Archive for July, 2009

BES Patching… An IT Nightmare!

July 30th, 2009

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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

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

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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

BlackBerry and Simultaneous Voice and Data

July 21st, 2009

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Think about it this way, there is only one BlackBerry which can do simultaneous voice and data… The BlackBerry Bold…. As for other smartphone devices…. Hundreds of umts/hsdpa devices ranging from windows mobile to symbian to android (in the near future).  Imagine talking to someone on your mobile device while they’re in the office. » Read more: BlackBerry and Simultaneous Voice and Data