timwhit
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I believe that is correct and it needs be compatible with ActiveSync 14 or whatever Outlook 2010 uses.
The default Samsung mail app supports it, but that application is really crappy.
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I believe that is correct and it needs be compatible with ActiveSync 14 or whatever Outlook 2010 uses.
The default Samsung mail app supports it, but that application is really crappy.
Did a search and maybe this?
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...51bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5xcy5lbmhhbmNlZGVtYWlsIl0
Support for:
* Exchange 2003/2007/2010 SP1 (Activesync only, not Exchange WebServices)
I haven't tried it, saw the lifehacker article on K-9 and went with that and not too disappointed.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...51bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5xcy5lbmhhbmNlZGVtYWlsIl0
Support for:
* Exchange 2003/2007/2010 SP1 (Activesync only, not Exchange WebServices)
I haven't tried it, saw the lifehacker article on K-9 and went with that and not too disappointed.
timwhit
Hairy Aussie
I just installed it and it works fine. Hopefully, it's worth the $5. Thanks.
timwhit
Hairy Aussie
It's pretty minimal, but I haven't done much with it yet. The number of settings seem decent. So, if something bugs me hopefully it can be changed.
My god what a bad quote, you don't aim for number three in this field.
RIM CEO Thorsten Heins: 'we have a clear shot at being number three'
http://allthingsd.com/20120925/rim-ceo-were-not-sleeping-much/
http://www.theverge.com/2012/9/25/3406824/rim-ceo-thorsten-heins-clear-shot-number-three
Sad video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WlsahuZ_4oM&feature=youtu.be
RIM CEO Thorsten Heins: 'we have a clear shot at being number three'
http://allthingsd.com/20120925/rim-ceo-were-not-sleeping-much/
http://www.theverge.com/2012/9/25/3406824/rim-ceo-thorsten-heins-clear-shot-number-three
Sad video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WlsahuZ_4oM&feature=youtu.be
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Fatwah on Western Digital
CEOs can't really say things like that, but they have no realistic chance of topping either Google or Apple and to think otherwise would be at least as dangerous a break with reality.
Latest insanity; we have a group mailbox with a calendar in exchange that we all schedule our time out of the office on. Theory is we need to keep office coverage above a minimum. Can I monitor two exchange calendars on the blackberry? Of course not, why would I ever need more than one calendar?? IT is currently consulting with our BES rep.
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Fatwah on Western Digital
At some point, RIM is going to be appealing to someone or other if only because of BES. They need to either accept the inevitable and port it.
Can anyone think of a situation in the tech world where a platform has come BACK after a catastrophic loss in user base?
Can anyone think of a situation in the tech world where a platform has come BACK after a catastrophic loss in user base?
Chewy509
Wotty wot wot.
Really bugs me to say this, Apple...
Stereodude
Not really a
That my thought as well. On both counts.
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When did Apple have a dominant platform prior to iOS?
ddrueding
Fixture
Never. They went from a very vocal minority to a less vocal minority to a ridiculously vocal minority in the desktop/mobile space. But they will be dying again soon.
Maybe AMD? I wouldn't say they were catastrophic, but they had some rough times. They then jumped over Intel for several years kindling a fire under their ass until they woke up with a silicon can of whoopass.
Chewy509
Wotty wot wot.
In some countries Apple pretty owned the education sector (Apple IIe, Mac Classic, Mac LC series), but with win95 completely died from that market segment. Also quite popular in SMB and home market when most realised Commodore was dead. May be not in the US, but certainly in the rest of the world.
They also dominated in film/video arena for quite some time. Adobe Premiere was but a joke compared to the Apple/Avid offering in professional post production.
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Fatwah on Western Digital
"Whoops. It fell in the toilet JUST as I flushed. I mean, I could've gone after it, but I had Ethiopian for dinner last night and, well, really I think it would be for the best if we just went ahead and set up Activesync on my real phone."
A; that's already happened several times, starting to look suspicious.
B; when it happens you get whatever piece of USED blackberry crap they have laying around, almost always a downgrade.
I'm at the point where I might just tell the company directory to change my number to the real phone / google voice account. This thing can lay in a drawer.
B; when it happens you get whatever piece of USED blackberry crap they have laying around, almost always a downgrade.
I'm at the point where I might just tell the company directory to change my number to the real phone / google voice account. This thing can lay in a drawer.
ddrueding
Fixture
This.
