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BlackBerry Bridge – David Heit Interview (VIDEO)

Roger B. — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 14:14:33 +0000

At the BlackBerry World™ conference, I had the chance to interview David Heit, Director of Software Product Strategy, to discuss BlackBerry® Bridge™, which is an app that allows the BlackBerry® PlayBook™ tablet to access existing BlackBerry® smartphone applications including secure browsing, access to corporate email, and many other enterprise uses. BlackBerry Bridge can be used with both BlackBerry® Internet Service and BlackBerry® Enterprise Server.

What is your favorite feature of BlackBerry Bridge? How would you use it? Let us know in the comments!

Introducing the Wireless Enterprise Activation App!

Hilary A. — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 19:20:54 +0000

We recently launched an application for enterprise users that’s free to download that allows wireless activation for personal devices on BlackBerry® Internet Service plans to connect to BlackBerry® Enterprise Server Express and MDaemon® Messaging Server, BlackBerry® Edition.

In a few simple steps, users can activate their personal BlackBerry® smartphones over their employer’s wireless network, giving the IT administrator a simple way to support employee-owned smartphones. And since smartphones can be activated without having to connect them to a computer, it’s easier than ever for personal use devices to be securely connected to corporate mail, calendar, contacts and more.

To activate, you will need to:

Step 1: Enter the BlackBerry App World™ storefront from your BlackBerry smartphone and download the “Enterprise Activation” application. (Did we mention it can be downloaded for free?)

Step 2: Once it’s completed downloading, open the application.

Step 3: Enter your email address and password (this will be provided by your company’s IT department).

Step 4: Hit Activate and you will begin getting your work data within minutes!

Note: For this wireless enterprise activation app to work, you’ll need to be running BlackBerry® Device Software version 5.0 or higher, and be on a full BlackBerry Internet Service plan from your carrier, a compatible version of either BlackBerry Enterprise Server Express or MDaemon Messaging Server, BlackBerry Edition, and a supported BlackBerry smartphone.

We’re excited about what this means for businesses of any size – we’ve seen firsthand how powerful people within a business can be when they’re connected. Download the app today and let us know what you think!

BlackBerry Internet Service – Reconciliation vs. Synchronization

Ty Williams — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 20:53:57 +0000

It’s a very popular question from BlackBerry® Internet Service users: My contacts and calendar information synchronized with the BlackBerry Internet Service after my email address was integrated, so why doesn’t my email synchronize? Today I’d like to share my answer to that question and provide a little bit of insight into how the BlackBerry Internet Service works with your BlackBerry® smartphone.

So what exactly is the BlackBerry Internet Service? It’s designed to provide you with automatic delivery of your email messages and, depending on which email provider you use, your contacts and calendar information. One of the best things about the service is how it performs reconciliation and synchronization of your personal data. Let’s see how this applies to the email, contacts and calendar features offered by the BlackBerry Internet Service.