BlackBerry Torch review

Follow this link for a comprehensive review of the new BlackBerry 9800 (Torch). Article is complete with photos.

NotifySync 4.7 launched

NotifySync 4.7 Launched to Enhance BlackBerry Email Access

Online business service provider London Web today announced the availability of a new email delivery software solution for SMEs and enterprises. This new solution, known as NotifySync 4.7, aims to...

Publish Date: 11/25/2009 1:00

http://www.it-director.com/business/change/news_release.php?rel=14619

Notify product update to Blackberry product catalogue

Notify Technology has had their product listing in the Blackberry product catalogue updated with the latest information.

Check in out both listings by following these links:

NotifyLink
(http://www.blackberrysolutionscatalog.com/BSC_SEARCH/spotlight_return.jsp?toc1=null&toc2=null&xq=free_free_NotifyLink)

NotifySync:
http://www.blackberrysolutionscatalog.com/BSC_SEARCH/spotlight_return.jsp?toc1=null&toc2=null&xq=free_free_NotifySync

Language localisation for Blackberry has been upgraded

Users of NotifyLink for Blackberry can now enjoy using the product in their local language following the enhanced upgrade to the NotifyLink for Blackberry client.

iPhone 3.0

Is it just me or does the rest of the world see through all the hype around the iPhone 3.0 release? So many promises yet nothing of any real substance to make the iPhone a "contender" in the enterprise space.

Oh sure, adopting Microsoft's ActiveSync was a smart move, but to take credit for "exposing some hidden features" like business policies is, uhm, blowing your own horn a little too much for my liking. The iPhone is still so far behind the BlackBerry, one doubts they will ever really catch up. There's no way the worlds most popular smartphone manufacturer is going to sit on their hands and watch while iPhone hypes up their second rate business phone.

Don't get me wrong, I like the changes the iPhone has brought to the market. But do any of you really consider "automatic software updates" to be a leap in technology? It's sounds really cool that they've sold 800,000 software applications, but aren't a lot of them only a few dollars? Unless you were one of the 7 or 9 idiots who bought the "I am rich" "application" for $1000 only to find out it was just a screen saver, you're not helping change the course of smartphone history. Besides, who'd really want to be remembered as one of the nine dumbest people on earth who would pay $1000 for a screen saver...while there are thousands of starving children that could really use a nice screen saver!

The only thing that iPhone 3.0 shows us is that with the right amount of hype, you can make people believe almost anything.

BlackBerry wins again!

NotifyLink v4.6 now released

Notify Technology has announced the release of their NotifyLink v4.6 server software. There are hundreds of new features and improvements abound in this new version.

Most dramatic among the updated changes are the enabling of the use of "Business Policies" to monitor and control mobile usage. Administrators will love this new set of features.

There is a huge list of improvements numbering in the hundreds. Contact Notify Technology for a full list including a 52 slide powerpoint presentation that highlights all the changes and upgrades.

Notify Technology Licenses Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync™ Technology

SAN JOSE, CA – February 24, 2009 – Notify Technology Corporation (OTC BB NTFY), today announced that it has licensed Microsoft Corporation’s Exchange ActiveSync™ Protocol technology. Exchange ActiveSync is a communication protocol that provides wireless push email, calendar, contacts and task synchronization. Exchange ActiveSync is available on all Windows Mobile-based devices and Exchange ActiveSync-enabled devices offered through Microsoft partners like Apple, Palm, and Nokia. Notify has incorporated the Exchange ActiveSync protocol into its NotifyLink and just recently announced NotifySync™ for BlackBerry™ product. The new NotifySync product is targeted at providing BlackBerry users a simple direct connect that provides wireless push email, calendar, contacts and task synchronization to those email platforms such as the Microsoft Exchange Server, the Kerio MailServer, the Zimbra Collaboration Suite, and the CommuniGate Pro Server platform which all utilize the Exchange ActiveSync protocol technology as their primary mobility interface.

“Increasingly, people depend on their mobile phones for anywhere, anytime access to digital information while on the move,” said Craig Shank, general manager of interoperability for Microsoft Corp. “This is where creating interoperability between mobile platforms comes to play. We’re pleased that Notify’s licensing of the intellectual property rights to use the Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync protocols in its NotifySync product will open up new opportunities for BlackBerry consumers.”

