New bis or browser. New browser I hope. Btw I'm first

I rather a new browser!

So what would be the advantages of switching from BIS over to BESX? Is there a catch? You don't sound too excited about that.

This would be cool. I have all the software needed to run the server express version, but I don't have a computer to spare for the server (I gave my server away to a family member who needed a computer).

I pretty much have OTA syncing anyway. The only thing I lack that I'd like to have is to have synced mail.

I wonder if the rumored changes are being done to fend off Google's attempts at getting people to use them (e.g, cloud computing).

It makes a little sense for RIM to do something like this. It'll bring more of their devices closer to doing what they are touted to being able to do. RIM could make money a few ways, such as making the sync take place every 5 minutes instead of instantly (which could be done for a price).

The only thing I would mind is if I had to pay my carrier the extra $20 per month to access these changes.

This has been my biggest beef with Blackberry over the past 2 years or so that keeps pushing me away. I have an Exchange account and Gmail, and the BB was just an inbox, nothing more. Couldnt sync my Exchange contacts, calendar, or use folders in Gmail or Exchange.

This is a SMART move by RIM seeing as all other platforms support all of that out of the box. I guess they got the news that their marketshare slipped 2% last quarter and iphone gained big with Android.

Please, for the love of god RIM, at least give us 8330m owners some assurance that it will be available for the 8330m, too.

I get emails via BIS and it takes 10-14 minutes to receive them on my BB device. If this rumored system will speed that up to the real-time of BES emails, I'd be happy.

this could bring me back to RIM/BB sooner than later... just jumped back to a Nexus One... couldn't stand the BB limitations... (non BES, I was using BIS).... Of course, they'd need a new device, touchscreen (with high res screen - NOT a Storm in its current form) with possibly slider keyboard to lure me back... but hey, anything is possible!

I have the BES Professional right now but they don't seem to be big on updating it and there is no HTML support like they offered on the original BES Express. I can only hope this is a new version of BES Express that possibly offers HTML again, and maybe this time they'll also keep improving on it going forward.

I have the BES Professional right now but they don't seem to be big on updating it and there is no HTML support like they offered on the original BES Express. I can only hope this is a new version of BES Express that possibly offers HTML again, and maybe this time they'll also keep improving on it going forward.

I don't know if this would be good or bad. All I know is that I use Google Sync so I'm good to go.

This would be awesome! Win Mon has been doing this for years through exchange so not having it on my Berry to sync contact, calendar, mail, media, etc. would be great! I hope its true!

The main problem I can see with this? RIM taking a year to have it released. And then many, if not all carriers taking their sweet time to implement it (assuming it's a BIS/BES update).

Webkit, Flash, OpenGL on more devices.

This is useless, considering i already have BES.

RIM is getting wooped on the OS front, so stregnthen what you are already best at, email. The other devices, with their pull technology and shoddy reliability on email are vulnerable to a better solution. RIM would certianly offer that if non enterprise users can get the BES benifits without needing the server. I think this is very smart.

I would love this if it comes through as rumored in the BGR link.

1) I don't need to purchase Hosted Exchange for $8 - $20/month/user
2) I don't need to pay VZW or another carrier the additional $15/month/user feature charge
3) Full PIM sync along with real time email? On my Blackberry? Without having to do the gmail gyrations? I'm loving the sound of that.
4) All this for a Blackberry hosted service on a Blackberry device. Seems like it would work. And work well.

It would be great of RIM to offer enterprise capabilities to BIS customers.
I get it why they haven't done so as of yet but with all the alternative smartphones out there, RIM has to up its game to stay on top.

How bout you give me a browser not dated from 1984 and new revolutionary devices. Give me my touchscreen/qwerty keyboard device already!!

RIM, the mobile world is passing you by....

I have been on my companies BES for the last 3 years and love it, sync'd contacts, calendar and everything else is so nice. Hopefully now everyone can share in it!

RIM should leverage their server based service into the consumer side of things. Offering BIS customers remote wipe and wireless PIM backup/sync (with Desktop Manager) would be a great way to do that IMHO

If what I heard today is true, this is gonna be big...and from what I have read here and on the other site this is linked to, y'all are way way off base. If it does turn out to be true what I heard, and I have been sworn to secrecy, I will tell you if I what was told to me was right or wrong.

Would sure love this if the rumours are true. I'm on BIS (Vodafone NL) and always syncing via Desktop Mgr and then performing online backups to stay on the safe side. For my small business, this 'd be like Coke Zero; all of the fun, none of the downsides.
Ofcourse, to actually deliver on March 1st as rumoured now would go a long way to restoring faith (definately OS5.0 official before 2010, huh?). Also, I want to still be able to pass off other smartphones as kids' stuff in a years time, so get going RIM: OS5.0, OS6, browser, slider... You know what to do, go do it! Noblesse oblige...

Maybe we'll get lucky and see the grand return of BlackBerry Unite!... Except without the bugs.

This is what I'm hoping for, though I think it would be most likely that Research in Motion (RIM) will announce an Apple Mobile Me-type service, for backing-up/synchronizing data with "the cloud", available to BlackBerry Internet Service (BIS) customers... It would also be a smart business move for RIM.

I support Blackberry, iPhone, Win Mobile and Andriod users. I switched from my 9700 a few months back because I was disgusted that I could not have HTML Email using BPS and there was no option in sight to update my BPS to allow it along with the fact that I didn't want to spend the $ on a full BES for my small business.

This would be huge for me and a number of my clients who are stuck with BIS only and still having to perform the antiquated process of plugging their phone in to their computer to sync it.

Come on RIM.... Show us what we know you can do!

If I still can't see IMAP folders when my Verizon contract is over and I go to get a new phone, I will be getting a phone other than a blackberry. This is a feature in 2010 I demand on a smartphone.

I hope this brings me IMAP folders.