloggers would be THAT special when I read the invitation letter. Photo by Volker. [ad name=“ad-1″]

Just attended the Press & Analyst briefing. Mick Moignard about Bob Picciano´s answer to the big question: what happened to DB2 support in Lotus Domino? NSFDB2 is dead, or at least, isn’t going to be resuscitated, according to Bob Picciano himself. In the Press briefing, he was asked where it was going, and he confirmed…

Just saw this list for the first time on Ed Brill´s INV102 slides: Lotus Notes 8.5: 1. Drag/Drop of Text within rich text editor 2. Offline support for Activities 3. Choose from multiple addresses for a person in typeahead 4. Ability to make your own views look like the PIM views 5. Forward contact as…

Still not able to connect to other Lotusphere attendees via Lotus Connections. At least it sends an invitation to connect – but with a huge list of Java errors. [ad name=“ad-1″]

I will not try to compete with all the Live Blogger & Twitters this morning. So here is simply my Twitter stream. I will blog about all my impressions this afternoon. For now just follow #LS09 or @Lotusphere to see all the updates this morning. Got to go now to find my „bloggers´s den“ sign…

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