San Diego, CA--February 18, 2008-- Information Appliance Associates announces the release of PocketMac® GoBetween™ for Lotus Notes, the first automated solution to sync users' Lotus Notes data to iCal and the Mac OS X Address Book, allowing Lotus Notes users to have their data fully supported and synched with their mobile devices.

"Now Lotus Notes users can sync all their data to any of the almost 200 devices that Apple supports with sync services," Terence Goggin, CTO of Information Appliance Associates said.

Prior to PocketMac GoBetween for Lotus Notes, users who wanted to keep their Mac data in-sync with their Lotus Notes data had to do a lot of manual data entry. In testing for over 1 year, PocketMac GoBetween users with a sync-services-supported device will no longer have to manually enter their Lotus Notes data into their mobile devices.

Goggin continued, "Many Mac users run iSync to sync with their mobile devices, but they're essentially shut out of using Lotus Notes and having it sync properly with their devices. That's why we created PocketMac GoBetween for Lotus Notes."

As a result of having their Lotus Notes data in Address Book & iCal, PocketMac GoBetween for Lotus Notes users will enjoy the ability to use sync services to sync that data with the following supported devices that would otherwise not be able to have Lotus Notes data:
 
 (*) Apple's iPhone
 (*) Certain Sony Ericsson Phones
 (*) Certain Nokia Devices
 (*) Certain Motorola Devices
 (*) Certain Siemens Devices
 (*) All iPods/iPod Minis/iPod Shuffles
 (*) Palm PDAs/Phones
 (*) Certain Handspring PDAs

"We're really excited to open this connectivity up to Mac users who use Lotus Notes. These customers can now enjoy the full syncing capabilities of their devices for the first time, and will now have the freedom to update important contact and calendar information right on their devices while they are out in the field," Goggin added.

PocketMac GoBetween for Lotus Notes requires Lotus Notes 7 or higher, and Mac OS X 10.4 or better.

The retail price of PocketMac GoBetween for Lotus Notes is $24.95.

More information about this new offer can be found at http://www.pocketmac.net/ln.html.

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