Anybody try DirectPush and BlackBerry Connect on the same device?

[goestoeleven]

So here's the deal:

I've been using DirectPush for a year now, and I'd like to keep using it for my company/personal mail.

I've just taken on a client that has Exchange with BES, and they would like to give me an email account on that server. While they've offered to give me a CrackBerry, I'd just assume not have to deal with two devices (how anti-convergent!).

Is it possible to have both DirectPush and BBConnect on the same device?

I suspect that in order to get BB Connect working, I'll need to switch to a data plan with access to BB's APN. If I do that, will it prevent me from reaching my hosted Exchange server?

Any experience/insights welcome...

[jakirkla]

So here's the deal:

I've been using DirectPush for a year now, and I'd like to keep using it for my company/personal mail.

I've just taken on a client that has Exchange with BES, and they would like to give me an email account on that server. While they've offered to give me a CrackBerry, I'd just assume not have to deal with two devices (how anti-convergent!).

Is it possible to have both DirectPush and BBConnect on the same device?

I suspect that in order to get BB Connect working, I'll need to switch to a data plan with access to BB's APN. If I do that, will it prevent me from reaching my hosted Exchange server?

Any experience/insights welcome...
The two email accounts will work together just fine, but the issue you will run into is that BBConnect sets up it's own data connection to Blackberry.net and will fight with other apps on your hermes that want to use the wap.cingular connection. BBConnect usually wins this fight. Thus, if you want to use both, you will need to just disable and enable the Blackberry.net connection in BBConnect when you want to check those emails.

[goestoeleven]

Thanks for the response... which Cingular data plan do you have?

[jakirkla]

No problem.

I use PDA Connect for Blackberry Connect Unlimited. I no longer have access to isp.cingular, so I have to use wap.cingular, but it seems just as fast. Can't get Cingular Video to work, but I'm not sure if that's a data plan problem or just how my 8525 is configured.

[jakirkla]

by the way, have you ever used Cingular Answer Tones?

My brother uses it and has "Big Bottoms" playing every time I call him instead of a ring. I always laugh.

"talk about bun cakes, my girl's got em"

[goestoeleven]

Ha! Somehow I don't think my wife would be terribly amused with that answertone...

;-)

[goestoeleven]

No problem.

I use PDA Connect for Blackberry Connect Unlimited. I no longer have access to isp.cingular, so I have to use wap.cingular, but it seems just as fast. Can't get Cingular Video to work, but I'm not sure if that's a data plan problem or just how my 8525 is configured.

so are you switching back and forth between wap.cingular and the blackberry apn?

[jakirkla]

yep. Using black 2.0, when I want to use IE or check regular outlook pop email, it connects to wap.cingular. Inevitably though, the blackberry.net connection fires up after a random amount of time to reconnect and disables the wap.cingular connection. This is why I sometimes just disable the BBConnect app unless I'm using it.

By the way, you can set Cingular Answertones to only play the "special" song for specific numbers, so your wife wouldn't have to hear it.