When we launched MyBlackBerry™, my friends at Inside BlackBerry asked me, “What’s in store for MyBlackBerry in the future”? My response was that “our intention is to start small and then work with the community to build what they want in a true web 2.0 fashion. It’s onward and upward from here.” For the past six months, this is exactly what we’ve been doing.
We took all of the feedback from the “MyBlackBerry Feature Request” thread, suggestions from some of the other smaller threads that members had started, and a wish list that I had tucked into my drawer, and then we started phase 2 of MyBlackBerry.
There was a lot to consider, and we needed to make sure that we remained true to our promise: that the site is connected to our other communities in Facebook®, MySpace®, and iGoogle™ (with more community connections to come in the future) and that it’s a place about YOU and YOUR BlackBerry® smartphone. Click the link below to read about some of the requests and how we addressed them.
Q: So what does BlackBerry Enterprise Server Express mean for me (aka: the BlackBerry smartphone user)?
A: It means you can have what you want: access to your work email, calendar, contacts and more from your personal BlackBerry smartphone – and your IT department also gets what they want: a BlackBerry wireless sync solution that is highly secure and manageable.
Plus, the BlackBerry Enterprise Server Express software is available at a great price (no charge!). And since you’re already paying for your internet-enabled BlackBerry service plan from your wireless service provider, there are no additional software licensing costs for your organization to provide you with access to your work email from your BlackBerry smartphone.
While there were lots of new things to see in Barcelona this week, the BlackBerry stand at Mobile World Congress 2010 was also host to familiar faces from our CES 2010 coverage. As Mobile World Congress 2010 has come to a close, we thought now would be a good time to look back to our experience in Las Vegas earlier this year. You’ll find 7digital above, as well video demos of Poynt and BlackBerry Presenter after the jump link below.
During the BlackBerry Developer Day keynote, the eBay for BlackBerry smartphones application was mentioned repeatedly as an example of an app deeply integrating with the BlackBerry platform, so I made a mental note to check it out. Ryan from eBay was nice enough to give me a walk through of the app at the Mobile World Congress BlackBerry stand and display some of the ‘deep integration’ talked about on Tuesday. I also learned that the eBay application gives users access to bid on over 200 million different items! Wow, that’s a lot.
The eBay for BlackBerry smartphones application is available in North America right now to download via the BlackBerry App World™ Test Center.
I love gaming about as much as I love my BlackBerry® smartphone, so when I have the opportunity to check out new BlackBerry games, I take it. The fine folks at EA Mobile were demoing the recently released Need For Speed Shift on a BlackBerry® Storm2™ smartphone at their kiosk within the Mobile World Congress 2010 BlackBerry stand and were kind enough to take me for a spin. Check out the video above and pay special attention to the BlackBerry Storm2 smartphone-specific control scheme.
ShoZu is a neat app intended for social networking-friendly BlackBerry smartphone users. ShoZu allows users to update their favorite social sites at once, with text, images or video. A free version of ShoZu is available right now in BlackBerry App World™. Go check it out!
Safety first is a motto used quite often among the Inside BlackBerry blog team, so I was quite keen to check out the iLane kiosk in the BlackBerry stand at Mobile World Congress 2010 today. iLane is an accessory that pairs with your BlackBerry smartphone to provide hands-free control while driving, keeping you focused on the road and avoiding traffic tickets. While the iLane is currently available in North America, Ken was kind enough to demo the new 7100 series, which will be available in the next 30 days, with with European availability coming later in 2010.
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