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by , 3:30 PM EST, January 12th, 2006

SAN FRANCISCO -- Research In Motion (RIM), developer of the BlackBerry handheld, and Information Appliance Associates (IAA), creator of the PocketMac for BlackBerry synchronization tool, on Thursday announced that RIM will include a free copy of IAA's software with each handheld it sells. Beginning next month, PocketMac for BlackBerry will also be a free download from the PocketMac and BlackBerry Web sites.

PocketMac for BlackBerry synchronizes the e-mail, contacts, calendar, tasks and notes of Microsoft Entourage, OS X's Address Book and iCal, Now Contact and Now Up-to-Date, DayLite, and Stickies, among other applications. RIM and IAA said that they also plan to collaborate on future products.

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Close Name:Vaughn Posts: 4 Joined: 15 Oct 2004
Thu Jan 12, 2006 5:04 pm Subject: nice move.

Contrast this with the TomTom vs TamTam debacle:

http://www.equinux.com/us/company/newsdetail.html?id=210

Im a little surprised I couldnt find a TMO link regarding this fracas...


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Close Name:calpundit Posts: 9 Joined: 21 Oct 2003
Thu Jan 12, 2006 5:25 pm Subject: Email synching?

This article says PocketMac synchs email. My understanding was that it synchs all the other info, but does not do email. At the PocketMac web site, the information about PM for Blackberry says nothing about email synching.

If anyone uses this software, does it do email? I have a BB through work, and would like to be able to synch email to my Mac at home.


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Close Name:Intruder -   TMO Mac Specialist Posts: 2924 Joined: 07 Jul 2004
Thu Jan 12, 2006 7:01 pm Subject: Re: Email synching?

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calpundit wrote:
This article says PocketMac synchs email. My understanding was that it synchs all the other info, but does not do email. At the PocketMac web site, the information about PM for Blackberry says nothing about email synching.

If anyone uses this software, does it do email? I have a BB through work, and would like to be able to synch email to my Mac at home.


I have it, and it does not currently sync e-mail, unless they have changed things and didn't send a notification to their current users.


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View Name:Guest
Thu Jan 12, 2006 7:13 pm Subject: bummer
Close Name:Intruder -   TMO Mac Specialist Posts: 2924 Joined: 07 Jul 2004
Fri Jan 13, 2006 12:43 am Subject:

I'm checking with the folks at PocketMac about the e-mail question (they were working on that months ago). I'll let you know what they say.


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Fri Jan 13, 2006 11:59 am Subject: Email in February
Close Name:Intruder -   TMO Mac Specialist Posts: 2924 Joined: 07 Jul 2004
Fri Jan 27, 2006 11:31 pm Subject:

Their current press release states that e-mail is supported. However, according to PocketMac's CTO, the press release is in error. That includes what is being released by RIM in February.

There is no release date for the e-mail supporting version.

Also yes, they are working on a universal binary version. It will be available "soon".


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Fri Mar 17, 2006 10:29 am Subject: CTO at Pocketmac
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