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BerryReview Forums Tag: Email - Recent Topics http://www.berryreview.com/forums/tags/email Discuss Everything BlackBerry en-US Sat, 11 Feb 2012 02:43:25 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.1 <![CDATA[Search]]> q http://www.berryreview.com/forums/search.php devcellent on "BlackBerry Email and the Technology Behind It!" http://www.berryreview.com/forums/topic/blackberry-email-and-the-technology-behind-it#post-20965 Mon, 21 Nov 2011 00:30:39 +0000 devcellent 20965@http://www.berryreview.com/forums/ Smartphone users these days can agree on one thing – BlackBerry Email experience is one of a kind and is unmatched by any of its competitors. If you never had a BlackBerry, you are blind since you were born, so you can’t really tell what you are missing. If you did have a BlackBerry and also used a competing device, you should know although you may not have realized it. It is beyond magic what these RIM devices are capable of doing. I call them magic because we, the end-users, don’t really appreciate the enormous and complex tasks the BlackBerry devices perform to bring the email experience we can’t live without. It just works. The fact that our emails get delivered to our BlackBerry often even before it shows up on our desktop email client (e.g. Outlook) is anything more than astonishing. Do we really care? No. But do we love it? Hell yes! But that’s not my point. It goes to show how RIM has pushed the boundaries of its push technologies to the max that no one is able come close to. Despite claims from its competitors that they also have push technology, it is misleading at most and really depends on how they (re)define the technology itself. What they really do is a poke and pull – far from what push was really meant to be. The device at a certain interval (e.g. every 10-30 seconds) goes to the server and asks a simple question – I’ve got mail? That is the poke. Server would then respond with a yes and no answer. And if it’s a yes, the device will download the new emails. That is the pull. I still don’t see how they can still call it push. As a user, you may not realize the implications of this model and may not care but you will when you are done reading this. Imagine your device asking the server the same question every 10-30 seconds 24/7. What do you think your battery life would be? Also, add the fact that in 80% of the cases, you will not have any new emails. So you essentially wasted your battery and piled up data charges just to hear that you do not have any new emails in 80% of the cases. Do you care now? I hope you do! On the contrary, what RIM does is completely different and elegant. When there is new email in your mail server, the BlackBerry Enterprise Server or the BlackBerry Internet Service simply finds where the device is no matter where you are in the world (magic again). Oh btw, if it can’t find you, it will queue up your emails and will deliver them as soon as you are back in to network coverage. Once you are found, the email is TRULY pushed to your device without any poking whatsoever. No wonder BlackBerry devices run forever on a single charge and costs 10 times less data. Add to all that, the auto encryption of your data for security and auto compression for further reduction in data usage. One other thing I wanted to clarify is that RIM’s push technology is not for emails only – it is for any data – think Calendars, Contacts, Memos, Tasks as well as 3rd party applications such as news readers, facebook etc. I was tempted to write this short article because RIM is so bad with its marketing campaigns and they do not know how to capitalize on their strengths. Saying we have the best push technology is Hebrew to most of us but saying why it is important to us, and what difference it makes to our lives is something we will understand. devcellent on "Email++ : Next generation BlackBerry Email, Today!" http://www.berryreview.com/forums/topic/email-next-generation-blackberry-email-today#post-21905 Mon, 28 Nov 2011 08:23:31 +0000 devcellent 21905@http://www.berryreview.com/forums/ Cyber Monday Special, Email++ at 20% discount. Go to the link <a href="http://store.berryreview.com/product.asp?id=739154" rel="nofollow">Email++ @ BerryReview Store</a>, and enter promo code epp4cybermonday2011 at the checkout page , and click on "Apply Code". The 20% discount should be applied. Act fast as this deal will not last very long. Anonymous on "Email Application" http://www.berryreview.com/forums/topic/email-application#post- Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:43:25 +0000 