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. [...]

Many users I know have always complained that the BlackBerry calendar deletes all appointments older than 90 days. After reading a recent RIM Knowledgebase article I found that this is a known bug. It turns out that this is actually a symptom of using the BlackBerry Desktop redirector. The redirector installs an CICAL service book [...]

Hot on the heels of releasing InstaSpell Empower has released a beta version of Empower BES MailBox.  This application is allows users to separate their BES and BIS emails into different boxes. This is a big deal since you can not do this natively on your BlackBerry. It also removes the clutter of having SMS, [...]

One of the biggest challenges for Apple and the iPhone is the fact that they are not supported in corporate environments. MiBlackBerry has pointed out a BlackBerry KnowledgeBase article that states that there is no information on a BlackBerry Connect client for the iPhone as of now. This is just speculation but maybe BlackBerry connect [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]