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BlackBerry Desktop Manager 6 to be released in limited beta starting today!

by Bla1ze

on 22 Jul 2010 12:15 PM

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BlackBerry Desktop Manager 6 to be released in limited beta starting today!

Well, this came out of nowhere. Inside BlackBerry has just let everyone know that starting today, beta invites will go out to BlackBerry Beta Zone members so that they may have access to the all new, all fresh looking BlackBerry Desktop Manager 6. Certainly not a lot of details were posted other than that. Instead, Inside BlackBerry let the pictures do the talking for them. The design is that of what Mac Desktop Manager users have had for a while now, except its got way more polish added too it and it looks great. If you have yet to sign up for the BlackBerry Beta Zone you might wanna finally get on that! What do you all think? Looks great right?!? More pics after the break.

BlackBerry Desktop Manager 6 to be released in limited beta starting today!

Source: Inside BlackBerry

Filed Under: News & Rumors; Tags: beta, BlackBerry Desktop Manager

104 Comments

Posted by VeniceBB Thursday, Jul 22, 2010 569 days ago

It sure does look pretty :) Too bad I can't sign up to the beta zone :(

Posted by Connor83 Thursday, Jul 22, 2010 569 days ago

Why can't you sign up?

Posted by vagabanda Thursday, Jul 22, 2010 569 days ago

you can

just sign through your blackberry or a proxy, so you get a canadian IP

did this way and worked, I'm in Brasil

Posted by VeniceBB Thursday, Jul 22, 2010 569 days ago

@Connor83, I'm in the Netherlands, we're not listed... but now I think I may have to try the proxy or BB thing :D Thanks for the tips guys

Posted by Connor83 Thursday, Jul 22, 2010 569 days ago

Well lets hope that works for ya then.

Posted by alex3305 Thursday, Jul 22, 2010 569 days ago

I signed up this evening with a CGI proxy: http://sers.info/ - try it out!

I would recommend that you use a 'fake' password when signing up using the proxy ;).

Posted by imdaBold1 Thursday, Jul 22, 2010 569 days ago

That is what I did initially too but then they widened the list of available countries to include most of the Caribbean.

Posted by cannon83 Thursday, Jul 22, 2010 569 days ago

This looks great...I hope I get picked!!!

Posted by Connor83 Thursday, Jul 22, 2010 569 days ago

I'm loving the look of it. I can't wait to snag this up.

Posted by level 2 Thursday, Jul 22, 2010 569 days ago

I wasn't picked for the BBM beta, and I don't see this on my Beta page either.

Are they not choosing candidates with years in the wireless industry that wear out BB's faster than Michael Jordan wore out sneakers?

Anyone at BB paying attention?

Posted by Connor83 Thursday, Jul 22, 2010 569 days ago

I hear ya on that one. I was wishing i could get that beta for the BBM (but couldn't/can't) and i really hope i can get this.

Posted by leecott Thursday, Jul 22, 2010 569 days ago

RIM has been bs-ing a lot lately.

Posted by SeanBest Thursday, Jul 22, 2010 569 days ago

Nothing in my Beta page ... hoping.

Posted by hytekchaos Thursday, Jul 22, 2010 569 days ago

wowser that sure is a sexy interface.
wonder if ill get invite for it... just checked my beta zone and its not listed for me....:(

Posted by Connor83 Thursday, Jul 22, 2010 569 days ago

Just showed up for me.

Posted by bigbadwulff Thursday, Jul 22, 2010 569 days ago

BUT CAN YOU SAVE YOUR CONTACTS AND GET THEM ON ANOTHER TYPED OF PHONE??!!

Posted by mister_right Thursday, Jul 22, 2010 569 days ago

Yes, the second pic shows that you can do it.

Posted by mattpowell19 Thursday, Jul 22, 2010 569 days ago

This looks awesome!!

Posted by j.p.hatfield Thursday, Jul 22, 2010 569 days ago

be patient...they take up to 48 hours

Posted by yankees4204 Thursday, Jul 22, 2010 569 days ago

the mac version prevents you from loading leaked operating systems. If this does the same not sure if i even want it. although it looks great

Posted by El Band Geek Friday, Jul 23, 2010 569 days ago

It's not that the mac version doesn't allow leaks, it's that macs can't open the .exe files they're packaged in. I doubt it'll be a problem.

