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cerebus cerebus
 
M$3 December 22, 2008 03:55 PM

iPhone 3G compatible with BES (Blackberry Enterprise Server)?

Salesperson at AT&T wireless store said that the new iPhone can be connected directly to a BES without having to use ActiveSync via MS-Exchange. I've looked into this a bit on the web but can't find any information supporting that this is possible. Anyone know "for sure"?
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bensmith bensmith
 
 December 23, 2008 04:04 PM
The salesperson is wrong. BES is a proprietary connection between a Blackberry client and server. RIM _has_ made a client available for some devices other than its own Blackberry models (including Nokia's E-series S60 business phones), but it has never been released for iPhone. You can validate this at the Blackberry site I included in the sources.

It is unlikely to be developed for iPhone in the foreseeable future as Apple have not opened access to all the necessary elements of its OS to developers.
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http://www.blackberry.com/la/products/builtin_connect/index.shtml

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cptcobalt cptcobalt
 
December 22, 2008 04:00 PM
There is no BES available for the iPhone. Its just simply not possible. The 2.0 update did enable Microsoft Exchange support, so chances are your company might have that.

Talk to your sysadmin to see how you can set this up. You can ask and see if there is ActiveSync for your company, or probably ask if he can just set up a simple IMAP email setup which works very well on the iPhone

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brentcopel... brentcopel...
 
December 22, 2008 04:21 PM
I'll go one step further. Without a 3rd party application, there will NEVER be a way for you to do that. Apple doesn't want it, and RIM would never approve it.

If you are just trying to get your email from exchange to your phone, iPhone supports both IMAP4 and POP3 so you can go that route.

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connectedg... connectedg...
 
December 22, 2008 05:56 PM
I agree with cptcobalt and brentcopeland. They BES will not work with your iPhone; however, it will work with you MS Exchange system.

Here are couple videos on how to setup your iPhone with your MS Exchange

Exchange Setup For The iPhone 2.0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRsLAHpRdII


iPhone 2.0 Remote Wipe Feature in Exchange
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qahEtJMx_mo


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