Archive for the 'BlackBerry Service' Category
Thursday, September 6th, 2007
SmartPhoneToday.com got the scoop on the new HTC Tilt from AT&T. The new Windows Mobile device will have BlackBerry Connect support for BIS and BES services. I was under the impression that BlackBerry Connect devices were going out of style especially with RIM working on the Virtual BlackBerry experience for Windows Mobile Devices. It seems [...]
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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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Friday, August 24th, 2007
A new Globe and Mail article talks about a new RIM technology that will allow you to organize your BlackBerry media files from your desktop called BlackBerry Home Server. This is really targeted towards the consumer market which is a big step forward for RIM. The software would reside on your Desktop or Laptop and [...]
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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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Wednesday, August 15th, 2007
Our good friends at MiBlackBerry.com brought up an old SyncML solution, AOL Sync, for BlackBerry devices. They found a new knowledge base article on BlackBerry.com that was created today about AOL Sync. Since I do not have an AOL account (On principle) I was curious if any BlackBerry users are using AOL Sync as a [...]
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Wednesday, August 15th, 2007
I wanted to throw this question out there and see if I could get some good quality answers. My question is which BES hosting company would you recommend? I am talking about getting the best bang for your buck so I will describe below what I am looking for. I could really use your help [...]
22 Comments » | Posted in BES, BlackBerry Service, News
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