Lotus iNotes on the Nintendo Wii

There have been a few people talking about the new Lotus iNotes Ultralite and specifically how well it works on the Apple iPhone and iPod Touch. Less comment has been made about the fact that iNotes Ultralite works very well in a browser on a PC. What I haven't seen mentioned so far was if iNotes Ultralite works on a Nintendo Wii. So I thought I would give it a go.

First I type in the URL and see if the Wii version of Opera will be able to handle it.

Not surprisingly iNotes brings up a dialog saying that it is not certified to use this browser. But offers a link to use Ultralite mode.

And it works perfectly. It looks pretty stunning on my 40 inch Sony LCD TV.

As you see, here is my Inbox.

Even complicated emails (this is a calender invite) all render perfectly, Obviously IBM will most likely not be certifying iNotes for the Wii any time soon, but so far I have yet to find any functionality that works on the iPhone that doesn't work on the Wii. So if you want to check your email between rounds of Mario Kart Wii you now have an excellent solution.

Comments

Anonymous said…
And they have some jolly good exercises too! Wii hii!
Pink
Wed Sept 24, 05:00:00 pm BST
Anonymous said…
Neat :)
Wed Sept 24, 08:28:00 pm BST
Matt said…
I'm sure many people would love to have a Wii on Notes... or was it the other way around ;¬)
Wed Sept 24, 11:34:00 pm BST
Gavin Bollard said…
So how do I make a business case for everyone at work to get a Wii?
Thu Sept 25, 11:39:00 pm BST
Anonymous said…
That was a nice one, I will try to sell it to my boss :-)
Tue Jan 27, 08:06:00 am GMT
Anonymous said…
Where can I find the download to insall this on my iPhone?

Ken
Thu Feb 26, 04:01:00 am GMT
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