BlackBerry Internet Service Updated to BIS 3.0

by

BISarch.JPGBlackBerry Internet Service has been updated to 3.0.The BlackBerry Internet Service is an email and Internet service for BlackBerry devices that is designed to provide subscribers with automatic delivery of email messages, mobile access to email message attachments, and convenient access to Internet content.

The most important for Gmail users is Gmail sync and and Gmail enhancements to labels. More attachment Open Document capabilities, email reclaimation for deleted accounts and improved carrier contact for error messages. There is additional language support for
Basque, Catalan, Galician, Romanian. There are now hosted email address passwords.
Features

  • Coming soon: Enhancements to Google Mail integrations
    • Google Mail Account to BlackBerry smartphone synchronization of
      read, unread and sent email message status for new Google Mail
      integrations

Note: this feature will
be added throughout the Spring 2010 by region.

  • Enhancements to the Google Mail Plug-in
    • Create and delete labels using the BlackBerry smartphone

Note: The Google Mail
Plug-in requires BlackBerry Device Software 4.5 or later and a Google
Mail integration, using Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP), within
BlackBerry Internet Service.

  • Additional language support for Basque, Catalan, Galician, Romanian
  • Increased attachment compatibility
    • OpenDocument presentations (.odp)
    • OpenDocument
      spreadsheets (.ods)
    • OpenDocument text (.odt)
    • OpenDocument
      text templates (.ott)
    • Windows Media® Audio (.wma)
  • Improved email setup flow for HTML access
    • Allows BlackBerry smartphone users to reclaim their email
      address if
      their BlackBerry Internet Service account is ever deleted.
  • xHTML Support for non-Thick Clients
    • BlackBerry Internet Service 3.0 is designed to support xHTML for
      non
      Thick Client users and provide BlackBerry smartphone users with a
      richer user experience, allowing for the use of buttons, additional
      fonts and colour controls when users access and toggle their user
      settings.
  • Device switch revalidation
    • BlackBerry smartphone users are required to revalidate all email

      accounts upon PIN changes. This includes username/password users who log
      in to their account through HTML, Thick Client, or xHTML (previously
      WAP). It also includes PIN changes that are completed through BlackBerry
      Internet Service Administration.

  • Hosted email address passwords
    • Hosted email address passwords, secret questions, and secret
      answers
      are now extended to 'username/password' BlackBerry smartphone users.

Note: After BlackBerry
Internet Service 3.0, only newly created hosted email
"Username/Password" accounts will be prompted to create a password,
secret question, and secret answer.

  • Carrier Friendly Names
    • BlackBerry smartphone users will be instructed to contact their
      specific carrier and will be provided with carrier contact information
      in HTML and WAP error messages.

No Related News.