More “coolness” on the Microsoft RTC front. Office Communicator is going mobile. Again and again you see eveidence of Microsoft constant improvements on the (Real TIme) Collaboration front :
Microsoft Corp. on Thursday released to beta its Office Communicator Mobile client, which extends the instant messaging and presence awareness of its LCS to smart phones and PDAs based on the Windows Mobile operating system.
Office Communicator Mobile will also allow Live Communications Server users to make voice over IP calls from Wi-Fi-enabled Windows Mobile phones to PCs and vice versa while within the corporate network, said Paul Duffy, senior product manager for Microsoft Office Communicator Mobile, in Redmond, Wash.
The mobile client’s user interface is based on the Office Communicator 2005 desktop client, which in June of this year replaced Windows Messenger as Microsoft’s preferred client for LCS.
General availability of Office Communicator Mobile is slated for the first half of 2006.
Source : eWeek
Shame there is no Palm OS version.
Simon,
Yes, you can not have it all. The prime focus is on Windows Mobile ofcourse.
There is also a RIM BlackBerry LCS client announced which should become available by the end of this year.
Alas, we use neither Blackberry or Pocket PC. Palm all the way!
Simon,
You may know this already, but there are a number of 3rd party solutions that make the use of other mobile devices and platforms possible. Webmessenger is one example : http://www.webmessenger.com/docs/WM_LCS_Data_Sheet_2005-03-11.pdf
Not sure if this is an option to consider.
Maria,
Thanks for pointing out that there are lots of ISV solutions around LCS available which also support other mobile platforms
Hi all!
IM+ for LCS by SHAPE Services is available for multiple mobile platforms: BlackBerry, Pocket PC, Symbian Series 60, Series 80 and SYmbian UIQ
http://www.shapeservices.com/eng/im/LCS/