Interesting read here:
http://www.theverge.com/2012/11/20/3669590/ecosystem-microsoft-apple-google-facebook-cold-war
Blackberry could have been pretty successful as a service driven company but they have banked an awful lot on BB10 and if BB10 isn't successful the company as a service will really be too late. Too many others are doing BBM like services now and might still be better at it if they want to go the service route in 2013 or later.
http://www.theverge.com/2012/11/20/3669590/ecosystem-microsoft-apple-google-facebook-cold-war
Blackberry could have been pretty successful as a service driven company but they have banked an awful lot on BB10 and if BB10 isn't successful the company as a service will really be too late. Too many others are doing BBM like services now and might still be better at it if they want to go the service route in 2013 or later.
I generally find Loop "a bit" biased but I loved this quote:
http://www.loopinsight.com/2012/11/...com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wordtwit
http://www.loopinsight.com/2012/11/...com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wordtwit
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Fatwah on Western Digital
The thing is, if Yahoo wants to be more functional in "mobile", they really need to up their game with basic webmail/calendar/contacts. Right now, it's somewhat easy to import things in to those services, but almost nothing can use Yahoo as an information source except Yahoo-specific clients, and it's a total pain in the ass to extract anything FROM Yahoo. If Yahoo's answer to everything is "install our app", I can't see how that will fly.
BlackBerry 10: AWESOME. If the hardware matches it, RIM jobs are safe
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/11/23/bb10_latest_ui/
First look I have seen of BB10. Don't know why they are mentioning windows phone so much. I think I can do ALL of that on my phone now and iOS has much of that in there too.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/11/23/bb10_latest_ui/
First look I have seen of BB10. Don't know why they are mentioning windows phone so much. I think I can do ALL of that on my phone now and iOS has much of that in there too.
Horace Dediu @asymco
There are only about 9 million RIM BlackBerry users left in the US to be split between Android and iOS.
The only argument I have is this is based on use, where most like myself that have a blackberry don't use the abysmal browser. Seriously a mouse pointer and a scroll wheel? The other side of that argument is there are a lot of android devices that likely don't get used either.
There are only about 9 million RIM BlackBerry users left in the US to be split between Android and iOS.
The only argument I have is this is based on use, where most like myself that have a blackberry don't use the abysmal browser. Seriously a mouse pointer and a scroll wheel? The other side of that argument is there are a lot of android devices that likely don't get used either.
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Fatwah on Western Digital
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Fatwah on Western Digital
Because RIM/Blackberry lives in a bubble reality where they think they're still remotely relevant?
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Fatwah on Western Digital
RIM just announced that they're releasing Blackberry Messenger - their closed IM client, basically - available for Android and iOS.
I don't think I know anyone at this point who still has a Blackberry but I'm sure this is a significant milestone in the death watch.
I don't think I know anyone at this point who still has a Blackberry but I'm sure this is a significant milestone in the death watch.
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Fatwah on Western Digital
Death Watch Update: Blackberry's CEO said today that they're investigating a sale or strategic partnership.
Now I'm trying to figure out what the value to Blackberry is or who would want it. I could see Microsoft buying it just because it integrates so well into Exchange and can be managed so easily, but I can't say whether that's something they'd want to keep and try to promote or if they'd just shut it down to make Windows Phone stronger.
Now I'm trying to figure out what the value to Blackberry is or who would want it. I could see Microsoft buying it just because it integrates so well into Exchange and can be managed so easily, but I can't say whether that's something they'd want to keep and try to promote or if they'd just shut it down to make Windows Phone stronger.
ddrueding
Fixture
Microsoft coming out with a series of phones that have hard keyboards would make sense I think. The people that are buying MS phones are the ones completely tied to MS products and services. Those people are also slow to adopt new technologies, or they wouldn't be there in the first place. So they are exactly the users who would insist on a hard keyboard and not care about a robust app marketplace.
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Fatwah on Western Digital
The compelling argument for BB wasn't/isn't the keyboard, it's the ease of deployment and management. BB service is the same the world over because those phones all communicate through Blackberry's data network. Admins can turn on encryption or remote wipe or configure new users for the devices through a uniform interface. It sucks from an end-user perspective and it only half-asses the kinds of geegaws that consumers want, but if you're concerned about security and administration it's built in to Blackberry and costs huge amounts of extra money and effort to deliver on ithings or androids.
