[hayden]

RIM introduced at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona the free Unite-Server for consumers to run push Email service from home.

To run your own Blackberry Push-Email service your PC needs to be always on. The RIM Unite-Server communicates directly with the infrastructure of the selected carrier of your mobile phone.

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[Cron99]

Thanks for the heads up on this Hayden.

[nvisi0n]

If this is the apology for the outage, then apology accepted.

[dtx]

And who is the target market here? end users? prosumers? enterprise?
What benefit does it bring over BIS or BES? The fact that it "manages" photos and video is interesting... does this mean it "manages" them OTA?

[The SPCS Guy]

HELLO!!!! I likes this idea. I think this is going to be a great thing to shape the future for BlackBerries.

JE

[macallik]

I can't wait for that.

[SimonSage]

What I'm not sure about is whether Unite-server is a new piece of software, or the same BlackBerry Unite! that we've been hearing about, only lost in translation.

As for target market, dtx, I think they're actually looking at families and small businesses.

[alonesoul]

This is good news for an OS 4.5 release also! Unite needs 4.3. This in conjunction with the bluetooth stereo gateway upcoming (which also will need 4.5 since it includes the stereo bluetooth profile for older Pearl's) we should 4.5 soon!!!

[NICKY88XX]

this looks great. only thing i dont like or trust is leaving my home computer running all day and night. but i deffinatly want to check this out. good info hayden, thank you

[devilsadidas]

why leave your computer running all dy if you don't need to? turn it on when you need something synced, the bis will still work. Blackberry unite is going to be an awesome piece of software. who couldn't use it? even if you only have one user it gives a free ability to sync wirelessly(if you don't mind leaving your pc on), or you can push stuff to workers or family/friends or whoever you have unite associated with. I personally can't wait as it is a selling point so i can sell the blackberry more and for personal use.

[s16ri]

Thanks for the info. Hope to get it soon.

[siccmade]

We’ve been telling you about BlackBerry Unite! for a while now and it looks like the wait continues for stateside BlackBerry users. First launched back in October with Spanish Carrier Telefonica, Unite! essentially turns your home PC into a BlackBerry server. Rather than rely on a RIM server, Unite! allows users to install free software on a home PC and bypass RIM servers all together. Unite! also allows users to manage and share photos and other media files across devices. The bad news? Thus far at Mobile World Congress RIM has mentioned Germany and a few other countries that will gain access to Unite! this year, but no mention has been made of the US. Further RIM-related news from Mobile World Congress comes from Alcatel-Lucent, which has announced a new prepaid solution for BlackBerry. Their solution, currently in the early stages of development, would fully integrate with existing carrier network equipment and facilitate a complete range of prepaid services. Most notably, the solution will support prepaid email and track volume in real time to appropriately and instantly deplete the user’s balance. Once released, Alcatel-Lucent’s prepaid solution will open a wide range of potential new business that had previously been inaccessible to RIM.

[cherrichiodo]

bummer no love for the US...yet

[wassona]

Sounds like a major security risk. What is being done to secure the user's computer and bb?

[cfrench]

:D I am so excited about this!!!!

[DriftorX]

i leave my computers on 24/7 and have a hefty battery backup system for them all, that would last approx. 1 hour. But also run a home server to link my family computers around the state to backup certain things. Mainly. there photos, documents of importance. Things like that. But this will be something new that i would be interested myself.

[UH8ME]

This has promise, but I too have some concerns with the Security issue. More importatnly for me...will this run on a Mac...or will it be exclusively PC???

[joker25944]

UH8ME i have the same question. will this program run on mac or be exclusive to the pc. knowing rim and there compatibility with macs, it probably not going to happen. please someone tell me i am wrong.

[N8DBB]

And I will be #3 to chirp in in a row...MAC compatability?

Answer? No.

Mac and BlackBerry hate each other. We will have to find a windows based server to run this off of. BOO.

MAC and BlackBerry.....Take a trip to ANTIGUA for a week, get drunk, tell each other you love each other, and start playing nice and giving mac and BB users the respect and support we deserve!

[MWPatterson]

Looks interesting, the security is what I will need to look at before I can definetly recommend this one.

[Dcfrog]

i wonder how long before it will be for E-plus here in Germany.

[showtime]

Can't wait! ~via BB (wap.pinstack.com)~

[harry3334]

~via BB (wap.pinstack.com)~very nice....will be interesting to see what it is

[n8dbb2]

BTW: This will be launching with US carriers within the next 60 days.

[chatster18]

Originally Posted by theOutsider BTW: This will be launching with US carriers within the next 60 days.

Thats good to know....should be coming up right?

Any more info on this?

[pwaugh]

This doesn't excite me at all. Why? Well, since I still need a data connection to use my Blackberry, and this comes with free BIS, why would I need this?

My computer is on 24/7 and secured, but I doubt running this would prove better than the push email I already get with my Internet service. Just my two cents.