BlackBerry services buzzed back to life Thursday after a three-day outage that interrupted email messages and Internet services for millions of customers.
BlackBerry users around the world have faced huge problems over the past few days getting and receiving emails and messages, as well as launching Internet services. Continue reading »
The BlackBerry Internet Service (BIS) is designed to provide BlackBerry smartphone users with access to email messaging, instant messaging, Internet browsing, and more. BlackBerry Internet Service subscribers can receive automatic delivery of email messages from up to ten email accounts on their BlackBerry smartphones. Continue reading »
The BlackBerry 9900 was first announced back in May 2011. After a week of it being released, here’s our review:
The Handset
An initial impression once I got my hands on it is the build. It is a tiny bit weightier than the BlackBerry 9700 I have been using for the past few months, however the quality of it is sturdy with the smooth fascia surrounded by the brushed metal bevelled edging. The back is a mixture of rubberized plastic topped with a carbon fibre look inlay. The buttons along the edging are metal as well, and you have the screen lock button at the top, volume control buttons on the right hand side (with an extra button between them for pause and play). Below this, you have the one and only side convenience key, default programmed for camera. Unfortunately, it’s placing means that quite often I accidently pressed it and launched the camera. On the other side you have the micro USB port and headphone jack. Also along the bottom you have the contact points for the desktop charger. Continue reading »
RIM have released two related updates for the PlayBook. Firstly the BlackBerry Bridge™has been updated to 1.0.5.6. This new version of the Bridge app makes improvements to the performance between BlackBerries and the PlayBook. Continue reading »
Research In Motion today announced BlackBerry® Management Center – a free online service* for small businesses to centrally manage company-or employee-owned BlackBerry® smartphones in the cloud and protect business-related content stored on the handsets. The service is designed for businesses with up to 100 BlackBerry smartphones that access email services from an Internet service provider (ISP) or web-based email services like Gmail, Hotmail, and Yahoo!. Continue reading »
BlackBerry® Protect is a free application designed to keep your information secure if your BlackBerry® smartphone goes missing. If you’re on an applicable consumer data plan (enterprise plans are not supported at this time), you can download BlackBerry Protect and then log into the website where you can lock, locate or wipe your smartphone from wherever you are. You can also choose to have your crucial data backed up wirelessly and automatically, as often as you choose (daily, weekly, or monthly).
Research in Motion has just announced BlackBerry Balance. A new enterprise feature which includes a set of ‘Balance’ controls for devices that contain personal and corporate data.
BlackBerry Balance will let BES admins choose to wipe only corporate information from a device or to limit users from cutting work data and pasting it into a personal application or email. The new system will also provide new encryption options for media cards and alerts IT admins when emails or calendar invites are sent outside of your company.
A separate feature, BlackBerry Protect will enable users to remotely wipe a lost or stolen device.
With the introduction of BlackBerry Internet Service (BIS) 3.2, users will soon be able to use BlackBerry Protect. This free service, only for BIS users, will allow you to make sure your BlackBerry and the data on it are always secure, even if you accidentally lose the device. Continue reading »
With the release of BlackBerry Desktop Software 6.0, the following new features have been added:
New and improved user interface
•BlackBerry Desktop Software 6.0 includes a redesigned interface intended to make use and navigation simpler for BlackBerry smartphone users Continue reading »
