Nokia and IBM today announced IBM Lotus Notes support for a number of Nokia’s S60-based mobile phones, meaning that millions of Lotus Notes users are now able to access email with their Nokia devices.

This means that more than 80 million users – the estimated number of Nokia S60 3rd Edition handset owners – will be able to access corporate email accounts through Lotus Notes Traveler. 

Nokia says that the support for IBM Lotus email on the S60 platform will be effective starting December 2008, so for the moment you still can’t have real-time access to email, calendar and address books via the Lotus Domino Server.

Everyone know the Bruce Lee movies.Nokia revealed a Bruce Lee edition of a Nokia N96.The handset has Bruce Lee’s face and signature on the back case, and it’s packed with rare photos of the legendary actor. The phone further comes bundled with several accessories and a Bruce Lee doll, made by a company called Enterbay.The Bruce Lee Nokia N96 costs 8,788 Chinese yuan (about $1,286) and it can be bought form here.

T-Mobile USA is introducing web2go, providing customers with better Web browsing, improved search with Yahoo! oneSearch, a customizable home page and a simplified shopping and download experience.The new interface allows customers easier access to browse and purchase ringtones, games, wallpapers and other applications and services for their handsets. A My Downloads section saved on the web will allow users to install their downloaded content on a new handset. Web2go is available now on most T-Mobile handsets, with nearly all models covered in the coming months. Owners of existing handsets from the provider will receive an automatic update to web2go.

Web2go is available today across the majority of new T-Mobile phones, including most Motorola, Nokia, Samsung, Sony Ericsson and BlackBerry handsets. This enhancement is automatic for T-Mobile customers with compatible phones. T-Mobile plans to make web2go available on nearly all new T-Mobile phones over the coming months.

Alltel has recently added the HTC Touch Pro to its line-up of phones. The QWERTY smartphone is available now, priced at about $280 to new subscribers with a contract and after a $100 rebate. The 2.8-inch, 480×640 screen of the device will show the same Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional operating system though with a somewhat different TouchFLO 3D user interface than the Sprint version of the phone.The handset includes a 3.2-megapixel camera with autofocus and flashlight.

T-Mobile USA will provide Yahoo’s OneSearch search engine on its phones, a Yahoo executive said Wednesday.

T-Mobile is placing a OneSearch button on its phones in a deal that is to be announced soon, said Marco Boerries, executive vice president and head of Yahoo’s Connected Life Division, at the Open Mobile Summit conference in San Francisco. The carrier’s decision to place a OneSearch button in the software of its subscribers’ handsets is a much-needed win for Yahoo as it struggles against Google and Microsoft for search advertising dollars and looks for a successor to outgoing CEO Jerry Yang.

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A claim from BGR today suggests Palm is converting its Treo Pro to CDMA for Sprint. The cost of the reported phone as a subsidized item is unknown; Palm sells its unlocked model for $549. However, the CDMA Treo Pro already has a rough launch date estimate of January 11th.

Carphone Warehouse, has listed the BlackBerry 8900 Curve on its website and has announced that it is slated to arrive in December for the holidays.The choice of carrier and pricing haven’t been named but will see Carphone as the exclusive third-party to carry the device, which resembles a smaller, 2G-only version of the BlackBerry Bold. The 480×320 display, GPS and Wi-Fi of the more expensive phone carry over with EDGE handling cellular Internet access. US release information is still unavailable, though a growing number of reports put an American Curve 8900 on track for early 2009. The phone has already been spotted in AT&T trim and is likely to ship for both T-Mobile USA and Canada’s Rogers.

Nokia E71 is already available in the US, via the Nokia Flagship Stores and the Nokia USA website, the smartphone’s release on AT&T is definitely good news for lots of mobile users. And yes, the E71 is coming to AT&T, and, according to Boy Genius Report, it will be named Nokia E71x.