Anonymous @http://www.berryreview.com/forums/ waderx on "Attachment to emails" http://www.berryreview.com/forums/topic/attachment-to-emails#post-17275 Tue, 02 Aug 2011 14:48:36 +0000 waderx 17275@http://www.berryreview.com/forums/ I have used my BBPB from the start. Patience seem to be the main virtue when dealing with this product that apparently was released to soon. Some of the apps suk big time. Fortunately it doesn't take too long to replace them. I know there must be a simple way to attach a file to an email. I finally received the BB Bridge, courtesy of ATT $15.00/month charge. I love the utility with my Torch I. If anyone has a simple way to attach a file, please advise me. captainbdsc on "BIS Email setup problem." http://www.berryreview.com/forums/topic/bis-email-setup-problem#post-13637 Tue, 10 May 2011 02:47:56 +0000 captainbdsc 13637@http://www.berryreview.com/forums/ Hey guys, I recently added a gmail email account to my BlackBerry going through my provider's (T-Mobile's) link to my BIS account. After adding the account it said that if I wanted to start syncing contacts I had to use my device email setup procedure to finish the process. So I fired that up, but I kept getting an error: "The application has encountered an error and cannot continue." Frustrated I eventually I downgraded from OS6 .546 to .488. That fixed the problem and I was able to get in and finish the setup. A today I wanted to also sync my contacts from a previously added gmail account. Since I had added it so long ago and the option wasn't there to sync, I deleted the account then re-added it. It said again that I needed to finish the setup from my device. And now the problem is back! Does anyone have any idea what is going on? I am using a slightly modified OS because of using BBBoss to take the bloat out. But I didn't select any of the options where it says that it could cause problems. grmonkey on "email and more email" http://www.berryreview.com/forums/topic/email-and-more-email#post-6975 Sat, 05 Feb 2011 00:38:59 +0000 grmonkey 6975@http://www.berryreview.com/forums/ How many email addresses do you have setup on your BlackBerry? I have 4 (work,personal,gmail,BB email address) Really only use 2 of them but the others are just in case I don't want to use my work or personal. What about you? Ronen Halevy on "HOT! Navita Translator: Awesome FREE BlackBerry Translator & Dictionary Application" http://www.berryreview.com/forums/topic/hot-navita-translator-awesome-free-blackberry-translator-dictionary-application#post-3414 Sat, 26 Sep 2009 19:05:38 +0000 Ronen Halevy 3414@http://www.berryreview.com/forums/ One of my friends let me know about this SLICK translation application called Navita Translator. It is the coolest translation application I have seen to date for BlackBerry that ties in nicely with the whole OS. The best part is that it is free but it is limited to translating between English, Portuguese, Spanish, French, German and Italian. It also works over BIS, BES, BPS and WiFi which is a concern for many international users. The only caveats are that OS 4.3+ is required (not sure about Storm) and you need to manually request a free license. <a href="http://static.berryreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/navitatranslator6.jpg" target="_blank" rel="lightbox[]" rel="nofollow"><img style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; margin: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px" title="http://www.berryreview.co/navita-translator6" src="http://static.berryreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/navitatranslator6-thumb.jpg" border="http://www.berryreview.co/0" alt="navita-translator6" width="http://www.berryreview.co/179" height="123" /></a> <a href="http://static.berryreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/navitatranslator5.jpg" target="_blank" rel="lightbox[]" rel="nofollow"><img style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; margin: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px" title="http://www.berryreview.co/navita-translator5" src="http://static.berryreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/navitatranslator5-thumb.jpg" border="http://www.berryreview.co/0" alt="navita-translator5" width="http://www.berryreview.co/179" height="120" /></a> <a href="http://static.berryreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/navitatranslator4.jpg" target="_blank" rel="lightbox[]" rel="nofollow"><img