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 [...]

Mark Baard of the Boston Globe has confirmed one of the questions I had about the BlackBerry 8820. I know it is not a much touted feature but with the coming of WiFi I was hoping to see BlackBerry service available without a data plan. I know this would drasticly hurt RIM’s monetary plans but [...]

BoyGenius has once again provided us with some valuable information about the new WiFi-Berry’s. He performs a speedtest comparing the download speeds on WiFi compared to EDGE. His results show that the WiFi does not provide significant web browsing experience to warrant buying a new device for WiFi. This means that he does not find [...]

Empower has graciously offered a 30% discount on BES-Mailbox to all BerryReview Readers. That brings the $10 application down to $7 for a limited time. The discount lasts until Monday and is a great deal for this nifty new application from Empower.
This is the same application we mentioned today here and here.
To use the discount [...]

UPDATE: Limited time 30% discount for BerryReview Readers
The program BES-Mailbox that seperates your work (BES) email from your personal (BIS) email has now grown up to version 1.0. This is an update to the program we mentioned last week. The new version has many new features but my favorite is folder based alerts. The [...]

Well the BlackBerry 8820  that we have been rambling about is finally up for sale on AT&T’s website for the promised $299 after a 2-year contract. That is the same price the older 8800 was going for yesterday. Check it out at these links.
AT&T 8820 Personal Page Link 
AT&T Business Center Link 

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. [...]