Comments on: Squawk Box March 3 – Blackberry and Microsoft http://saunderslog.com/2008/03/03/squawk-box-march-3-blackberry-and-microsoft/ A daily round table on the tech industry with experts and callers from all over the globe. Join us as we pick apart the news and get to the meat of what\'s happening out there. Sat, 13 Mar 2010 16:12:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Alan A. Reiter http://saunderslog.com/2008/03/03/squawk-box-march-3-blackberry-and-microsoft/comment-page-1/#comment-625437 Alan A. Reiter Wed, 05 Mar 2008 01:48:05 +0000 http://saunderslog.com/2008/03/03/squawk-box-march-3-blackberry-and-microsoft/#comment-625437 Hi Alec, I have found WiFi to be extremely useful for BlackBerry e-mail on my Curve 8320. All e-mail from my main e-mail address is sent to multiple e-mail addresses (ISPs, phones, Gmail, etc.), and I'm on RIM's BIS system, not BES. Sometimes T-Mobile and sometimes BlackBerry have problems. The BlackBerry problems are well known; the T-Mobile problems in the Washington, D.C. area aren't much discussed, but too often I just won't get e-mail and/or I can't browse. I don't know why; it just happens. However, because a copy of my e-mail is sent to Gmail, I just use WiFi on the Curve and the Gmail client to view messages when I'm not near a computer. So if T-Mobile or BlackBerry fail, I'm still able to see e-mail on my Curve (and my e-mail hosting company, Fastmail.fm, is quite reliable). Of course, getting e-mail as well as browsing the Web is typically much faster using WiFi on the Curve than EDGE. Also, UMA calls are usually much clearer over WiFi than EDGE. Once you have a phone with WiFi, you don't want to do without it. Hi Alec,

I have found WiFi to be extremely useful for BlackBerry e-mail on my Curve 8320. All e-mail from my main e-mail address is sent to multiple e-mail addresses (ISPs, phones, Gmail, etc.), and I’m on RIM’s BIS system, not BES.

Sometimes T-Mobile and sometimes BlackBerry have problems. The BlackBerry problems are well known; the T-Mobile problems in the Washington, D.C. area aren’t much discussed, but too often I just won’t get e-mail and/or I can’t browse. I don’t know why; it just happens.

However, because a copy of my e-mail is sent to Gmail, I just use WiFi on the Curve and the Gmail client to view messages when I’m not near a computer. So if T-Mobile or BlackBerry fail, I’m still able to see e-mail on my Curve (and my e-mail hosting company, Fastmail.fm, is quite reliable).

Of course, getting e-mail as well as browsing the Web is typically much faster using WiFi on the Curve than EDGE. Also, UMA calls are usually much clearer over WiFi than EDGE.

Once you have a phone with WiFi, you don’t want to do without it.

]]> By: SKhan http://saunderslog.com/2008/03/03/squawk-box-march-3-blackberry-and-microsoft/comment-page-1/#comment-623920 SKhan Tue, 04 Mar 2008 10:37:48 +0000 http://saunderslog.com/2008/03/03/squawk-box-march-3-blackberry-and-microsoft/#comment-623920 The new updates to the BlackBerry Enterprise Server and BlackBerry device software are meant to improve messaging and productivity tools on BlackBerry smartphones. One of the updates is the ability to download and edit Microsoft Office Word, PowerPoint, and Excel documents on the smartphones / BlackBerry. The new updates to the BlackBerry Enterprise Server and BlackBerry device software are meant to improve messaging and productivity tools on BlackBerry smartphones. One of the updates is the ability to download and edit Microsoft Office Word, PowerPoint, and Excel documents on the smartphones / BlackBerry.

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