“We are excited to publicly announce our licensing of Microsoft’s Exchange ActiveSync Protocol used by our NotifyLink and NotifySync products. We would like to thank Microsoft for the opportunity they have given us in licensing their intellectual property to create exciting new products for the mobility market,” said Paul DePond, President and Founder of Notify Technology. “Over the past year, our email collaboration suite partners, who have incorporated Exchange ActiveSync for their mobility solution, have been giving us a loud and clear message of their need of an ActiveSync solution for their mobile users who only want to use a BlackBerry.”

Notify Technology Announces NotifySync™ For BlackBerry ™

SAN JOSE, CA – February 24, 2009 – Notify Technology Corporation (OTC BB NTFY), today announced the availability of NotifySync™ for BlackBerry™ which incorporates Microsoft’s Exchange ActiveSync protocol technology. The NotifySync product is targeted at providing BlackBerry users a simple direct connect solution that provides wireless direct push email, calendar, contacts and task synchronization to those email platforms who offer the Exchange ActiveSync protocol technology as their primary mobility interface such as the Microsoft Exchange Server, the Kerio MailServer, the Zimbra Collaboration Suite, and the CommuniGate Pro Server. The NotifySync for BlackBerry solution is a downloadable application which provides BlackBerry users with a new email box while interfacing to the native Blackberry calendar, address book and task applications. NotifySync is simple to provision as it requires the exact information as any ActiveSync mobile device requires today. The NotifySync for BlackBerry solution does not require the use of any middleware since it directly communicates with the email platform’s ActiveSync interface. The NotifySync product supports all commercial cellular data networks as well as all 802.11x Wi-Fi networks.

“We are excited to publicly announce our NotifySync for BlackBerry product. It will provide users in organizations and businesses of all sizes that have standardized on ActiveSync as their mobility interface a BlackBerry solution.” said Paul DePond, President and Founder of Notify Technology. “NotifySync provides users with a Blackberry alternative solution where in the past they were limited to primarily a Windows Mobile, Palm, or Apple wireless device.”

NotifySync For BlackBerry
The NotifySync for Blackberry solution is ideal for organizations or businesses that require ActiveSync for their mobility solution such as the Microsoft Exchange Server, the Kerio MailServer, the Zimbra Collaboration Suite, and the CommuniGate Pro Server. NotifySync for BlackBerry provides full wireless push email and PIM synchronization and supports global address lookup. In addition, the NotifySync product supports SSL connectivity and remote device wipe in case the BlackBerry is lost or stolen.

Time flies

Wow...it's been far too long since we brought you any new information about Notify Technology and their products.

NotifySync for BlackBerry has been introduced and is selling like crazy! Organisations both large and small are using NotifySync to connect their BlackBerrys to a variety of back-end mail platforms that support Microsoft's Exchange Active Sync protocol (technically referred to as EAS or AS for short).

Microsoft has unofficially won the mobile protocol challenge with the wide spread acceptance of their AS protocol for delivering bi-directional synchronisation of email, calendar, contacts and tasks (platform dependent). With platform developers like Kerio, Zimbra, Scalix, Communigate adn Exchange all adopting the AS protocol, the clear winner is Microsoft and ActiveSync. The benefactor's will be YOU.

NotifySync provides the missing piece of the puzzle for BlackBerry users. A simple OTA client download and install is all that's required (along with a license) to begin enjoying the benefits of full bi-directional synchronisation, without any other third-party server software required.

2009 will be the year of Active Sync

2009 will mark the year of Active Sync's rise to the top of the wireless mobility protocol stack. Microsoft has done an "adequate" job with Active Sync and both platform providers and third-party developers are flocking to fill consumer needs, using AS.

This fact is a good thing. NotifySync will allow BlackBerry users to connect directly to Exchange, Zimbra, Kerio and Communigate mail servers, using this economical connection strategy. By design NotifySync cannot compete in management performance with NotifyLink, however a huge part of the market is telling Notify Technology it wants an AS client for the BB.

If you want to learn more about the differences between the two products, drop us a line.

Mobile web slow adoption

Mobile Web can be defined as the optimization of application code for small screen input and delivery. Small screen referring to the average PDA ( 240x260).

We've been promised all kinds of interaction with the world through our all conquering BlackBerrys and iPhones. I don't know about you, but I'm just now starting to enjoy the benefits of this technology.

