BlackBerry Desktop Software has been updated to version 6.1.0.35 and is now available for download. BlackBerry Desktop Software 6.1 adds new features and important enhancements to media and synchronization:
- You can use the new Files feature to manage your files between your smartphone and computer.
- If encryption is turned on for your smartphone, you can also synchronize encrypted media files or copy encrypted files between your smartphone and computer.
- If your smartphone is associated with a BlackBerry Enterprise Server, you can also synchronize security certificates.
It looks like BlackBerry Desktop Software v6.1.0.35 may support BlackBerry 7 devices.
You should be prompted to update to BlackBerry Desktop Software 6.1.0.35 as soon as you open up the application on your PC. You can also download the update from the link below.
Download BlackBerry Desktop Software v6.1.0.35
There is a brand new version of BlackBerry Desktop Software, a.k.a. BlackBerry Desktop Manger, available today which adds support for the BlackBerry PlayBook which launches next Tuesday. Two versions of the software, v6.0.2.42 budle 43 available for Windows and v2.0.1 build 14 for Mac users, can be downloaded by visiting the BlackBerry Desktop Software download page on the BlackBerry website or just by updating your existing version of BlackBerry Desktop Software.
BlackBerry Desktop Manager version 6.0.1.13 has been leaked and is available online. Updated features include:
- Microsoft Outlook & Exchange 2010 64-bit are now supported
- Administrator silent install
- Organizer sync improved
- OS6 devices can stream music while synching and download over an SSL connection
Download BlackBerry Desktop Manager 6.0.1.13
BlackBerry Desktop Manager 6 was released in limited beta to select BlackBerry Beta Zone members several weeks ago, and, subsequently, leaked online to anyone feeling adventurous a few days later, however, has been recently officially released to all and is now ready for download.
New BlackBerry Desktop Manage 6 features include:
- An improved, simpler design for the software
- Added BlackBerry Media Sync features to import and synchronize your media files (music, pictures, and videos) from one location
- Option to synchronize your music by artist and genre
- Support for the BlackBerry® Torch 9800 Smartphone and the BlackBerry Curve 9300 Smartphone
- If your device is using BlackBerry Device Software 6.0, you can use the Wi-Fi music sync feature to download or remove songs from your computer’s music collection using your device when you connect to your home’s Wi-Fi network
Download BlackBerry Desktop Manager 6
Thanks to Driphter.com, there is a leaked version of BlackBerry Desktop Manger 5.0.1.40 posted online and ready for download. CrackBerry says that there aren’t a lot of changes and most likely updates for soon to be released BlackBerry devices.
You can download BDM 5.0.1.40 here…
BlackBerry Desktop Manager for Mac has received a small update which contains a variety of minor fixes and upgrades.
BlackBerry® Desktop Software for Mac version 1.0.3 provides support for the Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese languages, and includes a variety of fixes and improvements to the organizer data and music synchronization. If you are already using version 1.0.3, this update provides an important fix to the product. More details are available in the release notes at http://docs.blackberry.com.
BlackBerry users currently using BDM for Mac will (eventually) be promoted to upgrade automatically and you can download and update manually at here.
BlackBerry Desktop Manager will soon have a new feature, IP Modem, which will allow you to tether your BlackBerry to your laptop as a wireless IP modem. (Actually already available in a leaked version of BDM 5.0.1.16)
Tethering your BlackBerry to your laptop to be used as a wireless modem is not a new or novel idea. Verizon, with their Mobile Broadband Connect has supported this (with an additional monthly fee) on various BlackBerry devices for years. Other carriers do as well and there are programs like TetherBerry that make this a reality without the extra fee from the carrier.
What will be interesting to see is what kind of model RIM implements (or is forced to implement) based on edicts from the carriers on that often charge for tethering. Carriers, for the most part, have left subscribers using applications like TetherBerry alone. Will carriers, however, take the same hands off approach when wireless tethering opens up to the masses as just an upgrade to BlackBerry Desktop Manager?
I am guessing probably not…