Now that the user manual has leaked out, it’s clear RIM’s BlackBerry Application Suite draws nearer to the light of day. They were showing off a Touch Pro running a virtualized BlackBerry operating system at Mobile World Congress through the Application Suite, so things are progressing at least – ’bout time too, this thing’s been…
Nokia Updates Mail for Exchange
Nokia has just released an update for their ActiveSync Exchange synchronization, with quite the updated feature list. • Access Point Groups/Destinations – Mail for Exchange can now actively switch between WiFi and GPRS connections automatically if your phone supports Destinations. This feature is only available on S60 3rd Edition, Feature Pack 2 and S60 5th…
BlackBerry Enterprise Server 5.0 Feature Comparison
We got a sneak peek at BlackBerry Enterprise Server 5.0 in New York before Mobile World Congress, with some modertately exciting features like web-based admin interface and e-mail flags, but Ronen has scored a full comparison chart outlining all of the new features compared to older versions of BES. Highlighted a convenient and dashing shade…
Lawyers Warming up to iPhone
BlackBerry has tended to be device of choice for suits, lawyers included, but apparently that’s changing. A few firms, notably Chapman and Cutler who have been sporting Apple products since 1992, have over half of their staff using iPhones. Corporate network access through web-based utilities is more than satisfactory with the iPhone’s ample Safari browser,…
Motorola Announces Rugged, Business-Ready MC55
While these two new phones from Motorola aren’t what you’d call pretty, or even heavy on horsepower, but they’re certainly ready to work. A 3.25″ 320 x 240 touchscreen, Wi-Fi and Windows Mobile 6.1 come along with both the MC5590 and MC5574, pictured respectively above, but the main differences being in keyboard layout and Push-To-Talk…
TouchDown to Bring Push E-Mail to Android
TouchDown, an e-mail app for Android, is working on Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync support, which will allow you to get honest-to-goodness push e-mail on your T-Mobile G1. The feature is still in beta, but their next release should upgrade existing customers for free. As is, the app has a whole slew of Exchange synchronization functions that…
Analyst: RIM to Suffer First Quarter-over-Quarter Loss
Citigroup’s Jim Suva has issued a statement to clients claiming RIM’s last quarter of 2008 will be their first quarter-over-quarter net loss, as a result of (get this) enterprise sales lag. RIM’s hurting in their strongest target market? “Our recent checks show continued strength with the consumer, but some softness within enterprise,” the analyst told…
GMV Bringing BlackBerry Service to Linux-Based Enterprises
RIM’s BlackBerry Enterprise Server has traditionally run on Novell Groupwise and Microsoft Exchange servers, which covers the vast majority of companies out there, but there’s still a segment running Linux that hasn’t gotten any love whatsoever. Luckily, Spanish developer GMV has been working with Vodafone to bring a product called atlas to Linux-toting enterprise, enabling…
RIM Axing BlackBerry Professional Software and Unite?
Beginning July, BlackBerry Professional Software and BlackBerry Unite! will be phased out, and all customer support ended by 2010, according to carrier communications. Both are very promising apps that were never implemented as well as they should have been. Unite! is a free offering that brings some enterprise-style functions to small groups, although it is…
Cortado Helps BlackBerry Users Save The Weekend
While meeting up with a fellow BlackBerry blogger at MWC, we got to talking about Cortado’s SMS2Text announcement, and he gave me a heads-up on another great free app they had released called Save The Weekend. In short, Save The Weekend clocks your BlackBerry in and out, limiting your e-mailing timeframe so you’re not constantly…