The last three days have been interesting to say the least for RIM supporters and BlackBerry faithful, whose beloved devices have been rendered little better than pretty paperweights by an ongoing service outage. RIM has always been heavily criticized in the past for their lack of communication during these outages, but this time it seems [...]

We have already known for a while what features are scheduled to come with BIS 4.1, and today RIM finally made it official. We posted word last week on the potential rollout dates for the update, and those dates ended up being bang on, with the exception of North America being one day later at [...]

The latest batch of updates to the BlackBerry Internet Service are rolling along right on schedule, according to sources. Estimated to be launching in Asia Pacific on the 10th, Europe on the 23rd, and North America a little bit later on the 10th of October, the new update brings added functionality for BIS users, some [...]

You may remember back in December I told you about some VPN software being developed for Android and iPhone and I mentioned I thought it “almost looks like a shot across the bow at BlackBerry and their stranglehold on Enterprise clients”. Well, it looks like BlackBerry did not take that news sitting down and they [...]

This is a nice surprise! Today, Rogers 9700 and 9300 customers should start receiving text messages stating that there is a software upgrade available to them. As well, a new icon will appear on their screen indicating there is an available download. Downloading and updating will reveal… UMA (unlicensed mobile access) support! This was previously [...]

BBC is reporting that the ban of BlackBerry service in Saudi Arabia has been lifted. Reports of devices not working for upwards of 4 hours have come in, while RIM has apparently found a solution that satisfies Saudi authorities. In an earlier statement, RIM made the statement that they “cannot accommodate any request for a [...]

Get ready, folks, because the most exciting thing to happen to Blackberry users in months is coming soon. No, we’re not talking about another handset (where are you, 9650?), or OS6, we’re talking about the upgrade of BIS 2.8 to 3.0, replete with… Create and delete labels from the BlackBerry smartphone Increased Attachment Compatibility OpenDocument [...]

The team over at BBLeaks has some info about a particularly interesting piece of software, BlackBerry Shield. Shield is pretty much what it sounds like – added security features for BB users on BIS. While we only have rumored details at this time, it sounds like a nifty idea with features like remote device wiping, [...]

Press Release RIM Introduces BlackBerry Enterprise Server Express Free New BlackBerry Software for Microsoft Exchange and Microsoft Windows Small Business Server Allows Companies to Empower All Employees with Wireless Access to Their Corporate Email Without Compromising Security or Manageability WATERLOO, ONTARIO-(Marketwire - Feb. 16, 2010) - Research In Motion (RIM) (NASDAQ:RIMM)(TSX:RIM) today introduced BlackBerry Enterprise [...]

Looks like Today is going to be big in the BlackBerry world, with RIM expected to make a big announcment regarding changes to the way BIS works with your phone. We don’t know too much yet, but we (as always) do have some rumors to work with. First, it looks like RIM is going to [...]