Tuesday, July 27, 2004
MPx To Support Blackberry Connectivity
Posted by Janak Parekh in "NEWS" @ 07:30 AM
"Research In Motion today announced plans to enable BlackBerry(R) connectivity on the Motorola, Inc. MPx and MPx220 mobile devices. Through RIM's BlackBerry Connect(TM) licensing program, the Motorola MPx and MPx220 will be able to connect to BlackBerry services including BlackBerry Enterprise Server(TM) and BlackBerry Web Client(TM). 'The MPx and MPx220 are the ultimate email devices for mobile professionals who want to stay in touch with their business, friends and family.' said Michael Tatelman, Vice-President and General Manager, MOTOPro Products, Motorola Inc. 'Constant access to email is an essential part of everyday business and private life for busy people and the MOTOPro Innovation Platform provides the flexibility to deliver world class connectivity solutions such as RIM's BlackBerry Connect.'"
I've got one word for this: :drool: One of the things Verizon provides with the i700 WM2003 upgrade is real always-on email and PDA sync via an IntelliSync solution (and not using Exchange-like SMS mechanisms or ActiveSync). I'll write more details about it more in a post later, but always-on is indeed the future, and once you have it you can't go back. Any future successful email-enabled device must have it. By integrating with Blackberry's platform, it'll make it very easy for the MPx to be a slip-in replacement for existing Blackberry users... and they know that while the Blackberry is good for email, it's not good for heavy PIM use. The MPx would fit the bill perfectly. :way to go:
I've got one word for this: :drool: One of the things Verizon provides with the i700 WM2003 upgrade is real always-on email and PDA sync via an IntelliSync solution (and not using Exchange-like SMS mechanisms or ActiveSync). I'll write more details about it more in a post later, but always-on is indeed the future, and once you have it you can't go back. Any future successful email-enabled device must have it. By integrating with Blackberry's platform, it'll make it very easy for the MPx to be a slip-in replacement for existing Blackberry users... and they know that while the Blackberry is good for email, it's not good for heavy PIM use. The MPx would fit the bill perfectly. :way to go:
