We first heard that Google Apps Connector for BlackBerry Enterprise Server was in beta testing back in May and it looks like Google is just about ready to release it to organizations using Google Apps Premier Edition and Education Edition in August.
Google Apps Connector for BES includes the following features:
- Messages sent to your Gmail inbox are pushed to your BlackBerry within 60 seconds.
- Emails read/deleted on your BlackBerry are marked as read/deleted in Gmail, and vice-versa.
- Synchronize BlackBerry folders with labels in Gmail.
- Search for email addresses and phone numbers of other users on your company domain.
- View your Google Calendar schedule on your native BlackBerry application, with one-way synchronization from Google Calendar to your BlackBerry device.
- Contacts in Gmail are automatically synchronized with your BlackBerry address book.
You can get more information about Google Connector for BES by submitting your contact information here.
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Research in Motion and Google are currently testing integration between Google Apps and BlackBerry Enterprise Server. Google Apps Connector for BES will allow administrators to manage users and apply policies the same way the would for Exchange users while syncing email, contact, and calendar data with Google Apps.
It looks like native HTML and Rich Text Email support is, once again, on the way for BlackBerry users. Word on the street is that BlackBerry Enterprise Server (BES) 4.1.6 Beta is available to BlackBerry partners.
