Archive for the ‘BlackBerry Admin’ Category
Wednesday, August 13th, 2008
Just a quick note - the BlackBerry Resource Kit 4.1 SP6 has now been released on BlackBerry.com. This marks the quickest turnaround for a BRK release following the BES release. Perhaps RIM is turning a new corner, or perhaps the BES was just delayed.. hmm.
Nothing has been added in the User ...
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Friday, July 25th, 2008
(Authors comments: some release dates and estimates have been updated with current available information)
Rogers, T-Mobile Germany, AT&T, VodafoneUK, and O2 dates leaked
Everyone who's been reporting July 25th as the release date for the Bold from Rogers are quickly waking up this morning to find out — no Bold(ness) in Canada ...
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Friday, July 18th, 2008
Research In Motion, likely under pressure due to a recent security vulnerability, has decided to release BlackBerry Enterprise Server 4.1 Service Pack 6 a few weeks ahead of schedule. In addition to addressing the PDF Vulnerability Flaw in the BlackBerry Attachment Service, this particular service pack will also deliver official support for HTML email rendering to corporate-managed devices ...
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Thursday, July 17th, 2008
This week, for the first time I realised that a non camera-berry is about to become a thing of the past. A couple of years ago when rumours of the Pearl first surfaced, we were all surprised that RIM would be breaking the mold of the corporate blueprint and producing ...
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Friday, July 11th, 2008
A recent article on Politico.com raises security concerns about U.S. Congressional staff members not using device passwords to protect their devices in overseas travel.
Says Politico.com writer Patrick O'Connor, "The Internet and the signals emitted by personal electronic devices give hackers tremendous access to private information."
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Thursday, July 10th, 2008
Over the past two months, the people over at BlackBerryForums, the sister site of BlackBerryNews, have been rallying to raise funds to help out two very special members of the online BlackBerry community who have had faced hardships of a differing nature.
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Thursday, June 19th, 2008
A report released by Technology analysts J. Gold Associates details concerns over enterprise level support for Apple’s iPhone. For those of us on the technology side of the mobile telecoms industry, this is nothing we didn’t already know. After seeing the latest keynote speech from Steve Jobs my colleagues and ...
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Thursday, May 22nd, 2008
WES 2008 marked my first visit to the event. My employer has been there since the beginning... but yup, I was a n00b. Met lots of people from BBF, lots of people from RIM, and even got to sit in on a few good sessions.
One of my favorite sessions was ...
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Wednesday, May 21st, 2008
Although I was unable to attend this session at the Wireless Enterprise Symposium due to a previously scheduled meeting with a vendor, one of the more intriguing sessions during the 3-day conference was the overview of Research In Motion's new Early Adopter Program and the long-standing and largely successful Beta Program.
The BlackBerry Early Adopter Program (EAP) - which headed by one ...
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Sunday, May 18th, 2008
While in Orlando this past week, a common question was asked time and again - "Which BlackBerry monitoring solution is better?" While I can agree with my colleague, NJBlackBerry, and his Best of WES recommendation to find the best solution for your requirements, I have found a solution that goes above ...
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