I found this great Knowledgebase resource detailing the BlackBerry features available to Nokia BlackBerry Connect users on a company BES. I had a few people asking me for this previously since their company was handing out Nokia 9300’s and they wanted E-series devices. Of notable interest is the fact that the comparison on the Knowledgebase [...]

Since I am on a BES I usually do not notice the BIS outages but users have been emailing me for the last hour non stop. It seems like deja vu but RIM has experienced another BIS outage. I really wish RIM would provide us a little more transparency on what the issue is and [...]

Now this is a problem I have been faced with a few times. It is not that simple to change an email address from a BES account to a BIS account especially in regards to the desktop manager installation. RIM has just posted a great tutorial in the Knowledgebase on exactly how to switch between [...]

AT&T has been hinting at an upgrade to BIS 2.4 for awhile now and it seems like it may be coming very soon. Check out this page on AT&T’s website where they announce and urge you to upgrade. This new version of BIS 2.4 adds and improves upon many features and you can see some [...]

RIM has finally conceded the issue with Gmail emails showing duplicates on your BlackBerry and has posted an approved workaround that many people have been using for quite awhile. The problem originates from the fact that Gmail does not have a folder structure and all email including sent mail is stored in the same folder. [...]

With all the reports of Yahoo mail having an outage on Sprint it seems to actually be a more widespread problem with other carriers experiencing problems. My Yahoo account on Cingular/AT&T was also problematic due to this outage.
RIM has posted a KnowledgeBase article that claims if you remove and reintegrate the Yahoo account to your [...]

While there are no hard details on when carriers will be launching the new BIS 2.4 there are two new knowledge base articles on BlackBerry.com that explain a few of the new features in BIS 2.4.
The first one: New features in BlackBerry Internet Service 2.4
Automatic login (new BlackBerry Internet Service subscribers only)
New subscribers can create [...]

“Im Busy” SMS & Email AutoResponder
Rating: 8/10
Link: imbusysoftware.com
OTA: imbusysoftware.com/downloads/ImBusy.jad
Cost: $12.95
I’m Busy is a program that many people have been waiting for. The program lets you set an autoresponse to all emails and SMS messages. This means that the program acts as a sort of answering machine for your email and SMS [...]