Archive for April, 2010

New KB released by RIM:

With the release of BlackBerry Desktop Manager 1.0, a BlackBerry smartphone with tethered modem capabilities can be used as an external modem to connect a Macintosh computer to the Internet using a USB cable or Bluetooth® connection. As part of this, a script has been included with the BlackBerry Desktop Manager software installation that provides the ability to select Research In Motion as a vendor when configuring a BlackBerry smartphone for tethered modem use. continue

RIM has officially announced the Pearl 3G aka the Pearl 9100 aka Stratus. Despite its impressively compact and elegant design, this stylish new handset is a powerful 3G BlackBerry smartphone with uncompromising performance and high end features:

• Elegant candybar design measuring 4.25″ x 1.96″ x 0.52″ (108mm x 50 mm x 13.3 mm) and weighing only 3.3 oz (93 grams)
• 624 Mhz processor with 256 MB Flash memory
• 360×400 sharp-resolution display (238 ppi)
• Optical trackpad that makes navigation fast and smooth, plus a comfortable keyboard that enables quick and accurate typing
• Media player for videos, pictures and music (music plays up to 30 hours), plus dedicated media keys integrated along top of the handset continue

Localytics has posted some data gathered after two months of polling “millions” of iPhones and BlackBerrys for application usage. They’ve concluded that BlackBerry users, throughout the workday, are more active with apps than on an iPhone.

They found that BlackBerry usage is higher during the workday and starts to peek at 7PM. The iPhone on the other hand peaks at about 9PM. The interesting thing is that BlackBerry use does not slack down significantly during the weekend and app usage still appears concentrated around professional use. continue

The Email Setup icon is not displayed on the Home screen of the BlackBerry smartphone.

Cause

This issue might be caused by one of the following:

1. The appropriate Service Books are not present on the BlackBerry smartphone.
2. The feature is not currently supported by the wireless service provider.

More

On the BlackBerry smartphone, the wireless synchronization options for the Address Book, Tasks, and MemoPad applications are turned on.  However, when a new entry is created on the BlackBerry smartphone or in Microsoft Outlook®, no update occurs.

Cause

 This issue may be caused by one of the following:

1. The BlackBerry Synchronization Service has stopped or is not running.
2. The Microsoft XML Parser is not functioning correctly.
3. The BlackBerry Enterprise Server administration account password has been changed and the BlackBerry Enterprise Server services have not been updated.

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RIM felt it important to release a KB for this:

Overview

A hoax message circulating on BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) asks users to forward on the BBM message to their contacts in order to maintain BBM service, and claims to have been originally sent by Research In Motion (RIM). 

Rest assured that this BBM message did not originate from RIM and that it does not impact the security of BlackBerry smartphones. It is simply a hoax chain message. Unfortunately, many social networking applications face this scenario, whereby any message, including a hoax message, can be forwarded to a user from one of their contacts. We recommend that users simply ignore the message and do not forward it. continue

Twitter for BlackBerry has been released as a publicly available beta and can be downloaded from App World. The client has been tested internally by RIM, and the general release includes the following number of options: continue

According to research by the business loyalty programme Nectar Business, millions of workaholic Britons find it impossible to switch off their work devices even when they’re not in the office.

British worker’s refusal to turn off their Blackberrys or mobile phones means they are effectively working an extra 10 days a year

Nectar Business did the study to reveal the impact of technology on British working lives.

The study found that 20 per cent of UK workers keep their phones on over the weekend.

24 per cent of Brits complain they feel stressed because they are always on call, with 33 percent of male and 54 percent of the women respondents saying that they cannot switch their BlackBerry smartphones off when they leave the office. continue