Previously, I had been using Companion Sync to push Notes calendar updates to a Google calendar for syncing to my iOS devices. That worked but had issues dealing with modifications to recurring meetings. I lived with it, but it was far from an ideal relationship.
I had been sticking with the iNotes interface for email. This worked fairly well on the iPhone, but on the iPad the published web URL just couldn't decide what to do with the Safari browser on the iPad. Am I an iPhone, no wait I'm a desktop, no wait .... Problematic!
As luck would have it more and more coworkers began to adopt iOS devices. Two or more heads are usually better than one, especially mine. I started getting tips from some other interested parties.
First, on the calendar front, I got a tip from Dave, Awesync. Thanks Dave! Works like a dream for me. What do they say? "Set it and forget it!" I then set up my Gmail account to sync mail and the calendar on my iPhone & iPad.
Email was another matter. While IBM does provide an Exchange interface for Notes, my company does not support or expose it. So, back to iNotes. thanks to Len, I learned that while the standard interface for email, webmail.mycompany.com, did not work on the iPAD the was an alternative. Your mileage may vary as I'm sure your server names will.
Going directly to the web mail server address seems to resolve the issue with browser confusion. See the following URL as an example.
https://webmail0001.mycompany.com/mail/yourusername.nsf/iNotes/Mail/?OpenDocument&Form=m_HomeView
iNotes now works great on my iPad, too.
For now, I am a happy camper.
Next post, more on my adventures with the iPad @ work.
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