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Remember back last summer when Nokia dropped support of BlackBerry Connect on their E-Series devices when they started working with Microsoft and IBM on corporate mobile email? Well it looks like RIM heard the cries of all the Nokia users that had come to rely on what many deem to be the best corporate email solution in the industry and are now preparing their own support of Nokia devices.
[Via Symbian-Guru.com]
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In an interesting if not odd move, Nokia has asked all of their Nokia Eseries customers using BlackBerry Connect to move fully over to the BlackBerry and to stop buying devices from Nokia.
I guess that this isn’t exactly what Nokia said, but, they did stop supporting BlackBerry Connect and even said that RIM is now a competitor.
RIM are a competitor and have done a reasonable job in a space that is traditionally ours, so it’s no great surprise that we see this as an opportunity to give consumers a proper choice on what email solution they want.
Now, I know that Nokia is a giant handset manufacturer, especially outside of the United States, however, this move all but ensures that they will never again sell a device to a business user in the U.S. that works for a company that has standardized on BlackBerry Enterprise Server.
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You may have already heard the rumors that started floating around yesterday, however, in case you haven’t Apple Insider is reporting that Research in Motion has a new internal job listing which suggests that the BlackBerry maker is looking for an iPhone developer. Most of the details about the position are hidden.
As part of a newly-created team, you’ll influence the development and design of BlackBerry software,” the listing reads. “This is a very confidential brand new team and a senior position within RIM so I can’t provide too many details. I guess you can figure out what it might be about though.
I guess there are a couple of ways you could go with this. RIM is definitely working on a touch screen BlackBerry. Maybe they are looking for someone with expertise on the iPhone’s interface. The issue I see here is that it will take them years to come up with something as good as the iPhone’s interface and as I’ve said before, RIM cannot out Apple Apple.
The other thought is that RIM is looking for an iPhone developer to actually develop software for the iPhone. The question here is what BlackBerry software could RIM possibly want to run on the iPhone? I’ve got two words for you…
BlackBerry Connect…
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Research in Motion released a press release this morning about its plans to put out what sounds like BlackBerry emulation software for Windows Mobile 6 that will enable select devices to emulate the BlackBerry OS allowing them to run BlackBerry applications and connect to BlackBerry Enterprise Server (BES).
Is it just me, or, does this sound an awful lot like BlackBerry Connect?
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The word on the street is that BlackBerry Connect 4.0 will debut on the Nokia E90 Communicator.
The BlackBerry Connect program enables the mob-e-mail leader’s push e-mail and data access solutions to work with non-Blackberry devices. BlackBerry Connect 4.0 adds the ability to generate an encryption key wirelessly, wireless activation of a device in the enterprise, AES in addition to Triple Data Encryption Standard (DES), Dutch and Brazilian Portuguese language support, and the ablity to erase and disable a BlackBerry-enabled device
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Research in Motion today announced plans to offer BlackBerry Connect on 5 new Windows Mobile Powered devices from HTC on various carriers around the world.
BlackBerry Connect on HTC handsets supports push-based wireless email access, wireless email reconciliation and attachment viewing in conjunction with both BlackBerry® Enterprise Server and BlackBerry® Internet Service.
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If would like to get email on your Sony P990 just like you can on a BlackBerry and you live in the Caribbean, you’re in luck. Dicicel, the Caribbean’s fastest growing mobile provider, has introduced BlackBerry Connect for the P990.
Digicel will initially offer the BlackBerry Connect service in Barbados, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, and the Dutch Caribbean islands. Digicel plans, however, to expand BlackBerry Connect to all 22 of the companies markets.
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Digicel, the largest GSM carrier in the Caribbean, recently announced that they have launched BlackBerry Connect for the Sony Ericsson P990 becoming the first carrier to offer BlackBerry Connect in the Caribbean.
The Sony Ericsson P990 with BlackBerry Connect allows customers to choose and enjoy the phone’s comprehensive features and stylish design together with RIM’s popular BlackBerry services. Supported BlackBerry features include push-based wireless email access, wireless email reconciliation and attachment viewing through BlackBerry® Enterprise Server and BlackBerry® Internet Service.
Read the full press release…
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The BlackBerry Pearl may have a bit of competition from another new release from T-Mobile. The Samsung t719, a SureType keyboard toting, BlackBerry Connect running, digital picture taking, flip phone is available for $199.99 on their website.
The T719 will also feature a rotating, 1.3 megapixel camera, Bluetooth, a speakerphone, Voice command dialing, and run on T-Mobile’s high-speed EDGE network.
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