BIS Outages Maybe Due to thier Upgrades (CONFIRMED) by TMO Techs

Blackberry BIS Outages

Maybe Due to thier Upgrades

(CONFIRMED) by TMO Techs

 

 

NHCBBA was just on the phone with T-Mobile and found out there is a PROBLEM with the BIS system… (CONFIRMED)  They stated that this is problems with connecting to the RIM Servers to SEND email and other things on the RIM NETWORK.  NHCBBA started to have trouble over this past weekend with not being able to send out any Email from our Blackberry 9780 and 9530 phones.  We had just posted a story on that RIM is make a BIG upgrade from 4.0 to BIS 4.1.  So it might be happening as we speak here in the USA.

 

Please keep us updated if your having trouble on your Blackberry’s also send us a email (Tips@nhcbba.com), BBM or comment below

BIS 4.1 Rollout Dates Confirmed for September & October (On Schedule)

Back in July we got a sneak peak at the BIS 4.1 feature set  from N4BB along with tentative rollout dates for Asia Pacific on Sept 10th, Europe on Sept 23rd, and North America on October 8th. We just confirmation from one of our sources that these dates have not changed except for North America getting slightly pushed off to October 10th, 2011 which is oddly a Monday. Sadly there is no word about the different PlayBook interface system hinted in the last leak. The official change log for the rollout is below:

Product Overview

BlackBerry® Internet Service Email 4.1 (BIS-E 4.1) represents the latest service update to RIM’s retail email offering targeted at the Prosumer segment. BIS-E 4.1 introduces Message Improvements, Inbox Priming, BIS Account Management Updates, Carrier Admin Reporting, and additional language support.

BoxTone – Now with full BlackBerry 7 support

Press Release

COLUMBIA, MD – August 29, 2011 – BoxTone, the leader in Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM), today announced support for the BlackBerry® 7 operating system (OS), now running on new mobile devices including the BlackBerry® Bold™ 9900 and 9930 with touch display and keyboard, BlackBerry® Torch™ 9810 with touch display and slide-out keyboard, and the all-touch BlackBerry® Torch™ 9850 and 9860.

BIS 4.1 Leaked Slides Hint at Different PlayBook Email System

We know that native email is coming to the BlackBerry PlayBook soon but its nice to see more signs pointing in that direction. After writing up yesterday about the leaked BIS 4.1 feature set I noticed the last slide mentioned something interesting as a “User Interface Change.” In it RIM says they have updated the BIS login page and setup page to “advise user(s) that BlackBerry tablet setup in not supported when using these interfaces.”

Which begs the question of where and how it will be supported…

via: bbreview

BIS 4.1 Feature Set Leaked – Rollout in September/October

Wow BIS is finally getting a significant feature bump with v4.1. The team at N4BB managed to score slides detailing all of the features coming in BIS 4.1 along with rollout dates. Some of the features are also BlackBerry OS 7.0 specific which should be launching around the same time. According to their sources BIS 4.1 will be rolling out to Asia Pacific on Sept 10th, Europe on Sept 23rd, and North America on October 8th.

 

I am really excited about the new features including my favorite which is email inbox priming. That is a feature that has been available on BES servers for awhile giving you access to your last chunk of emails. With BIS 4.1 it will preload the most recent 20 emails so you will have conversations on your device preloaded. There are loads of other goodies including better account management and message improvements for OS 7.0 so check them out in the slides!

via:bbreview

BlackBerry Internet Service 4.1 gets detailed

BlackBerry users will soon be getting a much needed update to the BlackBerry Internet Service, commonly known as BIS. According to information N4BB received, we can expect to see BIS 4.1 come in waves with Asia Pacific first (September 10th), Europe next (September 23rd) followed finally by North America (October 8th).

It looks like new BlackBerry devices running BlackBerry OS 7 will have increased message limit sizes, including the body of the email and attachments sent/received. This means fewer truncated emails and a reduction in the amount of times a user will need to hit “receive more”. It is unknown at this time if these changes will also be available for pre-BB7 devices.

There are also changes being made to email accounts, such as when adding a new email address to your BIS account, the last 20 emails on the server will be pushed to your device. Additional changes include added security for email accounts and the ability to switch SIMs with no interruption to email service.

To see more of what’s in store with the BIS 4.1 update, check out the rest of the slides after the break.

BlackBerry Push Service SDK v1.1.0 Quietly Rolled Out for Developers

Its an odd move for RIM to not even mention this on their developer Blog but RIM updated their Push Service SDK tool to v1.1.0 late last month. Josep noticed that RIM has updated their documentation and release notes for the Push SDK on June 23rd and again on July 4th. This comes after their recent announcement that they were shuttering WebSignals and pushing developers to the Push API which makes sense.

 

According to the change log on RIM’s site this new version 1.1.0 includes the following new features for developers:

• The ability to push to both public (BlackBerry Internet Service) and enterprise (BlackBerry Enterprise Server) applications using a single SDK and server-side application
• The ability for installation to run in memory mode (i.e., no database configuration required) for quick and easy setup, evaluation and testing. A database should still be used in a production environment
• The ability to select between two distributions: high-level APIs that enable features such as subscription management and low-level APIs that send simple pushes to the service (to better suit the type of push app you’re building)
• Additional logging functionality to help track and audit push events
• An improved server-side sample application for push initiation that uses the new features
• Source code for the Debug Portal helper web application to assist developers in building their own server-side applications

You can pick up the Push Service SDK and read more about it at this link.

via:bbreview

BIS 4.0 Announced – Already Rolling Out?

Earlier today RIM announced BIS 4.0 in their BlackBerry Support Forums meaning it would be rolling out soon. Not long after that a user shared this screenshot with us of Email Setup Application update version 6.11.0419.0755. Does this mean BIS 4.0 has already started rolling out? In case you forgot, these are BIS 4.0 new features:

• Automatic Login Improvements
• Language Support – Vietnamese and Hindi
• Google Calendar Synchronization Improvements
• Secret Question Changes
• Windows Live Integration Re-validation removal

Let us know in the comments below if you get any updates or changes!

via:n4bb

BIS 4.0 Coming Soon? RIM Announces it on Support Forums…

We have known the official set of features for BIS 4.0 for over a month now but as far as I can tell RIM has yet to roll out the update. That may change soon if this latest post on the official BlackBerry Support Forums announcement site is any indication. Momehta, a support forums administrator, has posted a new article “Announcing BlackBerry Internet Service 4.0” and pointing to the 1+ month old knowledgebase article.

Let us know if you notice any of the new BIS 4.0 changes for your carrier. I checked on my AT&T BIS and it still does not have the password recovery option and improved Google Calendar sync.

via:BBR, Blackberry.com, support BB

BlackBerry PlayBook Native Email and PIM Video Demo!!

[ youtube video link for mobile viewing ]

Here it is folks… a video sneak peek of native email and PIM apps on the BlackBerry PlayBook!! RIM showed it off during their BlackBery World Keynote today, and working with BIS and BES, this is the full native email and PIM experience you’d find on a BlackBerry Smartphone on the PlayBook.

Sure, it would have been nice if this was on the PlayBook at launch, but what’s done is done and it’s coming and it’ll be here soon. RIM says this summer, and it makes sense that it will be available as the radio versions of the PlayBook hit the market. Hit the video above for a first look!

via:cb