RIM introduce BlackBerry Enterprise Server Express

Tuesday, February 16, 2010

BlackBerry Enterprise Server Express

RIM, the Canadian firm behind BlackBerry have today introduced BlackBerry Enterprise Server Express.

A new server software offering that enables businesses of any size to quickly and easily get started with the BlackBerry solution.

BlackBerry Enterprise Server Express works with Microsoft email servers, including Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2008 and 2003 and Microsoft Exchange 2010, 2007 and 2003, to provide users with secure, push-based, wireless access to email, calendar, contacts, notes, tasks, and more.

BlackBerry Enterprise Server Express is FREE: the software requires no additional user license fees, and works with any Internet-enabled or enterprise data plan.

BlackBerry Enterprise Server Express benefits both the BlackBerry smartphone end user and IT administrators.

You can click the links below to learn more about the end user, IT management and security features of BlackBerry Enterprise Server Express.

BlackBerry Enterprise Server Express end user features
BlackBerry Enterprise Server Express IT management and support features
BlackBerry Enterprise Server Express security features

SOURCE: BlackBerry Blog

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The best place for all your BlackBerry questions!

Monday, February 1, 2010

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You have got your new BlackBerry Bold or Curve, for the first few days everything is fine and working well.  You are now a little more confident and trying to do a few more things but you don’t know how, or you have tried and run into a problem.

What to do?  Well you can speak to your supplier and see if they can help, but the immense complexity and varying number of devices often means for the lesser known issues or problems, trying to get a solution can be quite difficult, even if they do try.

Why not ask the people who know best…other users of your device, or self confessed BlackBerry fan’s/addicts.

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BlackBerry have a community support forum, where you are very likely to find the answer to all the problems or issues you are experiencing, and if you don’t, then you can post a question and you will have a response no doubt with a solution very shortly after.

Why not take a look – you may have a problem already that you have put off solving -  Just CLICK HERE or follow the link below:

http://supportforums.blackberry.com/rim/

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BlackBerry Bold 9700 Unboxed

Monday, November 23, 2009

Blackberry Bold 9700 available now at Clove Technology.

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BlackBerry Bold 9700 – NEWS FLASH

Wednesday, November 11, 2009

The BlackBerry Bold 9700 will be in stock this Friday! YES FRIDAY 13th NOVEMBER.

We reported only earlier in the week that stock was not due until the 23rd November, but a little unexpectedly we have now been very reliably informed that stock will be landing this Friday.

SIM FREE, UNLOCKED and unbranded, the Bold 9700 is the newest device from the Canadian firm.

If you wanted to get your hands on one of the first Blackberry Bold 9700, visit Clove Technology site.

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BlackBerry Bold 9700

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

It has been a while since we brought you some new BlackBerry news, well today we can.  The BlackBerry Bold 9700 has been announced.

A new and improved BlackBerry, the 9700 has been circulating the web as a rumour for some time, but it is now official and in the open.

So what is on offer?  You can expect all your standard BlackBerry offering including front facing QWERTY keyboard, and efficient email handling.

In addition you get:

  • Stylish and Functional Form Factor
  • Great Solid Build Quality
  • 2.44 inch HVGA Display.
  • 3G/HSDPA Wireless Connectivity
  • MicroSDHC Expansion Slot
  • Bluetooth
  • WiFi

and the technical specification?

Memory –
ROM:  256MB

Phone Book (unlimited)
Dialled Calls
Missed Calls
Received Calls

Display –
High resolution 480×360 pixel
colour display
Transmissitive TFT LCD
Supports over 65,000 colours
2.44" (diagonally measured)

Contract –
No Contract SIM Free/Unlocked

Network –
2G: 850/900/1800/1900 (Quad-Band)
3G: 900/1900/2100 (Tri-Band)
HSDPA (3.6Mbps)

Connectivity –
microUSB
3.5mm Audio Jack
Bluetooth (2.1)
Wi-Fi (IEEE 802.11g)

Input –
35 key backlit QWERTY keyboard
Dedicated Keys: Send, End, Menu, Escape, Left/Right Convenience keys (default VAD and Camera) ,2 x Volume/Zoom, Sleep, Mute (Play/Pause)
Trackpad – Located on front face of device, ESC Key to the right, Menu to the left
Intuitive icons and menus

GPS –
Includes BlackBerry Maps
Integrated GPS with A-GPS

Audio –
3.5mm Audio Jack

Expansion Slot –
MicroSDHC

Camera –
3.2 mega-pixels (auto-focus)
2 x Digital Zoom
LED Flash
Image Stabilization

Video:
30fps Video Recording (480 x 352)
Supported formats: MP4, 3GP, H.264, H.263, DivX, XviD, WMV & Flash
Video Streaming

Talk Time –
Up to 6 hours (GSM), Up to 6 hours (UMTS)

Standby Time –
Up to 19 days/456 hours (GSM), Up to 15 days/360 hours (UMTS)

Battery –
1500 mAh Removable/rechargeable Cryptographic Lithium cell

Dimensions –
109 x 60 x 14.1mm (4.29 x 2.36 x .56 inches)

Weight –
122g with battery
88g without battery

Other –
Device Lock
Remote Lock
Device and memory card encryption
Mobile VPN support
Optical Track Pad
Office Document Viewer (Word, Excel & PowerPoint)
PDF Document Viewer
Hands Free
Caller ID

Music:
Supported formats: MP3, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+ & WMA
Ringtones:
Monophonic
Polyphonic (64)
MP3
WAV

Messaging:
SMS
MMS (with video)
E-mail (POP3, SMTP, IMAP4, BlackBerry, MS Exchange)
Instant Messaging (MSN)

Want to pre-order yours?  You can do HERE. Exact price is still to be confirmed, but first stock is due 11th November.