style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; margin: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px" title="http://www.berryreview.co/navita-translator4" src="http://static.berryreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/navitatranslator4-thumb.jpg" border="http://www.berryreview.co/0" alt="navita-translator4" width="http://www.berryreview.co/179" height="122" /></a>  Features include: <ul> <li>Quickly translates words and text inputs;</li> <li>Easily translates phrases;</li> <li>Translates text directly from your email;</li> <li>Translates text parts of your BlackBerry® Browser as you select them;</li> <li>Translates from 6 to 6 idioms (English, Portuguese, Spanish, French, German and Italian);</li> <li>Supports BIS, BES, BPS, WAP and WiFi;</li> <li>It runs on BlackBerry OS 4.3 or higher;</li> <li>User friendly interface;</li> <li>Freeware BlackBerry Translator (Free application for BlackBerry);</li> <li>Software size is smaller than 120kb;</li> <li>Send your translation by e-mail, sms or pin;</li> <li>Save your translation as memopad.</li> </ul> You can <a href="http://www.bbtranslator.com/ota/" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/www.bbtranslator.com');" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">download the application OTA free at this link</a> and I could not find a desktop install link but you can read more on their website <a href="http://www.bbtranslator.com" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/www.bbtranslator.com');" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.bbtranslator.com</a>. I will try to get Luc or Luis to review this since I cannot confirm the accuracy of the translations. Let me know what you think in the comments. NOTE: Once you have it installed you must register by following these instructions: <ul> <li>Open the BB translator application;</li> <li>Fill out the form in order to request your free license key;</li> <li>Copy the license key received in your email;</li> <li>Open the application and paste it in the field “license key” and;</li> <li>Press “validate license key” button;</li> <li>It’s done! Enjoy it! It’s free!</li> </ul> <a href="http://www.berryreview.com/2009/05/27/hot-navita-translator-awesome-free-blackberry-translator-dictionary-application/" rel="nofollow">HOT! Navita Translator: Awesome FREE BlackBerry Translator & Dictionary Application</a> Ronen Halevy on "FileScout 1.3 Released – Email Multiple Files or Whole Directory" http://www.berryreview.com/forums/topic/filescout-13-released-%e2%80%93-email-multiple-files-or-whole-directory#post-3057 Fri, 18 Sep 2009 06:58:24 +0000 Ronen Halevy 3057@http://www.berryreview.com/forums/ <a href="http://static.berryreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/filescout.png" rel="lightbox[]" rel="nofollow"><img title="http://www.berryreview.co/filescout" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; margin: 0px 0px 5px 10px; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px" height="187" alt="filescout" src="http://static.berryreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/filescout_thumb.png" width="http://www.berryreview.co/279" align="right" border="http://www.berryreview.co/0" /></a> The donationware FileScout application, previously called BBFileScout, has been through some updates since we <a href="http://www.berryreview.com/2009/07/07/bbfilescount-1-1-0-1-adds-custom-sizes-to-image-resizing-option/" rel="nofollow">last mentioned it</a>. The last version added the ability to resize images which was awesome but the new version 1.3 adds some great email options. You can now email a whole directory worth of files or select multiple files to include in one email. Pretty cool if you ask me. There are a few other fixes like opening HTML files and setting MIME types that you can catch below. You can read more <a href="http://emacberry.com/bbfilescout.html" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/emacberry.com');" rel="nofollow">at this link</a> or download the app <a href="http://www.emacberry.com/ota/BBFileScout.jad" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/www.emacberry.com');" rel="nofollow">OTA here</a>. The app is free to download but the developer is asking users to <a href="http://emacberry.com/bbfilescout.html" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/emacberry.com');" rel="nofollow">donate as much as they think the application is worth</a>. NOTE: If you still have BBFileScout installed [before the applications name change in Version 1.2.0.0] you have to remove BBFileScout first in order to use FileScout v1.3.0.0  The highlights from the change log <ul> <li>New File Associations Option: "Use the BlackBerry default Browser to open HTML files". In previous versions of