07-27-2004, 03:30 PM
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MPx To Support Blackberry Connectivity
"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:
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07-27-2004, 03:45 PM
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This makes me all the more want the MPX but I need a availability date if I am going to wait instead of picking up a 6300....hopefully we will hear something soon!
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07-27-2004, 04:06 PM
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Very interesting. I remember that this was initially rumoured to be included with the 6300, which was one of the main selling features for me. I may have to look more closely at the MPx now.
To me, the bottom line is that whoever ships Blackberry Connect first will have the first crack at significantly breaking the enterprise space. If this proves out, the MPx will be the device to beat!
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07-27-2004, 04:09 PM
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I think this is great news. Many corporate users have Blackberries and like that they can provide near real-time messaging. But, they don't necessarily like the device itself. I think this will really help boost the SmartPhone's adoption.
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07-27-2004, 04:12 PM
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Moto has been on a rampage.... first iTunes and now Blackberry!? Like I said I just wish they would give a release date already!!!
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07-27-2004, 04:32 PM
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aw c'mon the MPx is already good enough for advanced ppc users. JUST RELEASE IT OUT TO THE MARKET!!!!
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07-27-2004, 04:42 PM
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Here's the thing. If it works on one PPC Phone Edition with GPRS connectivity it works for all... Then again it could even work with non Phone Edition provided you have continuous Internet connectivity through WiFi etc. What really bugs me is the fact that RIM is planning to sell this capability only through carriers and not direct to public. This sort of locks us folks who are very happy with our i700s or XDAs out! Tough luck. Not sure if this approach will ever change but if I can get unlocked Phone Edition devices and choose my carrier why should I be mandated as to which device and carrier I need in order to run the BlackBerry client on my device? Come on RIM, please sell me the BB client direct.
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07-27-2004, 04:48 PM
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Originally Posted by k_kirk
Here's the thing. If it works on one PPC Phone Edition with GPRS connectivity it works for all...
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Welll, the carriers in the US like to test the end-to-end solutions before supporting any of them. I'm sort of glad they did that for Verizon's Wireless Sync, but I can sympathize if you can't install that kind of app on your PC. 
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Then again it could even work with non Phone Edition provided you have continuous Internet connectivity through WiFi etc.
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I'm not sure about this. Most Pocket PCs don't "maintain" a Wi-Fi connection even when idle, but most WM2003+ do support dormant 1xRTT/always-on GPRS. Maybe in the future?
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Come on RIM, please sell me the BB client direct.
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The other problem is RIM doesn't make money off of selling the BB client, but rather partnering with OEMs, so I don't see this happening. :|
--janak
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07-27-2004, 04:57 PM
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...Plus the fact that virtually all Blackberry devices are sold to corporate users. That changes the whole approach to how the product is offerd. Unfortunately, this often leaves the rest of us out in the cold.
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07-27-2004, 05:01 PM
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Originally Posted by Brad Adrian
...Plus the fact that virtually all Blackberry devices are sold to corporate users. That changes the whole approach to how the product is offerd. Unfortunately, this often leaves the rest of us out in the cold.
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I am a corporate user and buy BB devices, backend software & client licenses from RIM today. I can't see why they can't sell me the PPC software as a separate entity too...
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