Lotus Traveler for 8.5.2 beta - update

So far I have been pleased with the traveler beta for Android. About once a week I receive an exception error and traveler will close unexpectedly but a restart of the phone fixes it. Other issues I have found:

1. Sometimes an email will be stuck in the notification bar even after I've selected it and viewed it. restart fixes this
2. Unread marks do not always sync as fast I want them to. Read messages on traveler take some time to reflect read on my notes client
3. Still see some phantom contact syncing, it's not consistent, but I have this turned off and I should not have Lotus Notes contacts in my phone. There might be a residual issue with my first traveler install and contact syncing was turned on
4. The download button that will download a full message ( you can set traveler to only download a specific size of the message or a truncated message ) doesn't aways work. Seems to work very well with only text emails
5. I wish they would use tables to prevent some emails from scrolling way off the right side of the screen. It's hard to read an email that you have to scroll to the right to read.
6. So far no issues with Android Froyo 2.2 release and my version of traveler beta.


Things I love about Android traveler is the fast sync when a new message comes in. The notifications of unread email is very accurate.

According to Ed Brill, the Android release of Traveler will not make the 8.5.2 release :(

http://www.edbrill.com/ebrill/edbrill.nsf/dx/lotus-notes-traveler-for-android-beta-some-clarifications

Android Froyo 2.2

Just downloaded the Froyo 2.2 android update for my Evo 4G. First impressions

1. Music much faster to open and navigate
2. scrolling between home screens and app scrolling very smooth
3. using the multi touch app, no improvement with touch lag
4. internet browsing much faster
5. some visual tweaks like the password lock screen colors are more pleasing to the eye, text message input field is larger with an extra attach button below the send text button,
6. Google search widget has options to search web, apps, or all
7. Better auto detect screen brightness
8. The screen timeout has delay before it requires a password. For example if you are looking at something and the screen times out and goes blank, just click on the button at the top and scroll the htc  bar down and it will not prompt for your lock screen ( I'm sure it has x amount of minutes before the lock screen is displayed )

Still the htc sense build has no copy text message support. This is very annoying because if someone text me their address, I have to forward the message, then I can tap and hold to copy text. Old G1 allowed tap and hold to copy text without having to forward.

The adobe flash support is very cool, I watched an adobe flash video and the phone rendered it very well. Hulu doesn't work of course...