Blackberry Connect on the XDA IIs

[nadimg]

I am currently a Blackberry user and a former iPAQ user. With the Blue Angel now supporting Blackberry Connect, I will finally be able to have a Blackberry and a real MS PDA all in one.

I called O2 to confirm that the XDA II supports Blackberry. I was told that the XDA does but the XDA II does not and will never.

Can I just update the XDA II software to get the Blackberry Connect?

Thanks.

[kna]

I'd phone back and hope you get someone else.

As I understand it the XDA doesn't support blackberry, the XDAII does (as I have it working on one) and the XDAiis will support it in early 2005 (supposedly).

I'm waiting on the XDAiis Blackberry Connect myself as I have two devices sat here useless without it (or at least useless in so far as I could have bought XDAII's and a WiFi SD card)

[nadimg]

On http://www.my-xda.com site, the XDA II supports Blackberry but no mention of Blackberry on the XDA IIi/s pages.

In the O2 Business brochure that I picked up from the O2 shop yesterday, it says "Blackberry Connectivity Coming Soon" for both the IIs and IIi.

That is the problem I always had with O2, depending on who you speak you get different answers.

[kna]

On http://www.my-xda.com site, the XDA II supports Blackberry but no mention of Blackberry on the XDA IIi/s pages.

http://www.my-xda.com/xda2s_what.html

There's a bit just down the page which says:

Coming soon... From early 2005 the Xda IIs will support BlackBerry® connectivity so your email messages can be automatically pushed to your Xda IIs - with no dial-up and no waiting. Come back to this site soon for more information.

So it's there, which makes it even more suprising the guys on the phone don't know about it. Might be worth reading it back out to them when you phone :D

[numanoids]

I've quoted the website in numerous emails to o2 data support.

the problem is that they have had a lot of compatibility issues between the device and RIM which apparently they are working on.

If I hear anything I'll let you all know.

[Raptor]

I went into deatil with Blackberry on this @ TechED and also since then. They called me backn in response to my inquireies @ TechED. They even got a Cingular Rep to call me back and that was amazing in itself. The Cingular Rep gave me another contact and I have left him a VM (today).

I personally saw it working on an O2 Blue Angel @ Teched, I played with it a while, maybe I should have ROM dumped it but I was there for legitamate business and getting kicked out would not have been wise on my part.

Anyway, Yes it works on it!!!

Blackberry is going to contiue not giving us the SW, while Cingular is back in bed with GoodLink, so by the time Microsofts solution has fully matured, Blackberry is going to wonder where all of their clients went. Seems to me that they would hold onto us and keep the revenue flowing for as long as posible. Bad move on Blackberry's part in my opinion.

Raptor

[nadimg]

With my current O2 Blackberry, I used the Vodafone realease to upgrade to version 4.0 from 3.7. In 4.0 there were some new Internet features that were not available in 3.7.

I used the Vodafone upgrade as O2, just like the XDA II x software, is always a few months behind. In the case of Blackberry it is 6 months and counting.

Can I proceed the same way with the XDA IIs? That is can I use the latest T-Mobile MDA softare to upgrade the O2 XDA IIs?

I don't really mind having a T-Mobile user interface as long as the BB Connect works.

Thanks.

[Raptor]

Dunno

[nico5524]

I've got the T-Mobile software on mine. It talks to the PC no problem and it becomes my blackberry device but I can't get GPRS connection.

[nadimg]

...but I can't get GPRS connection.

You need to set the APN to blackberry.net and have O2 give you access to it (for a fee).

[nico5524]

Sorry for being dense but how do I set the apn?

[nadimg]

Sorry for being dense but how do I set the apn?
No idea. I am still using the Blackberry 7230. The XDA IIs is still in the box. I should start setting it up later this week or next week.

Check out this link:
http://www.pdagold.com/articles/detail.asp?r=50&a=224

This was written when the BB Connect was only released with T-Mobile Germany.

Note that to use BB, O2 will need to add the BB Bolt-On to your plan.

[nico5524]

OK ta, will give it a go tomorrow and let you know how I get on. I wouldn't have thought that T-Mobile will want to play ball though as I'm not there customer and am trying to get a competitors device to work using their software. But again will give it a go tomorrow.

I've already got BB on my plan, it's a sim card from a 7730 that I want to use in the XDA.