Research in Motion has rolled out BlackBerry Internet Service (BIS) version 3.2 to all carriers in North America. The big new edition to BIS 3.2… Google Calendar Sync! All carriers that offer BIS have reported that the upgrade went as planned and that new BIS 3.2 options are now available to their users.
BIS 3.2 Features:
- Google Calendar Sync – The option to sync your Gmail calendar with your BlackBerry calendar
- Automatic Login Enhancement – Username and Password in order to access the BlackBerry Internet Service no longer required when on your BlackBerry
- Show and Hide Password Option – Subscribers can choose to show or hide the passwords for all email addresses that need to be validated by clicking the Show password or Hide password options.
- New Password Criteria – Newly created passwords for BlackBerry Internet Service accounts and BlackBerry email addresses must meet new criteria.
- Must include 8 to 16 characters
- Must include at least one letter and one number
- Cannot include the word “password”
- Cannot include the user name of the BlackBerry Internet Service account or BlackBerry email address that the password is associated with
Wow, that’s wonderful. RIM really brought out the big guns on this upgrade. BIS Google sync sucks. The last time I tried it with “contacts” I got triplicates and quadruplets of my contacts. It was a complete mess that took hours to clean up. If you want to impress me, allow activsync so we can sync Google the right way.
Does anyone know how to upgrade one’s BIS service to a newer version? My wife has a Pearl Flip but her settings show none of the options to do calendar sync with Google. Any ideas?
Are you up to date with the latest OS? Don’t know if that will fix the issue but it probably isn’t a bad place to start.
Am I missing something? I’ve been syncing my BB w/ my Gmail calendar for years, OTA, using Google’s BB sync app. Works for me.
GREAT !!… if you have GMail. A lump of coal for everyone else. What is in it for those who don’t use GMail? I’m not fond of Google’s syncing. I like to be able to use for backup, but not have Google be the “winner” in a sync all the time.
Putting restrictions on passwords has been proven to not increase security (quite the opposite as people end up writing it down or saving the info somewhere easy accessible).