BlackBerry® Connect BlackBerry® Connect™ technology brings the advantage of BlackBerry® functionality to a wide range of handsets. You can send / receive your mails, view attachments, update your calendar and much more, in sync with your mail server from a device of your choice.FeaturesBlackBerry® Connect technology allows access to BlackBerry® wireless solutions, including BlackBerry® Internet Service™ and BlackBerry® Enterprise Solution. Push Mail: Emails are delivered directly to the inbox on your BlackBerry® enabled device, without needing any prompting from you. Wide variety of supported devices: BlackBerry® Connect software can be installed on a wide variety of phones from manufacturers such as Nokia. Attachment viewing: View attachments in popular formats like Microsoft® Word, Excel® and PowerPoint® , Adobe® PDF, HTML, and images such as JPG, BMP, GIF.Additional features with BlackBerry® Enterprise Solution Security: Ensures confidentiality of data transfer with Triple DES encryption. Wireless calendar synchronization: Allows for desktop and device calendars to remain consistent and up-to-date with automatic, wireless calendar synchronization.FAQWhat is BlackBerry® Connect? |
| Features | BlackBerry® Enterprise Solution | BlackBerry® Internet Service™ |
| Push technology | Yes | Yes |
| Integration of personal email accounts | | Yes |
| Wireless email synchronization | Yes | Yes |
| Email attachment viewing | Yes | Yes |
| Remote address lookup | Yes | |
| Wireless calendar synchronization | Yes | |
| Triple DES security | Yes | |
| IT policy enforcement and centralized management | Yes | |
| Single mailbox integration | Yes |
Note: BlackBerry® Connect features may vary by BlackBerry® Connect compatible device.
How is BlackBerry® Connect different from the other PDAs?
BlackBerry® Connect is based on Push Mail technology wherein the emails are pushed automatically to your handset as soon as it reaches your mail server. Thus, there is no hassle of dialing in or downloading.
As against this PDA phones currently do not support Push E-mail. For PDAs, you would need to configure the POP3/IMAP application to periodically pull email from your ISP account.
How many e-mail accounts can be configure with BlackBerry® Connect?
BlackBerry® Enterprise Solution subscribers can configure their single business mail account on Microsoft Exchange / Lotus Domino / Novell GroupWise.
Subscribers using Nokia E-Series phones can configure 2 e-mail accounts.
What types of attachments are supported on Nokia phones?
The following attachments may be viewed on your Nokia with BlackBerry® Connect:
- Adobe PDF 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4 (.pdf)
- MS Excel 97-03 (.xls)
- MS PowerPoint 97, 98, 2000, and XP (.ppt)
- MS Word 97-03 (.doc)
- Corel WordPerfect 6-2000 (.wpd)
- ASCII Text (.txt)
- HTML (.htm, .html)
- ZIP Archives up to 2.6 and non-nested (.zip)
What is the attachment size permitted with BlackBerry® Connect?
To view an attachment with BlackBerry® Connect, the maximum attachment size permitted is 60 KB.
Where can we find the PIN for a BlackBerry® Nokia phone?
To locate PIN & IMEI on a Nokia E-Series device: BlackBerry® Messaging > BlackBerry® > Options > BlackBerry® Settings or Settings.
What is the largest message size that can be sent to the handset?
Messages are sent to the handheld in 2 KB parts. You can request for the rest of the message by choosing the "More" option.
Usage - How to set up business mail accounts on MS Exchange, Lotus Domino with BlackBerry® Connect?
BlackBerry® Enterprise solution set up on BlackBerry® Connect can be done via the Desktop Manager for that handset.
