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IBM (News - Alert) has announced that its Lotus Expeditor software platform is extending desktop computing and Web 2.0 capabilities to mobile phones.

 

This latest version by IBM will allow mobile phone users to run several desktop-style applications such as social networking, mashups and other consumer or business applications simultaneously on a variety of mobile phones.

 

Lotus Expeditor 6.1.2 software enables mobile application developers to create new applications and services that combines information from different sources, according to IBM.

 

Alistair Rennie, vice president of development at IBM Lotus Software, said in a statement that IBM Lotus Expeditor enables “faster delivery of a new generation of Web 2.0 applications to mobile phones.”

 

“Already supporting Lotus Notes and Lotus Sametime, Expeditor has a proven track record as a platform for innovative applications,” he added.

 

According to IBM, key to Lotus Expeditor technology is the use of the Eclipse embedded Rich Client Platform (eRCP) application model, which allows applications to be created to span desktop and mobile devices.

 

IBM noted that social networking describes people connecting with others on-line through messaging, blogging and discussion groups using a business service like IBM Lotus Connections or consumer communities such as Facebook, MySpace (News - Alert) and LinkedIn.

 

And, Lotus Expeditor software enables social networking and mashups to be further integrated into routine tasks like vacation planning. According to IBM, by mashing up regional information about sightseeing hot spots with local travel information sources that can be contacted through social networking capabilities, “a vacationer can gain immediate insight into interesting side trips in the middle of a vacation.”

 

Additionally, Lotus Expeditor software allows users to receive software updates to their mobile phones without disruption, like they can receive an update to a business application while continuing to do instant messaging.

 

Based on IBM Lotus Expeditor software, Sprint (News - Alert) is providing the application developer community with a beta version of a new software platform named Titan.

 

Titan allows developers to move business applications using the Eclipse development framework from the desktop to most Windows Mobile 6 smartphones from Sprint. Titan can now be downloaded on most Windows Mobile 6 smartphones from Sprint.