IBM and BlackBerry Partner for BES10 Hosted
With the recent ventures we have seen with IBM and Apple, it has come to our surprise in the last day or two that IBM (Germany) and BlackBerry partner to bring Hosted BES10 services, alongside other German based providers in the Euro region. This partnership is not something that is still to come but is…
BlackBerry’s Salesforce1 App Gets Updated
BlackBerry’s partnership with Salesforce has come out with an exciting new update to the ‘Connect to Salesforce’ app for the BlackBerry 10 OS. The newest release of Connect to Salesforce app (Native) & (Web) for BlackBerry is now available, here are some details: Functionality will go beyond the device and enable workers to maximize productivity by accessing any content, from anywhere,…
Blackphone CEO Addresses Blackberry’s Consumer-Grade Claims
Today Toby Weir-Jones, CEO of SGP Technologies, creators of Blackphone, posted a blog addressing the comments made by Blackberry on July 11 suggesting that Blackphone is “consumer-grade” and therefore “inadequate” for business users. In this blog, Blackphone sets the record straight and outlines the reasons its security and privacy features are paving the way for the future…
Bluestacks BBM Font Size To Small
I have enjoyed the Bluestacks emulator using it only for BBM on my windows desktop. However the only nuisance I found was that the portrait view for BBM was just way to small when it came to the font size. This may not be anything new to change, especially for the hardened Bluestacks users, however…
Composing In Plain Text On BlackBerry OS 10.2.1
There is one thing for me that I have missed with BlackBerry OS 10 and that is the ability to compose in ‘Plain Text’ or view obscure emails with the ‘Get Plain Text’ menu option that OS 7 and earlier brought us. OS 10.2.1 now brings some of that back in the form plain text…
BBM Channels Beta Update with Animated GIF’s
If you have not yet seen, BlackBerry notified that there is an update to BBM Channels via their Beta Channel which now includes animated GIF’s. They have a GIF pack that can be downloaded as a separate zipped folder containing 9 additional GIF’s. New Features include: Search for Channels – Within the “Browse Channels” tab on…
Mobile Fusion Client Updated to 6.1.0.27
In conjunction with the Mobile Fusion Studio release, RIM have also updated the Mobile Fusion Client. What’s New in Version 6.1.0.27 Allows users to deactivate their own devices Displays the email profiles, Wi-Fi profiles, VPN profiles, and certificate profiles assigned to the device Provides notifications to users about new applications, profiles, and IT policies assigned…
Mobile Fusion 6 Service Pack 1
Research In Motion have released a well awaited service pack for their Mobile Fusion 6 suite. Fixed issues covers most aspects of the installed suite but here are some key fixes that stand-out from the original known issues list that I have seen many installs being affected by: When an Android device was activated with…