Comments on: Use a BlackBerry without any help (or charges) from RIM

By: Dee

Dee — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 07:23:33 +0000

Hi, I have few questions: -
1.how many email account astrasync allow you to configure?
2. Does it support google apps? (If I configure my company email to google)
3. Can it recall any email you have in google? (for example if you wipe your device and reinstall astrasync back….currently you can’t do it in BB, once you deleted the account and if you configure it back in BIS it start back from scratch)
4. any issue with the contact and calendar sync? (multiple contact, multiple calendar, etc…)

Thanks,
Dee

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Going Google | PDA-247 — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 03:01:08 +0000

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By: Fraser

Fraser — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 19:09:21 +0000

I tried astra sync – in 5 hours I received 10 emails, and it used half my battery, and 30mb of data

I now forward emails to a gmail account, and installed the gmail app for blackberry

By: Zaki Krayem

Zaki Krayem — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 08:34:01 +0000

Remember guys that we’re talking about Blackberry in here.
Blackberry holders that will invest in exchange activesync solution are tasks oriented by default.
Astrasync won’t make the big difference until it supports tasks syncing. i don’t know why they still are behind doing this.
i had to purchase notifysync that support email, contact, calendar, tasks and notes syncing.
we, as blackberry users shouldn’t expect less and we have to stand for companies who do not drop full PIM syncing to only support contacts and calendar.

By: Robert

Robert — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 00:01:20 +0000

If a Gmail user the Enhanced Gmail plugin from RIM lets you:

1. Move items between folders (labels),
2. Flag emails (Star)
3. Sync deleted and read items (one-way BB > Gmail)
4. Sync Address Book (BB OS 5 required)
5. Search the Gmail server for emails

The last one is the big one for me.

By: Shaun

Shaun — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 21:51:42 +0000

No, I get unlimited data for £5 / month, but BIS costs me £10 with unlimited data so the saving is there. It isn’t huge of course with the price of the app considered, but there is a saving.

By: BB Guy

BB Guy — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 21:48:32 +0000

If you’re only saving £5 per month over this product, it’s not worth it. Usually with a BIS plan you get unlimited data. With this, you don’t because it’s not from the carrier- it’s a 3rd party app.

By: How to use a BlackBerry without charges from RIM « AstraSync

How to use a BlackBerry without charges from RIM « AstraSync — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 16:33:14 +0000

[...] “I use my iPhone 3G as my work phone, but it has sadly developed a fault and will not connect to any mobile network. My Bold 9700 is used on my personal SIM card for email collection, web browsing etc. and so I was left with a decision to make. I needed a phone quick and so I decided to put my work SIM in the BlackBerry and manage as best I could without BIS (BlackBerry Internet Service). Little did I know that within an hour I would not be using BIS at all and would still have mobile browsing, push email and almost everything else I needed on the same phone. Here is how I did it…“ [...]

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By: Bob South

Bob South — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 23:17:27 +0000

AstraSync is the best! Worth the money!