FileScout HTML files where always opened with the Media application. With this new Option it’s possible to open any HTML files (e.g. from your SDCard) with the default BlackBerry® browser application. </li> <li>New Functions in TextViewer/Editor: Toggle WordWrap, FontSize,new Menu items ‘Goto Start’ & ‘Goto End’ </li> <li>New functionality in search popup</li> <li>New Menu Item ‘eMail <selection>’ (when multiple files are selected) This function will send all files (no directories) that are multi-selected in the current folder. You can select multiple files by using the key. Please have in mind that the total attachment size might be limited by your provider! </li> <li>New Menu Item ‘eMail DIRECTORY-NAME‘ (when a directory is highlighted) This new function will send all files (no subdirectories) which are in current selected folder. Please have in mind that the total attachment size might be limited by your provider! </li> <li>New ‘File associations’ Options: In the past FileScout was registering itself automatically as content handler for the MimeType text/txt for various extensions. Now this is configurable for which file extensions you would like to register FileScout as content handler in the BlackBerry® OS. You can select the following extensions: .ini, .log and/or .xml. Please note, that any change to this setting does only take effect after a full device reboot. </li> </ul> <a href="http://www.berryreview.com/2009/09/18/filescout-1-3-released-email-multiple-files-or-whole-directory/" rel="nofollow">FileScout 1.3 Released – Email Multiple Files or Whole Directory</a> Ronen Halevy on "Google Voice Lets Your Forward AND Reply to SMS via Email!" http://www.berryreview.com/forums/topic/google-voice-lets-your-forward-and-reply-to-sms-via-email#post-2547 Wed, 09 Sep 2009 09:40:19 +0000 Ronen Halevy 2547@http://www.berryreview.com/forums/ <a href="http://static.berryreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/forwardsmsemail.jpg" rel="lightbox[]" rel="nofollow"><img title="http://www.berryreview.co/forwardsmsemail" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px" height="336" alt="forwardsmsemail" src="http://static.berryreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/forwardsmsemail_thumb.jpg" width="http://www.berryreview.co/279" align="right" border="http://www.berryreview.co/0" /></a> This little tidbit of news made my week! Google Voice now lets you forward and reply to SMS through email. That means if somebody text messages your Google Voice number then you can choose to have it forwarded to your email address. You can then reply to that email and it will respond with a text message. This is just one step closer to being able to disable this price gouging $4.99/month text messaging plan I have on AT&T. Just fire up your Google Voice account if you have one at <a href="http://www.google.com/voice" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/www.google.com');" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.google.com/voice</a> and select the Settings tab and then the Voicemail & SMS tab. via <a href="http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/09/08/google-voice-marries-sms-and-email/" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/www.techcrunch.com');" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">TechCrunch</a> <a href="http://www.berryreview.com/2009/09/09/google-voice-lets-your-forward-and-reply-to-sms-via-email/" rel="nofollow">Google Voice Lets Your Forward AND Reply to SMS via Email!</a> Ronen Halevy on "Gwabbit Upgrades Recognition Engine… Better Value?" http://www.berryreview.com/forums/topic/gwabbit-upgrades-recognition-enginehellip-better-value#post-1200 Wed, 12 Aug 2009 07:41:42 +0000 Ronen Halevy 1200@http://www.berryreview.com/forums/ <img style="margin: 0px 0px 5px 10px" title="http://www.berryreview.co/wp-admin/gwabbit" border="http://www.berryreview.co/wp-admin/0" alt="gwabbit" align="right" src="http://static.berryreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/gwabbit-thumb.jpg" width="http://www.berryreview.co/wp-admin/179" height="126" />Gwabbit sent me an email letting me know that their recognition engine has been upgraded to version 2. Specific updates include: <ul> <li>Better recognition of non-US phone numbers and non-US addresses </li> <li>Better recognition and parsing of HTML emails, taking into account the formatting of the signature block, including stylized text </li> <li>Improved handling for new varieties of signature structures, based on the feedback submitted </li> <li>Better separation of the “thread” (older email in the same conversation) so