Archive for the 'BlackBerry Service' Category
Monday, January 28th, 2008
Stefano just sent me a link to an article on MacWindows.com describing Microsofts dropped support of plugins/addons in Entourage 2008. I am no Mac expert but this could be a real pain for many people who were using The Missing Sync to keep their devices in sync. Supposedly this lack of plugins in Entourage means that [...]
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Thursday, January 24th, 2008
Documents To Go by DataViz for BlackBerry has been delayed for quite a few months now. Recently we found out it was because it was going to be integrated with OS 4.3.1. DataViz has finally proven that they have a product by showing off 12 screenshots of the new application to edit Excel, Word, and other office documents. Thanks Josep [...]
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Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008
RIM has recently been making some serious promises and has yet to deliver on any of them. The funny part is that they keep their new devices under tight wrap until they are released but when it comes to software they just talk and talk for months in advance. These scheduled updates will (supposedly ) [...]
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Monday, January 21st, 2008
I an email with Josep of Miblackberry he reminded me about a RIM powerpoint released in October 2007 showing the BlackBerry Server roadmap. This powerpoint mentioned clearly that BES 4.1.5 was supposed to bring Rich Content and HTML to BlackBerry emails.
My question is what ever happened to BES 4.1.5? We are waiting RIM! BBSmart and Empower have [...]
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Monday, January 14th, 2008
I just got an email from The Message Center about a free upgrade for all of their current and future customers. In October The Message Center upped their storage from 500 Megabytes to 1 Gigabyte. As of today the 1 Gigabyte storage has been increased to 3 gigabytes. That translates into 3 Gigabytes of storage with [...]
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Thursday, January 3rd, 2008
Lotus Domino has been the stepchild of Microsoft Exchange for quite awhile when it comes to BlackBerry Server Integration. The founders of NotesBerry hope to change that by shedding some light and insight on integrating Lotus with BlackBerry. Most current resources focus on MS Exchange which is probably the reason for creating NotesBerry. Personally I think [...]
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Wednesday, December 19th, 2007
One of the new features in the latest iterations of BIS (BlackBerry Internet Service) was the ability to request and respond to delivery and read receipts. This feature came along with BIS version 2.3. It is now also nicely integrated into the BlackBerry OS by putting another check next to an email when it is delivered [...]
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Tuesday, December 18th, 2007
I was just reading an surprising Knowledgebase article on RIM’s site. It seems that many users are experiencing slowdowns with their AOL accounts which are being checked by the BIS (BlackBerry Internet Service). The culprit according to RIM is that AOL limits the amount of connections that can be made from RIM’s servers so messages [...]
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Tuesday, December 4th, 2007
ExchangeMyMail has always been one of the heavy hitters in the BES hosting arena. They have just announced today that they are now offering Exchange 2007 hosting for all new accounts. They seem to have worked out all the issues with BES and Exchange 2007 and have had it running smoothly for a month now. [...]
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Tuesday, November 27th, 2007
I was just forwarded a great link on the BlackBerry website that breaks down the features of each different BlackBerry email solution. The features are displayed in an easy to digest chart that I found very useful. I know I have received quite a few questions about the differences between BES and BlackBerry Professional Software [...]
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