Honest 836 Report post Posted July 31, 2008 Nokia Knocks Off BlackBerry Connect RIM's BlackBerry Connect e-mail system has long worked in tandem with smartphones from various other manufacturers, including Nokia. But starting with the upcoming E71 and E66 smartphones, Nokia is planning to offer the option of connecting to other e-mail services. Simon Ainslie, Nokia's UK managing director, in an interview with Mobile magazine said, "RIM is a competitor and has done a reasonable job in a space that is traditionally ours, so it's no great surprise that we see this as an opportunity to give consumers a proper choice on what e-mail solutions they want." Furthermore, he elaborated, "Our approach is to make e-mail a mass-market proposition for everybody, not just for the corporate boardroom group of individuals where BlackBerry has established itself." The recently launched Nokia E71 is the latest smartphone to lack the BlackBerry Connect feature - leaving owners to rely on Nokia Email service which is still in beta. Courtesy : Techtree Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
@ksh@T 20 Report post Posted August 1, 2008 Purchasers of Nokia’s latest Eseries devices may be a bit distressed to learn that BlackBerry Connect will no longer be updated for Nokia’s S60 devices, effective immediately. Just after a recent update was issued for the latest E90 firmware Nokia made the announcement and was hardly indirect with its reasoning for the move. Nokia’s Simon Ainslie had this to say: RIM are a competitor and have done a reasonable job in a space that is traditionally ours, so it’s no great surprise that we see this as an opportunity to give consumers a proper choice on what email solution they want. Perhaps the most confusing part of this move is the simple fact that Nokia’s OEM email support is, well, shoddy at best. Unreliable, poorly-executed and horrible are more descriptive terms that have been tossed around from time to time. The integrated POP / IMAP support is just north of unusable. Nokia’s Mail for Exchange client historically hasn’t been much better, though the most recent client addresses many issues of the past. Mail for Exchange however, as the name might dictate, only supports Exchange email. This might be fine if you use your device strictly for work (and your company uses Exchange) but in the day and age of “convergence”, most people like to have access to personal email as well. Nokia’s recent “Nokia Email” beta does show signs of life, though slight. All this aside, if your company uses RIM’s email system and you had plans to snag an E71 instead of a BlackBerry… Think again. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HetalDP 947 Report post Posted August 1, 2008 Dont Worry there will be some Third Party software which can take care of Black Berry Connect easily Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