I checked in for a return flight from Amsterdam to Edmonton using my BlackBerry and it could not have been smoother. It was an error free process perfectly suited to my tiny screen. The navigation worked intuitively and I was provided with a confirmation number for check in. At the airport, they FOUND my online registration and confirmation, printed my boarding passes and whisked me away to my destination. As jaded as I am...I was impressed.

Congratulations to Air Canada and their mobile web experience! Some companies get it right.

Where's your BlackBerry?

Have you ever misplaced your BlackBerry? You might know it's safe, but where did you leave it? Is it in your closet? At the office? In the car (fallen between the seats)?

Would you like to be able to log on to the Internet and see exactly where your BB is using the built in GPS and BlackBerry Maps? How cool would that be?

Would you like to have a contact list of friends or colleagues and be able to "see" where they are at any given time? Would you then like to have an application create a map, with detailed turn by turn directions on how to GO TO where your contact might be? It's a whole new world of context based social networking and it's available RIGHT NOW!

What would you be willing to pay for a service that made finding your lost or misplaced BB as easy as connecting to the web? $100? $200? How about NOTHING?

If any of this sounds interesting, check out Blackline GPS and their FREE service called BLIP.

BlackBerry radio signal strength - good trick!

Did you know you can change the signal strength icon on your BB from bars to actual numbers with this keyboard short cut?

Try clicking ALT "NMLL" on your BB and watch the relatively uninformative bars change to real signal strength numbers. You should know a BB will stop synchronizing when the radio signal strength drops below about -106 to -108 dB. Anything below (well technically above) -85 dB is an indication of excellent radio reception.

More tricks can be found HERE

The five most popular phones in the US

RCR Wireless published an article indicating the five most popular phones being sold in the US.

1. Motorola Razr - The Razr still maintains “great mind share” among consumers who still find value in a voice-centric phone in a slim form factor, NPD's Ross Rubin said. The Razr generally sells for free at all the top carriers.
2. iPhone 3G - The iPhone 3G represents the touchscreen smartphone at its best: a browsing monster with a fun user interface that has alerted Americans to the possibilities of a mobile, desktop-like experience that has reshaped the market. The iPhone sells for around $200 at AT&T Mobility.
3. BlackBerry Curve - As for RIM, its success in transitioning from an enterprise-only approach to embracing more consumer-friendly designs and form factors, and its ubiquity among carriers, is well represented by the Curve, said NPD's Ross Rubin.The Curve sells for around $100 at most of the top carriers.
4. LG Chocolate - NPD's Ross Rubin attributed the success of the LG Chocolate — an exclusive at Verizon Wireless — in part to canny promotion from the carrier around the device’s music capabilities. The Chocolate sells at Verizon Wireless for around $130.
5. BlackBerry Pearl - RIM's successes in the consumer market are well represented by the Pearl.The Pearl sells for around $100 at most of the top carriers.

“The voice, browsing and music features represented on this list speak to the diversity of portfolios the carriers must maintain for a diverse consumer base,” said Ross Rubin, analyst with NPD Group.

Each one of the top-selling handsets says a little bit about Americans’ shifting preferences, too, according to Rubin. The Razr still maintains “great mind share” among consumers who still find value in a voice-centric phone in a slim form factor, Rubin said. But the once-premium handset has become emblematic of carriers’ popular offerings of inexpensive, often “free” handsets that entice subscribers.

The Razr V3, in one form or another, sells at all four of the top-tier U.S. carriers as well as many regional carriers and independent dealers. The downside, Rubin said: As the company spread the product far and wide, racking up enormous volumes, the Razr’s profit margin shrank, hurting Moto’s bottom line. Its presence at the top of the list — a position unchanged since NPD began tracking in 2005 — also is a reminder that Motorola continues to search for a follow-on handset platform.

The iPhone 3G, of course, represents the touchscreen smartphone at its best: a browsing monster with a fun user interface that has alerted Americans to the possibilities of a mobile, desktop-like experience that has reshaped the market. Rubin said that the 3G model’s pull on subscribers outside its perch at AT&T Mobility — some 30% of iPhone 3G buyers switched to AT&T Mobility from their original carrier to get the device, according to NPD — is actually less than the original iPhone’s pull.

