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hypmatize

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ugahairydawgs

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Jun 10, 2010
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To all of the folks here using a BB a couple of questions for you....

1. How do you keep your contacts/cal in sync? BBDM? BES? I test drove a 9900 a few months ago and could never get everything to sync right across BIS.

2. Have they improved 2 way mail sync at all over BIS with Google Apps mail? Was always hit or miss in the past, but I know they were supposed to be rolling out a new version of BIS this past fall and didn't know if that sorted it out.
 

SaMaster14

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Aug 23, 2010
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To all of the folks here using a BB a couple of questions for you....

1. How do you keep your contacts/cal in sync? BBDM? BES? I test drove a 9900 a few months ago and could never get everything to sync right across BIS.

2. Have they improved 2 way mail sync at all over BIS with Google Apps mail? Was always hit or miss in the past, but I know they were supposed to be rolling out a new version of BIS this past fall and didn't know if that sorted it out.

I don't sync my contacts/calendar. its not necessary for me, everything is just on my device. I have a Mac too, so I think its more difficult. There are times where I wish my contacts and calendars would sync to my Mac's Address Book and iCal so I could have them sync with my iPad and iPod via Cloud... but, no biggy for me.

And I have a gmail account, and it works flawlessly on the BB. Don't really use Google Apps though
 

hypmatize

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Feb 25, 2008
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To all of the folks here using a BB a couple of questions for you....

1. How do you keep your contacts/cal in sync? BBDM? BES? I test drove a 9900 a few months ago and could never get everything to sync right across BIS.

2. Have they improved 2 way mail sync at all over BIS with Google Apps mail? Was always hit or miss in the past, but I know they were supposed to be rolling out a new version of BIS this past fall and didn't know if that sorted it out.

I use gmail for my contacts and calendar. I have the 9900 with BIS btw


The two way sync for gmail is still slow... takes a while for it to update that I already read the email somewhere else but it is read almost immediately in mail or gmail if I check it on my phone. Not sure if T-Mobile rolled out the new version of BIS or not. The last time I called they couldn't tell me when they were planning on rolling it out.


I don't sync my contacts/calendar. its not necessary for me, everything is just on my device. I have a Mac too, so I think its more difficult. There are times where I wish my contacts and calendars would sync to my Mac's Address Book and iCal so I could have them sync with my iPad and iPod via Cloud... but, no biggy for me.

And I have a gmail account, and it works flawlessly on the BB. Don't really use Google Apps though


I also have a mac.... I am pretty sure BB desktop allows you to sync with your ical and address book. I don't use the two so I can't really test it out for you.
 
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reebzor

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Jul 18, 2008
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Philadelphia, PA
To all of the folks here using a BB a couple of questions for you....

1. How do you keep your contacts/cal in sync? BBDM? BES? I test drove a 9900 a few months ago and could never get everything to sync right across BIS.

2. Have they improved 2 way mail sync at all over BIS with Google Apps mail? Was always hit or miss in the past, but I know they were supposed to be rolling out a new version of BIS this past fall and didn't know if that sorted it out.

I'm a BES admin, so I have all of our BB's set to wirelessly sync contacts and calendar. It's kind of a PITA to do since we are a Domino environment, but it works so I really can't complain.
 

Ariii

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Jan 26, 2012
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Chicago
This is my BlackBerry Bold :). It's great to use for IRC.
 

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opinioncircle

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May 17, 2009
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I had my BB Bold 9780 and couldn't know about these widgets...Looks like a whole lot of fun...

As for the BB, my big beef is the inability to pull off all the email in one's inbox, which is, to me, extremely weird.

If anyone has tips on this...
 

opinioncircle

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May 17, 2009
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I have a question for blackberry bold 9900 owners out there. Does the phone has to restart everytime it updates an app? Also when running apps does the screen to set up your privacy access pops up?

My bold 9780 does that all the time, and quite frankly this is getting me nuts. The Evernote apps does that everytime I pull it up.
 
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