RIM dishes the dirt on BIS 2.6

By on Feb 21, 2009 at 12:45 PM
Services February 21, 2009

No doubt there were a lot of peeved BIS users the day RIM enabled BES 5, but don’t fret – RIM finally just took the wraps off the latest edition of BIS, albeit in a not-so-public way. Discussed in a Knowledge Base article, RIM highlighted a lot of the new features non-corporate BlackBerry users can look forward to. The bad news? Apart from complimentary one way syncing of Gmail accounts via IMAP instead of POP and the ability to edit signatures via the WAP browser, there is really nothing here to get excited about. Well, unless you’re Dutch. Hit the jump for the whole enchilada.

  • Display of password characters
    • BlackBerry smartphone users have the option to display password characters when configuring email addresses with the BlackBerry Internet Service. This feature makes it easier for BlackBerry smartphone users to integrate third-party email addresses, especially when using a BlackBerry smartphone with the SureType® input method.
  • Improved descriptive support and error messages
    • BlackBerry smartphone users that have integrated a third-party email account using Post Office Protocol (POP) receive a personal identification number (PIN) message that includes instructions on how to leave email messages on the messaging server for successful delivery to the BlackBerry smartphone.
  • Option to change signatures from the BlackBerry smartphone
    • BlackBerry smartphone users that use Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) automatic login can change the signatures for email messages using the BlackBerry smartphone.
  • Improved language support
    • Dutch is now an available language for the BlackBerry Internet Service 2.6.
  • Gmail integration using IMAP

    • BlackBerry Internet Service 2.6 uses Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP) to integrate Gmail® webmail accounts. This integration protocol introduces the following benefits:

      • Elimination of sent email messages appearing as received email messages in the message list on the BlackBerry smartphone

      • One-way synchronization of read status, sent items, and deleted items.
    • To use these improvements, BlackBerry smartphone users must remove and reintegrate their Gmail webmail accounts.

Delighted? Disappointed? Think there’s something specific the company omitted? Feel free to hit the comments section and vent.

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  • talinda

    I have a non-gmail IMAP currently set up but I don’t see any of the subfolders. Does anyone know if that going to be addressed? Or, is there a special tweak that I could do to fix that?

  • Noah

    RIM. Newsflash. Enterprise users without access to BES use your products. This is not the teeny bopper Paris Hilton crowd. If you want to play in the same sandbox as Microsoft and Apple you need to offer an OTA syncing solution for exchange for BIS users. I know it is not in your interest because of the boatloads of cash you get from the licensing of BES CALs. However, if you are going to market yourself as a consumer brand, you need to offer a feature set that real people actually use.

  • Matt

    Blackberry Internet Service is so primative. They should be nothing but embarrassed.
    They treat IMAP as one way sync only, which no better than POP3.
    RIM should stop ripping people off by advertising their ridiculously inefficient “BB Internet Service.” Its 2009 RIM, get on the ball and give people true syncing capiabilities.

  • Mark

    Will this enable BIS users to sync their BB to Windows Live?

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