“Verizon Wireless emerged unscathed upon the launch of the first iPhone (last year),” Rubin said, “but Verizon gave up more customers this time.” It may be those customers, Rubin speculated, that were louder in their complaints about 3G connectivity on AT&T Mobility’s less mature 3G network, due to a more mature performance on Verizon Wireless’ 3G network.

As for RIM, its success in transitioning from an enterprise-only approach to embracing more consumer-friendly designs and form factors, and its ubiquity among carriers, is well represented by the Curve and Pearl handsets, the analyst said.

Rubin attributed the success of the LG Chocolate — an exclusive at Verizon Wireless — in part to canny promotion from the carrier around the device’s music capabilities.

So, are Americans’ tastes really shifting and embracing these myriad features and forms? Or are carriers’ subsidies (and thus retail pricing) and marketing really driving the bus?

“Is it carrier push or consumer pull?” Rubin asked, rhetorically. “It’s a little of both. Put another way: Are devices changing or are consumers changing? It’s both.”

“It’s a little more consumer pull than carrier push,” the analyst added. “With the iPhone, you don’t have a wide array of network-based revenue streams that typically get pushed into high-end feature phones. The iPhone puts greater emphasis on browsing the Web — the most compelling aspect of the desktop experience. And that has opened consumers’ eyes to the possibilities.”

NL v4.5 has been certified against CGP v5.2.7.

Notify Technology Corp. (NTFY) of San Jose, CA, announced today that they have certified NotifyLink v4.5 against CommunigatePro v5.2.7.

This means users of CGP's latest version can be assured of full bi-directional synchronization of email, calendar, contacts and tasks when using NotifyLink for any BlackBerry, iPhone, Windows Mobile, Palm or Symbian 9.1s60r3 device.

Touch BlackBerry

More than rumors are surfacing regarding RIM's new BlackBerry 9500 or "Thunder" as some are calling the new smartphone.

Taken from GeniusBoyReport

No, it doesn’t have the amount of hype and speculation an iPhone did before its release, but we don’t think there has even been this much anticipation for a BlackBerry, ever. The hidden-in-a-dark-secret-underground-lab BlackBerry 9xxx has sent out a couple distress calls to us, pleading to let people know it’s coming and what it should have in store for the incredibly faithful and addicted BlackBerry users. First off, 3G. It most certainly will have a 3G radio and we’re not talking about the European bands. (The actual 3G bands are not yet clear, but we can only assume North American 3G is a go.) Second, this isn’t your momma’s 3G, this is going to be HSDPA. Forget the Wi-Fi scam, this is real speed with simultaneous voice and data! That isn’t the best part, though…we’ve been told it will rock a 600MHz processor! Finally. We shouldn’t have those necessary and annoying lag times when performing basic tasks, and there should be a drastic reduction of the bottleneck for Internet speeds on the device. What we reported ages ago still seems to be spot on — RIM is actively looking at integrating a Backup/Restore function to facilitate transferring your entire backup to an on board memory card.

Do you like video on your BB?

Here are some sites for collecting video for viewing on your BB:

www.blackberryvids.com
Videos4blackberry.info
Videos4blackberrys.net
seabyrd.com

NotifyLink for FirstClass now shipping

Yes, the long awaited release of NotifyLink for FirstClass is upon us. Contact your nearest FirstClass or NotifyLink reprentative for details. In summary, it's all there...everything you could want in a mobile client for BlackBerrys, Windows Mobile, Symbian and Palm devices.



Find a FirstClass rep here: http://www.firstclass.com/Divisions/FAV13-0024FC91/?Plugin=FC&OpenItemURL=S047C50D4



FInd a NotifyLink rep here: http://www.notifycorp.com/partners/resellers/index.html


Get the full NotifyLink story here: http://www.notifycorp.com/imap4_solutions/firstclass/index.htm

RIM sets up German research center

The world is shrinking as companies adapt to the markets. A nation full of smart under-employed people leads RIM to the garden of plenty. RIM is setting up a research facility in Germany.

http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080423/germany_research_in_motion.html?.v=2

NotifyLink partner Kerio, opens Russian office

It was recently annouced that NotifyLink partner Kerio, has opened an office in Russia.

http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/stories/2008/04/14/daily53.html?ana=e_du

Check it out.