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BlackBerrys and Macs, Part II: RIM BlackBerry Desktop Manager v. Missing Sync

This second installment in CIO.com's three-part series examining the relationship between BlackBerry smartphones and Apple Mac computers lists a handful of device management features available to Mac users via Missing Sync, a BlackBerry Desktop

15 Sep 2008 3 mins

Computers and Peripherals Small and Medium Business Social Networking Apps

RIM Co-CEO Jim Balsillie Talks Up “BlackBerry Lifestyle” at CTIA

RIM plans to dominate the smartphone market by creating a "BlackBerry lifestyle," says RIM Co-CEO Jim Balsillie, with new (or improved offerings) such as expanded e-mail and IM capabilities, wireless access to social network sites and more.

11 Sep 2008 5 mins

Computers and Peripherals Small and Medium Business Social Networking Apps

RIM BlackBerry Pearl 8220 Flip Phone: The Next Great Consumer Smartphone?

Al Sacco has laid his hands on the newest BlackBerry mobile device, meant for non-business cell phone users. The problem isn't the phone, he says; it's the phone companies who need to get their pricing act together.

10 Sep 2008 4 mins

Mobile Small and Medium Business

RIM BlackBerry Desktop Manager v. PocketMac: Macs and BlackBerrys, Part I

RIM currently builds its BlackBerry Desktop Manager software only for Windows machines, often leaving Mac users out in the cold. Here we list a number of important features available to PC users in desktop manager, as well as those lacking in PocketM

8 Sep 2008 3 mins

Computers and Peripherals Data Center Small and Medium Business

RIM BlackBerry How To: Wipe Handheld Clean, Restore Factory Settings

In several situations, Research In Motion (RIM) BlackBerry users will want to delete all the data on their smartphones and restore their default settings. The following five-step process walks you through wiping your BlackBerry good and clean.

2 Sep 2008 4 mins

Computers and Peripherals Consumer Electronics Small and Medium Business

RIM BlackBerry Tip: Hard v. Soft Resets, and When to Perform Each

Resetting your Research In Motion (RIM) BlackBerry occasionally will help maintain your smartphone's health. This week's tutorial explains the difference between a hard and soft reset--and a double soft reset--how to perform resets, and whe

28 Aug 2008 5 mins

Computers and Peripherals Consumer Electronics Small and Medium Business

Wireless Applications: How Loomis Is Getting Enterprise Deployment Right

The armored car company Loomis learned the hard way how to get enterprise deployment of wireless applications right. Learn how they're getting wireless applications into the field sucessfully the second time around.

27 Aug 2008 15 mins

Mobile Risk Management Small and Medium Business

Blackberry and Email and Videoconferencing. Oh My!

Unified communications promises to integrate your Blackberry, your email and any other tools and devices you use to communicate and collaborate at work. Early adopters share four keys to successful implemenation.

27 Aug 2008 15 mins

Mobile Networking Small and Medium Business

E-mail Expert: Google’s Gmail Outages Shouldn’t Turn You Off SaaS

In spite of a recent high-profile service outage, Gmail maintains good uptime, says Michael Osterman, president of Osterman Research. The real challenge for software as a service (SaaS) providers like Google will be to provide an offline mode so user

26 Aug 2008 5 mins

Collaboration Software Internet Small and Medium Business

Four Free Wikis Worth Trying Out

Wikis let users share information with one another in a central site. People can share text, articles, spreadsheets, videos, and RSS feeds with fellow collaborators. Here are four free wiki applications that are easy to test-drive to see whether a w

25 Aug 2008 6 mins

Collaboration Software Consumer Electronics Small and Medium Business

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