I’m not sure about other carriers, but Cingular just upgraded its BlackBerry Internet Service from v1.8 to v2.0. You can read more about it here. I decided to go ahead and upgrade my service to this new offering.
So far, what I enjoy about it most is the way it manages e-mail you’ve integrated into BIS 2.0. For example, I have dedicated icons for each of my integrated accounts. Also, when deleting messages, you have a choice to delete it on the handheld only or both the mailbox and handheld (perhaps old hat to BES folks). This is nice because many messages I just want to be GONE, so it eliminates the need to download the message into Outlook and delete them again. Of course, if I choose Delete on Handheld Only, the message will still be available to download.
The thing I like most is that it gave me an option to remain in the old BIS v1.8 environment, or opt-in to immediately upgrade to BIS v2.0. So kudos to Cingular. This doesn’t make me a Cingular Fanboy, though. I’ve had my share of issues with it, but when I see something like this, it does give me cause to celebrate. Besides, only reporting the negative events is awfully boring.
I wish I could have made it to Gnomedex, but there’s always next year. I do have a little bit of Seattle (Tacoma, actually) coming to Chicago in a couple weeks in the form of my wife’s best friend. She’s a real hoot, so we’re both looking forward to her visit. So in the meantime, I hope everybody has a fun and safe Independence Day.
[tags]outlook,gnomedex,bes,bis 2.0,blackberry internet service,cingular upgrade[/tags]