RIM has announced today the launch of BlackBerry Mobile Conferencing. The free app is designed to make scheduling, joining and rejoining conference calls from your BlackBerry quick and easy. The app nicely integrates with the native BlackBerry calendar, and with just a few clicks you can be up and running. Features include:
- Calendar Integration: The BlackBerry Mobile Conferencing application integrates with the Calendar application on your BlackBerry smartphone for maximum convenience.
- One Click Join: When your calendar indicates it's time for a conference call to begin, you get a pop-up display that can dial you into the meeting without you having to remember or dial lengthy phone and access code combinations.
- Reconnecting: If you're inadvertently dropped from a conference call, the application allows you to reconnect with one easy click.
- Store Dial-In Numbers: When there are multiple phone numbers in the invitation for participants in different locations, the application is designed to choose the most appropriate number for you (limited to North American phone numbers only). You can also choose to change the suggested dial-in number manually.
- Easy Conference Scheduling: Turn almost any meeting invite into a conference call with just a single click. You can also store reservationless or recurring conference information to your conference profile on your BlackBerry smartphone so you can include it in conference call meetings you schedule from your device.
- Protect Your Host Codes: When sending conference call meeting invitations using conference profile information, participants see only the information they need to join the call. Moderator codes are kept hidden and only used to join the meeting organizer into conference calls in cases where the code is required to open the conference bridge.
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RIM Launches BlackBerry Mobile Conferencing in the BlackBerry Beta Zone
Just looked, not on my account in the UK yet :(
Open another account using USA adress. I from Turkey and I have two accounts one from UK another USA. Not big deal :D
Downloaded and installed. It automatically picked up the conference details on my existing calendar entries. This will definitely make it easier when joining and scheduling conference calls!
Did you see folder named 6.1 in BBMC_1_Bundle_18_OTA.zip? Official support for 6.1 devices?
Do I need to download the Desktop version? I'm on a BESx account and hoping I can just use the BB App portion.
Hmm, the built in calendar (on OS 6 at least), already has some of these conference call features. In other news, BB beta zone was a great idea.
I have seen these features listed in the calendar app for OS6. Can someone who has used them comment on how the new app is different or better? Suspecting more features.
I cant seem to do the OTA. I get the following message:
"the item you selected cannot be displayed. Do you wish to save the item?"
when i click yes it saves a zip file on my 9700, but then i can't open it!
any suggustions?
Go back in and try now. I had the same problem and then I noticed I had to login in several times. I think they were fixing the issue. I went back in and now the download is normal and it just downloaded.
M in india , cant find it :(
my fellow beta testers! BB Traffic just got updated in App World. GO GET IT!
When it has voice (turn-by-turn) I will be downloading for sure!
keep dreamin that dream joe! LOL
So far, it's a welcome addition.
time to go register
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Did you expect it to be? RIM hate non US and Canadian users as their total disrespect towards them shows with apps developed and made available only to a specific market, such as the podcast app.
This attitude will certainly make me reconsider my loyalty to BB when my contract is up and unless they end this discrimination, they will not receive my custom.