Posted by decypher44 Thursday, Jul 22, 2010 569 days ago

As I finally got a PC. I've been using DM for mac and it has so few features! I'd love to be able to start using this!

But did not yet receive an invite. Not very optimistic either...

Posted by Jake Storm Thursday, Jul 22, 2010 569 days ago

Yeah, I wish DM for mac gets the same features.
Not all mac users got sucked into the iphone.

Posted by ihawkeyes Thursday, Jul 22, 2010 569 days ago

I just hope this fixes the sync issue with office 2010. I know there is a work around, but I'm not going through all that or paying for something to make it work. Crossing fingers to get invite.

Posted by PKeith Friday, Jul 23, 2010 568 days ago

I'd be interested in finding out what the workaround is

Posted by PKeith Friday, Jul 23, 2010 568 days ago

I'd be interested in finding out what the workaround is

Posted by alih5289 Thursday, Jul 22, 2010 569 days ago

is there no mac version for blackberry 6 DM???

Posted by collin16 Thursday, Jul 22, 2010 569 days ago

not yet

Posted by daedone Thursday, Jul 22, 2010 569 days ago

This is only the *BETA* for the PC version... you know how this works, stable for us, then it's your turn ;)

Posted by JerseyDriver Thursday, Jul 22, 2010 569 days ago

So since last year they finally actually put out Mac software years after saying it was coming, it was coming, it was coming, we've had what, three updates in a little under a year? And the at least one of the last two basically erased most of the calendar and/or contacts off of poeple's Berries if they weren't careful? You think they're going to update it for OS6? I won't hold my breath.

Posted by Jake Storm Friday, Jul 23, 2010 569 days ago

I finally broke down and bought a netbook running Windows7 just so I could use DM for Windows.

Posted by valorian Thursday, Jul 22, 2010 569 days ago

ok, I got to get in on this Beta. I just signed up in the Beta Zone. I hope I can get in.

Posted by collin16 Thursday, Jul 22, 2010 569 days ago

This showed up in my eligible programs list but after I continue and agree to the T and C there is no available download

Posted by Connor83 Thursday, Jul 22, 2010 569 days ago

they will email you a link (may take up to 48 hous)

Posted by jaymillz1 Thursday, Jul 22, 2010 569 days ago

Dis doesn't show up in my eligible programs list...I hope I get it soon

Posted by The_Adventist Thursday, Jul 22, 2010 569 days ago

I got in for BB Protect but not this yet. Here's hoping.

Posted by anastasiophan Thursday, Jul 22, 2010 569 days ago

I think I'd prefer Blackberry Protect. This would be cool, but I'd rather be able to play around with all the Protect features rather than just a new interface with different (and better) features.

Posted by soisCB Thursday, Jul 22, 2010 569 days ago

WANT SO BADLY!

Posted by StaticFX Thursday, Jul 22, 2010 569 days ago

tried to sign up for the beta zone and it says its not available for my country... um... im in the US and it clearly says its available in the us!???

Posted by CantGetEnoughBB Thursday, Jul 22, 2010 569 days ago

Looks outsanding. From first impressions this will be a winner. Looks like some hard work has gone in here.

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Posted by hitnar Thursday, Jul 22, 2010 569 days ago

Checked the beta site. Got invited.

Posted by Pete6 Thursday, Jul 22, 2010 569 days ago

I really hope that RIM offer syncing to Outlook 2010 at release of Desktop Manager 6.

Posted by schlafen Thursday, Jul 22, 2010 569 days ago

Anyone got this installed and tested yet to see if it works with Office 2010?

Posted by Ormazd Thursday, Jul 22, 2010 569 days ago

I have had no trouble with syncing DM 6 to Outlook 2010. The only thing I'm not syncing right now are my contacts, which is done OTA.

I'm not sure which problems you are referring to, but if you'd like me to attempt a sync of my contacts manually, just let me know and I'll disable my wireless sync settings to test it.