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Blackberry Named ‘Fastest Growing Firm’

Sunday, August 30, 2009

Research In Motion (RIM), the maker of the Blackberry Mobile Phone, was recently named the world’s fastest growing company by business magazine Fortune

Canada-based RIM has come top of the magazine’s latest annual guide to the 100 fastest-growing businesses. In second place was US chipmaker Sigma Designs, with Chinese internet business Sohu.com coming in third. Fortune rates a firm’s growth on a combination of its profits, turnover and investment return over three years.

RIM had not previously featured in the annual growth list, as 2009 is the first year that companies outside of the US have been included. Thanks to a big rise in the popularity of its Blackberry handsets, profits at RIM have grown 84% over the past three years, while its revenues have expanded 77%, and it has seen a total return of 45%.

Revenues at Sigma have risen 104% since 2007, thanks to increased sales of Blu-ray disc players, and a deal with computer giant Microsoft.

“Since the Great Depression, some companies just keep growing. And not only in the United States,” said Fortune.

Led by Sohu.com, five Chinese firms made it onto the list.

Online computer games website Shanda was in seventh place, with hotel reservation agency Ctrip.com at 38, telecom software firm Asia Info at 40, and China Medical Technologies at 73.

Fortune said Chinese firms were benefiting from the country’s continuing strong economic growth in the face of the global recession.

Apple was in 39th place on the list, while Google came 68th.

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Blackberry Curve 8520 Review

Tuesday, August 18, 2009

The guys over at V3.co.uk have had a hands on with the all new Blackberry Curve 8520. With an overall rating of 4 stars, this cost effective messaging solution has come out with a good overall review despite its low price point and less featured specification

Verdict

The BlackBerry Curve 8520 is not going to wow you with its features or by having some of the latest and greatest widgets bolted on, but as a solid smartphone that should meet all the most common needs of today’s office worker RIM has done an excellent job with this phone at a price point that should please a lot of budgets.

Pros: Price; complete smartphone functionality; display

Cons: Feels cheap and plasticky; web browsing; lack of 3G and GPS

You can read the full review HERE

You can order yours HERE

SOURCE: V3

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Blackberry Storm 2

Friday, August 14, 2009

Photos of the NEW Blackberry Storm have surfaced.  The Storm 2, codenames Odin 9520 re-confirm images and footage that have been circulating for some time on the internet.

These pictures which originate at http://benezblog.de/ stipulate that the device will be known as the 9520, despite original thoughts that 9550 would have been the model number.

The standout features of the device are:

    • Capacitive 320×260 pixel touchscreen display
    • 3.2-megapixel camera
    • HSDPA and Wi-Fi connectivity
    • A-GPS

Source: Know Your Mobile

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Gmail Plug-in for Blackberry

Thursday, July 16, 2009

Engadget are reporting that RIM are working with Google to develop a Gmail plug-in which should make connection to Gmail services from a Blackberry much simpler.

It’s no secret that using Gmail on a BlackBerry is a painful experience — since the built-in mail client has shamefully broken IMAP support, your only real choice is a variant of the same Java-based Gmail app that runs on ancient featurephones, and that rules out direct integration with either contacts or attachments. Yeah, it’s sad, but hope is in the air, as RIM’s apparently beta testing something called the "Enhanced Gmail Plug-in for BlackBerry," which promises to bring things up to speed. Features are said to include Conversation View, support for labels, stars, and archiving, and full mailbox search — you know, Gmail. Of course, it would be even nicer if RIM would just sack up and bring proper IMAP support to the most famous messaging platform in the world, but we’ll take what we can get.

 

Source: Engadget

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Does the HTC Snap offer more than a Blackberry?

Friday, May 29, 2009

Without any doubt one of the key range of devices HTC are targeting with the HTC Snap is RIM and their Blackberry units.  Traditionally used by the blue chip companies, Blackberry units have created a market of their own thanks to the truly fantastic features and services available through them.

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However in recent years there has been an ever growing trend of small businesses and individuals using RIM devices as their main means of communication.

Blackberry’s offer a very efficient way to connect to email and this is the main reason behind why they are so popular.  However, ever changing interfaces and tweaks to the operating system has meant that the Blackberry range, which includes currently the Bold 9000, 8900 Javelin and the Storm makes these device more and more appealing to the individual who does not really need the benefits that RIM offer in terms of email services, but suddenly the design, form factor, screens and media players are becoming attractive features, which influence the purchasing process.

Any keen manufacturer would want to achieve the success that RIM are having in recent months, but they need a device that can offer such.

The Snap, is one of the key challengers to the current offerings from RIM, along with Nokia’s E71.

All have their own standout features.  The Nokia E71 is extremely reliable, running the tried and tested Symbian OS.  It has a great form factor and the build quality is second to none.  However for the small business user, the integration to their home/office is not always as straight forward.

Many companies take advantage of Microsoft Small Business Server, and seamless integration with a mobile comes with a Windows mobile device.  Enter the Snap, from HTC.

Running Windows Mobile 6.1, this compact, QWERTY messaging devices offers what many mobile workers need or have in the form of a Nokia E71 or a Blackberry.

So why the Snap? Produced by HTC and running the powerful Windows Mobile operating system, the fundamental strength of this device is established.  Further aided by its feature set, ergonomic design and price point the Snap offers a cost effective and robust mobile messaging solution.

Add to this the integration with a Windows Server and the lack of requirement for expensive data/server integration packages, the HTC Snap should be recognised as a feasible option and a definite alternative if you are currently using or intend to use a Blackberry.

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