I think all that management stuff is built in to Blackberry Enterprise Server, which sits on top of Exchange, which is another reason why Microsoft might be interested.
At the end of the day I can see at least a partial Microsoft acquisition and re-branding as Windows Phone Pro.
Actually, here's what's going to happen: No tech company in the world is going to buy Blackberry. Its management killed the golden goose and everyone knows it. It's going to be purchased by an Equity Firm and parceled out in whatever chunks are profitable. There's a pretty good chance that's going to happen to Dell in the not too distant future as well. It would not shock me at all if Carl Icahn isn't already trying talking to Blackberry.
I think all that management stuff is built in to Blackberry Enterprise Server, which sits on top of Exchange, which is another reason why Microsoft might be interested.
At the end of the day I can see at least a partial Microsoft acquisition and re-branding as Windows Phone Pro.
Actually, here's what's going to happen: No tech company in the world is going to buy Blackberry. Its management killed the golden goose and everyone knows it. It's going to be purchased by an Equity Firm and parceled out in whatever chunks are profitable. There's a pretty good chance that's going to happen to Dell in the not too distant future as well. It would not shock me at all if Carl Icahn isn't already trying talking to Blackberry.
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Fatwah on Western Digital
The compelling argument for BB wasn't/isn't the keyboard, it's the ease of deployment and management. BB service is the same the world over because those phones all communicate through Blackberry's data network. Admins can turn on encryption or remote wipe or configure new users for the devices through a uniform interface. It sucks from an end-user perspective and it only half-asses the kinds of geegaws that consumers want, but if you're concerned about security and administration it's built in to Blackberry and costs huge amounts of extra money and effort to deliver on ithings or androids.
I think all that management stuff is built in to Blackberry Enterprise Server, which sits on top of Exchange, which is another reason why Microsoft might be interested.
At the end of the day I can see at least a partial Microsoft acquisition and re-branding as Windows Phone Pro.
Actually, here's what's going to happen: No tech company in the world is going to buy Blackberry. Its management killed the golden goose and everyone knows it. It's going to be purchased by an Equity Firm and parceled out in whatever chunks are profitable. There's a pretty good chance that's going to happen to Dell in the not too distant future as well. It would not shock me at all if Carl Icahn isn't already trying talking to Blackberry.
I think all that management stuff is built in to Blackberry Enterprise Server, which sits on top of Exchange, which is another reason why Microsoft might be interested.
At the end of the day I can see at least a partial Microsoft acquisition and re-branding as Windows Phone Pro.
Actually, here's what's going to happen: No tech company in the world is going to buy Blackberry. Its management killed the golden goose and everyone knows it. It's going to be purchased by an Equity Firm and parceled out in whatever chunks are profitable. There's a pretty good chance that's going to happen to Dell in the not too distant future as well. It would not shock me at all if Carl Icahn isn't already trying talking to Blackberry.
mubs
Storage? I am Storage!
Whoever buys it, it'll be to milk the IP.
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Fatwah on Western Digital
Is there any way to interpret BB firing almost half its employees as anything other than a suicide note?
Tears of joy;
Classic BlackBerry Smartphones Are Officially Dead
As of January 4, 2022, all classic BlackBerry smartphones running versions of BlackBerry OS will no longer work for calls, text messages, data, and emergency functionality, essentially making them unusable.
BlackBerry announced the news in September 2020 as part of a broader company shift to focus on enterprise security and solutions. "As another milestone in the BlackBerry journey, we will be taking steps to decommission the legacy services for BlackBerry 7.1 OS and earlier, BlackBerry 10 software, BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.1 and earlier versions, with an end of life or termination date of January 4, 2022," the company said at the time.
BlackBerry was once a titan of the smartphone industry, but that changed after Apple introduced the iPhone in 2007 and upended the market. A decade after the iPhone launched, BlackBerry's smartphone market share was effectively wiped out.
BlackBerry made a few attempts to reenter the smartphone market over the years by selling Android-based smartphones rather than those running its own operating system. Those devices failed to reach mainstream adoption, however, leading BlackBerry to announce that the company would focus on cybersecurity software for enterprise customers instead of making hardware.
For customers still using classic BlackBerry smartphones, the company is providing some information on how the January 4 decommission may impact you and steps you can take to prepare.