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An incoming BlackBerry Internet Service 3.0 upgrade will apparently be offering Windows Media Audio support and the ability to work with OpenOffice presentations, spreadsheets, and documents. All of that is, of course, on top of the previously-leaked features of two-way GMail sync and GMail labels. Sometime after it rolls out this March will be a 3.1 upgrade that will include Google Calendar syncing, and contact syncing for Hotmail and Yahoo (which the latest BIS already does for Google). BIS is largely used by consumers (rather than those issues BlackBerrys through an employer) which is a segment that is growing rapidly. Although keeping BES software fresh and up-to-date, BIS upgrades are quickly going to become just as important as the average non-enterprise consumer becomes a bigger and bigger part of RIM’s userbase.
[via BBLeaks]
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Simon Sage
Simon Sage’s education largely surrounded writing, technology and online community, leading him to begin his blogging career at www.BlackBerryCool.com and to quickly discover a vibrant and active community surrounding BlackBerry and mobile technology. In exploring RIM’s platform, he has learned what enterprises are looking for in mobility as well as what makes the innocuous BlackBerry so appealing to them. Recently Simon’s been covering RIM’s gradual move into an already-crowded consumer market, and the impact of burgeoning challengers, such as the iPhone, as well as long-time leaders, like Nokia, on BlackBerry’s advancement. With plenty of content under his belt, Simon will be branching off a bit to see what other smartphone manufacturers are working on while still using BlackBerry as a barometer. At IntoMobile, you can count on his posts being even-handed, well-informed and thought-out.