as to more accurately identify contact information of the sender </li> <li>Overall improved recognition </li> </ul> Their app costs <a href="http://store.berryreview.com/product.asp?id=30360&n=gwabbit-for-BlackBerry" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">$9.99 per year as a subscription</a> and still fails to compete well with the free <a href="http://www.getanagram.com/blackberry/" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/www.getanagram.com');" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Anagram application for BlackBerry</a> which does more or less the same thing… What do you think? <a href="http://www.berryreview.com/2009/08/12/gwabbit-upgrades-recognition-engine-better-value/" rel="nofollow">Gwabbit Upgrades Recognition Engine… Better Value?</a> Vicky Pazienza on "Forward with Edit – edit forwarded email!" http://www.berryreview.com/forums/topic/forward-with-edit-%e2%80%93-edit-forwarded-email#post-759 Fri, 31 Jul 2009 12:18:51 +0000 Vicky Pazienza 759@http://www.berryreview.com/forums/ <a href="http://static.berryreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/screenshot160.gif" rel="lightbox[]" rel="nofollow"><img style="border: 0px none ; display: inline; float: right; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 10px;" title="http://www.berryreview.co/wp-admin/screenshot160" src="http://static.berryreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/screenshot160-thumb.gif" border="http://www.berryreview.co/wp-admin/0" alt="screenshot160" width="http://www.berryreview.co/wp-admin/164" height="164" align="left" /></a>I’ve always wanted the ability to edit email that I forward from my BlackBerry and was never sure why this wasn’t a feature already on RIM’s OS. In that spirit, I have decided to try Mobile Imagination’s: Forward with Edit™. It’s a teeny app that hardly takes up any space on your BlackBerry and the only way to access it is when you are in the email you actually want to forward (see screenshot at right). The standard way you forward emails (shown below left) is where you can only type a message BEFORE the forwarded email but cannot actually edit the email you are forwarded. In Forward with Edit™ (shown below right), you can not only type a message, you can edit the forwarded email very easily. <a href="http://static.berryreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/090413165546.jpg" rel="lightbox[]" rel="nofollow"><img style="border: 0px none ; display: inline;" title="http://www.berryreview.co/wp-admin/090413165546" src="http://static.berryreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/090413165546-thumb.jpg" border="http://www.berryreview.co/wp-admin/0" alt="090413165546" width="http://www.berryreview.co/wp-admin/244" height="164" /></a> <a href="http://static.berryreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/090413165411.jpg" rel="lightbox[]" rel="nofollow"><img style="border: 0px none ; display: inline;" title="http://www.berryreview.co/wp-admin/090413165411" src="http://static.berryreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/090413165411-thumb.jpg" border="http://www.berryreview.co/wp-admin/0" alt="090413165411" width="http://www.berryreview.co/wp-admin/244" height="164" /></a> There’s even a <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_WyUhGXxs0" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/www.youtube.com');" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">video</a> you can check out that shows how it works in more detail, but I can tell you that it’s a handy dandy little app that is well worth the $2.99 it costs. Now you can forward/edit emails right on your BlackBerry so you don’t have to wait until you are in front of your PC to do so. Available for devices running 4.2 & higher, Forward with Edit™ can be purchased right in our <a href="http://store.berryreview.com/product.asp?deleteDevice=1&id=27379&n=Forward-with-Edit-%28TM%29" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">BerryReview store</a>. <a href="http://www.berryreview.com/2009/04/15/forward-with-edit%e2%84%a2-%e2%80%93-edit-forwarded-email/" rel="nofollow">Forward with Edit – edit forwarded email!</a> dbbarney on "Email Application" http://www.berryreview.com/forums/topic/email-application#post-189 Thu, 09 Jul 2009 12:43:19 +0000 dbbarney 189@http://www.berryreview.com/forums/ Hi I'm new to the whole blackberry thing and have a question about email. I have an 8330 and was wondering if there is an app that I can use to only check my emails at certain times instead of having them ring though all day long. Any advice would be appreciated.