Archive for the 'BIS' Category
Tuesday, September 25th, 2007
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 [...]
2 Comments » | Posted in BES, BIS, BlackBerry FAQ, BlackBerry Service
Wednesday, September 19th, 2007
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 [...]
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Monday, September 17th, 2007
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. [...]
3 Comments » | Posted in BIS, BlackBerry FAQ, BlackBerry Service, Email, RIM
Friday, August 31st, 2007
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 [...]
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Thursday, August 23rd, 2007
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 [...]
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Tuesday, August 7th, 2007
“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 [...]
2 Comments » | Posted in BIS, Email, Reviews, Utilities
Thursday, August 2nd, 2007
eWeek has reviewed T-Mobile’s HotSpot@Home service for UMA enabled WiFi phones. eWeek is claiming that this new service is of more groundbreaking importance than the iPhone. Check out the full review at this link: http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2160606,00.asp
For those who don’t know, HotSpot@Home allows you to make calls over wifi on the cheap when you are near [...]
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Thursday, June 28th, 2007
T-Mobile has finally released its HotSpot@Home service for two of their wifi enabled phones. For those who don’t know, HotSpot@Home allows you to make calls over wifi on the cheap when you are near a T-mobile HotSpot@Home router. They offer an unlimited nationwide plan for $9.99 a month. As of now they only offer [...]
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Wednesday, June 20th, 2007
Update: Check out this post
Empower HTML Email Viewer Beta for BlackBerry - Updated
Beta Version: 0.33 Public Release
Rating 8/10
Link: www.getempower.com
OTA Link: www.getempower.com/emv.php
Desktop Link: www.getempower.com/emvzip.php
Cost: Free (as of now)
The guys down at Empower have been busy the last few days updating their application. We decided to run an update of what you can expect in the [...]
3 Comments » | Posted in 8100 Pearl, 8300 Curve, 8700, 8800/8830, BES, BIS, BlackBerry Service, Email, Hardware, News, Reviews, Utilities
Monday, June 18th, 2007
Update: Check out this post
Empower HTML Email Viewer Beta for BlackBerry - Updated
Beta Version: 0.21 Public Release
Rating 8/10
Link: www.getempower.com
OTA Link: www.getempower.com/emv.php
Desktop Link: www.getempower.com/emvzip.php
Cost: Free (as of now)
As promised earlier in the day here is a review of the Empower Email Viewer for all BlackBerry devices. Please keep in mind that this is a Beta [...]
5 Comments » | Posted in 8100 Pearl, 8300 Curve, 8700, 8800/8830, BES, BIS, BlackBerry Service, Email, Hardware, News, Reviews