BlackBerry Enterprise Server 5.0.4 Maintenance Release 2 Available
A few BES admins let me know that BlackBerry has kept their promise to continue maintaining BlackBerry Enterprise Server for Java devices. BlackBerry has just released maintenance release 2 for BES 5.0.4 which packs in two huge support updates. BES 5.0.4 now supports the latest Stand-Alone Microsoft Exchange 2013 (E15) and Microsoft Windows Server 2012….
BlackBerry World International Pricing Tiers Updated Starting With GPB & EUR
RIM has listened once again to customer demands with their latest update to BlackBerry World. They have implemented tiered pricing that will take currency exchange rates and VAT requirements into account. They are starting with the British Pound (GPB) and Euro (EUR) currencies but expect more soon. This essentially means that a $0.99 app will…
RIM Launches BlackBerry Business Cloud Services for Microsoft Office 365
We heard about RIM offering free BES cloud hosting back in March of 2011. RIM then finally gave the details during BlackBerry World in 2011 and launched a public beta in October. Now the service has finally launched to the public for the rapidly growing Microsoft Office 365 service for business and government along with…
App World Changing Prices To Reflect Exchange Rates – Conversion Chart
Since App World started rolling out in different countries we have had users complaining about the skewed rate conversion. For example, a $0.99 app in the US costs 0.99 £ in the UK which does not figure correctly with exchange rates. This also started screwing with App World developer payments based on what country they…
NASDAQ Releases Free QFolio NASDAQ OMX Portfolio Manager for PlayBook
NASDAQ just released one of the slickest stock market apps for the BlackBerry PlayBook. The app gives you access to tons of information from the NASDAQ exchange. Sadly it is limited to NASDAQ only for obvious reasons but we can hope. On the other hand the app is the slickest real time stock portfolio app…
Possible BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0 Screenshots Leak – Email, Social, & Android
Some purported screenshots of a BlackBerry PlayBook running OS 2.0 have surfaced from MaxPDA showing some interesting things. First of all it seems to show that you can use Exchange ActiveSync, IMAP, POP, CalDAV, & CardDAV for mail, calendar, and contacts which is a huge change for RIM. It also shows deep connections with Facebook,…
RIM Posts Maintenance Releases for BES v5.0.3 MR4 & BES Express 5.0.3 MR1
For those of you who are tasked with maintaining BlackBerry Enterprise Servers this is a bit of news you should know about. RIM has quietly rolled out maintenance releases for most of the latest BES versions this week. It involves a whole slew of bug fixes bringing each Server to these levels: BlackBerry Enterprise Server…
BlackBerry Business Cloud Services Detailed by RIM in Latest Doc
One of our sources let us know that RIM has put up a document highlights their BlackBerry Business Cloud Services features and technical details. This is the most information I have seen come out of RIM about their new service that essentially offers a free hosted BES for companies that use Microsoft Office 365 hosting….