Way beyond BlackBerry….

September 9th, 2009 No comments »

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With the race to provide the all inclusive user interface which consumers demand, Good Technology is really breaking out the big guns.  Due out later this month in the form of a functional limited release program, Good Technology will be gracing the iPhone in all (well almost all) of it’s enterprise class messaging glory.  The early features will utilize the push notifications and maintain a completely separate and quite useable UI.

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WINMO 6.5 is almost here!!!

September 2nd, 2009 No comments »

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Now this may not be the type of news the apple fanboys or RIM junkies are looking for, but for those power users still rocking their Fuzes or dare I say Titans… this is great news.  From my experience with the cooked Omnia and HTC ROMS sporting WinMo 6.5 I have to report this as being a total UI revitalization. » Read more: WINMO 6.5 is almost here!!!

Palm Pre, an enterprise class device?

August 12th, 2009 No comments »

palm-pre-2While there certainly was a lot of buzz about the Palm Pre, there wasn’t too much out there about it’s potential business implimentation.  From my use in an extended test, I found that it really could hang with it’s only true competitor in the media device with smartphone functionality category,

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What more with a Tour?

August 12th, 2009 No comments »

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With the ever changing world of wireless smartphones why has RIM released a device which again, doesn’t bring anything new to the table.  The BlackBerry Tour, which has been heavily marketed by Verizon Wireless and Sprint, has demonstrated RIM’s lack of ingenuity in the wireless marketplace.  Keep it up RIM and you’ll end up like Motorola… » Read more: What more with a Tour?

Administer BES and GMM users with an iPhone…

August 9th, 2009 No comments »

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Something you 24/7 BES and Good Admins are probably wishing you had is the ability to perform basic tasks when remote.  Well, thanks to the advanced browser rendering of the iphone, and the Good Administration Center this is possible.  Your organization would have to publish the url for the GAC over the internet, but it is in fact possible.  Now there was rumors » Read more: Administer BES and GMM users with an iPhone…

How Voice Control makes Apple’s lock useless.

August 7th, 2009 1 comment »
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Unlock the Lock

It’s pretty simple, really. Just like every other phone out now, the iPhone allows you enter a 4 digit pass code to lock the phone whenever the screen goes blank. This is quite useful in order to keep prying eyes and hands out of, say, some “personal” photos you took of yourself in the shower after manscaping, or risque emails, or whatever other sick things you do with you phone. However it’s also supposed to act a deterrent against someone who randomly picks up your from keeping because it would otherwise be useless to the. Thanks to the advent of voice operation in the somewhat new 3GS we are easily able to circumvent this protection with just a long and steady hold of the Home button. It should be noted that you can only do a few things with Voice Control, it won’t let you launch any apps or see the Spring Board. However you can dial any number you want or play music, albeit randomly. It’s a dilemma, you want to be able to access voice control without having to unlock (or look at) your phone to do so. However, one would assume that you want the lock to actually serve it’s purpose. I wonder if anyone can thing of a better way of skinning this cat.

iPhone OS 3.0.1 released… GMM around the corner!

August 3rd, 2009 No comments »

iPhone-OS-3.0.1-Software-UpdateiPhone OS 3.0.1 was released to “fix” the infamous text message vulnerability.  This was expected and should have been done quite some time ago, but better late than never.  While this patch doesn’t really change too much if anything else, it does move us one step closer to Mobile OSX 3.1…. With that comes buzz about background applications and a slew of other major impovements.

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BES Patching… An IT Nightmare!

July 30th, 2009 No comments »

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Ok, so patching any server is never just a walk in the park… but it’s not supposed to be the sort of thing which has to be attempted more than once.  Each failed attempt makes “higher ups” more and more wary of the competency of the IT staff.  So what types of concerns are there with the BES patch process? » Read more: BES Patching… An IT Nightmare!

BlackBerry 8520 Mac Compatable…Who cares???

July 27th, 2009 1 comment »

blackberry-curve-8520-rimWhile other device manufacturers are brewing up some pretty sick OS tweaks and new OS’ all together… The people up in Canada are giving us something that should’ve been there from the getgo… Cross-OS compatability for desktop software (almost-obsolete btw) should be a no-brainer… » Read more: BlackBerry 8520 Mac Compatable…Who cares???

BlackBerry PIN/Service Book/Activation issues

July 24th, 2009 No comments »

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Incident for BlackBerry PIN to PIN service for subscribers of “The Americas

Network”

Impact: BlackBerry subscribers may experience delays in receiving PIN

messages and may receive an “x” when sending PIN messages.

Incident Window Start Date and Time: 23 July 2009 14:46:00 (EDT).

Duration: Ongoing

Seems like BlackBerry’s PIN messaging went down for a short while last night.  This would affect all those users wishing to send super-secrect messages…   » Read more: BlackBerry PIN/Service Book/Activation issues