A few days ago, I posted this. Last night, I received another but noticed it looked like this on my blackberry.
It seems the blackberry mail client interprets the mail as a legitimate message. This message is harmless on a blackberry, but it could be exploitable quite easily.
A week ago, while working with a customer, this error was appearing on a recently upgraded Domino/BES 502 server.
28/07/2010 05:43:47 Wrong DST switch mode=2. Currently only
mode 0 and 1 are supported
28/07/2010 05:43:47 Wrong DST switch mode=2. Currently only
mode 0 and 1 are supported
28/07/2010 05:43:47 Unable to construct Notes string for TZ
id=#####
Blackberry (as usual) fast-tracked the error and published a knowledge base document that day.
In BlackBerry Enterprise Server 5.0 SP2, additional logging captures the status of unsupported time zones. In this instance, DST Switch mode 2 applies to Iran and Iraq time zones that are present on the BlackBerry smartphone, but have not yet been designed for Windows Server®, Lotus Domino Server, or the BlackBerry Enterprise Server.
The error is intended to be informational and does not indicate that there are any issues on the BlackBerry Enterprise Server.
Link here
With all the devices available to people these days, it is very difficult to know which is best. Over beers and discussions about these devices, the criteria you use to choose them is totally subjective on the user’s habits. A quick count of old and new devices I have available (not including computers) and I have about 16 to hand. Some of which are totally ancient, others include flavours of blackberries, iPhones, iPods, iPads, Nokias, Erricsons, Motorollas, HTC’s, Palm etc etc (I *really* could go on).
My favorite argument on choosing the device I would depend on most is “if you had to pick one to use solely, what would it be?”.
For me, Blackberry Bold. No doubt. It is a hammer to hit a nail, great phone, great collaboration tool, great battery life, dependable, strong, good maps tool (ask me about being lost in the centre of Barbados… blackberry maps to the rescue). For web browsing it is “ok” and it works as a media player if you need it to. The proof is in the fact it is the primary device I use every day, even with all other devices available. I never check to see if I packed my blackberry, as it is in my pocket before I go anywhere. Customer sites I know that have had senior staff ditch their blackberry for an iPhone note that many revert to the blackberry (or worse, use both) after a few months.
But, as we say, everyone is different. Which device would you choose if you had to?
Many years ago a customer of mine had a requirement to browse internal file servers via their blackberry device. At the time we went with galty explorer. Over a long time it seemed to serve them well. Now, that product is gone and I am looking at alternatives. Does anyone know a similar product they recommend?
Update: Image is not too
clear – "Note: The Blackberry Administration Service requires
Microsoft Internet Explorer Version 6.0 or greater with Javascript turned
on"
As promised at my blackberry presentation
at Lotusphere, I have uploaded a pdf listing (by order of how important
I deem them) the restrictions I would place on blackberry devices in a
corporate company. Its just a spreadsheet published as a pdf and
I its a "use at your own risk" document. Some of these
options, after enabling, will make you enemies!
1 is strongly recommended
2 is recommended
3 is optional
Remember – try not to use the default
policy! Build your own.
On my
resources page.
The short review… "It’s not a toy,
its the best blackberry I have ever owned, combining rock solid performance
with a lust factor that should scare iPhone users (and I am an iPhone user)".
The longer review….
Upon returning to Belfast two days ago,
my blackberry bold was waiting for me. I won’t say where it came
from (without their permission), but it was a very kind and gracious gift,
one that I will not forget. Considering I was quite tired, I ignored
it as I unpacked and tried to come back to life. After a couple of
hours, I activated the bold, added my sim and retired my tried and tested
blackberry curve.
Form factor: The feel of the bold
is excellent. I prefer the keyboard of the curve (the bold reminds
me of the 8800 keyboard) but overall it just feels solid and strong. I
have used the blackberry storm and the touchscreen keyboard just is not
on a par with a tactile interface. If I need to hammer out long work
emails on a tiny unit, I need buttons. The stand-by button
is the usual (holding down the mute key for a second) but on the negative
it takes just too long to enter stand-by mode. The screen is fantastic.
Absolutely fantastic. Only beaten by the iPhone.
Platform: The platform interface
is as excellent as you would expect from blackberry. Mail.just.works.
The browser is a fantastic improvement on the previous models. The
GPS software with maps works exceptionally well (quicker then the iPhone)
and also highlights your direction aswell as location (iPhone only location).
BES/BIS accounts working in a few minutes, and with the later version
of blackberry enterprise server, now all my details (including preferences,
call list history) were transferred to my unit OTA.
Battery: I have only charged it
once since I got home. enough said really.
The bold is a massive step in hand-held
progression for blackberry, both in interface and software. This
is an area blackberry were really losing ground on, both to WMD and iPhone.
It also manages to retain its strengths of usability, ruggedness
and battery life learned over years of unit evolution. This unit
will hold extreme geek lust factor. More so then the storm, which
so far seems like a "we want to be an iPhone but can’t" offering.
I will still take both my iPhone and
my blackberry with me when I travel, but I could easily live with just
the bold. Of course, when iPhone support for Domino is released,
I will be able to easily live with either.
This is another test… Will tell you how I am doing it next!
Anyone reading can see I have been testing
this. Huge Kudos to Jason
Hook for getting this little blackberry
application to work, so you can post to your site from just about anywhere!
Not only that, but you can edit posts and even choose categories.
Very nice stuff. If you use the latest version of the blogsphere
template from Declan,
it has more enhancements.
Of course, this is all related to the
Notesberry.org
website (a blog aimed at BES and
Domino). I am a member and a contributor to this site, but with Lotusphere
and a few other things in the making recently, its been tough to really
get stuck in. A few of my BES articles are there for download, but
I will do more here in the near future.
