Monthly Archive for January, 2011Page 6 of 18

Vlingo Virtual Assistant App Adds Support for European Languages

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Vlingo has updated their BlackBerry app with support for French, German, Italian and Spanish language support. One thing you’ll never find with Vlingo, is support for a Scottish accent. No technology is that advanced. With Vlingo, you can do the following actions by voice:
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Upcoming BlackBerry Curve Sedona Gets Pictured

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Details of the new BlackBerry Curve have been circulating the Internet and it has some decent specs that are typical of RIM’s incremental upgrade strategy. The device is thinner, even smaller than the 9700, and it uses an EM1 battery. While the device won’t be running the QNX OS, it will feature OS 6.1 which comes with some cool new APIs for developers to make innovative apps for the device. Hit the jump for more pics.
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New to the Alliance: Mimecast Allows Access to Email When BES and Exchange Fails

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When we last wrote about Mimecast, we reported about theri cloud-based service that emulates the information on the BlackBerry Enterprise Server (BES) and ensures employees can access information on their BlackBerry, even if RIM is experiencing an outage. Mimecast was the first cloud service to protect against BES failures, and it challenges RIM’s message that BES is totally reliable.
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Rove Mobile IT Admin Management Solution Sees Positive Uptake

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We haven’t covered Rove in a while and the company has had a few announcements since the launch of the Rove Mobile IT Admin Solution version 6.0 back in September. The company let us know that one of the most used and appreciated features has been Rove’s Dashboard, a solution that aggregates alerts, alarms, notifications and tickets from IT monitors and incident management systems, presents them to IT admins directly on their mobile, and makes it possible to quickly asses the problem and implement a solution. One of the most helpful features of Rove’s product, is that it can deliver alerts even if the Exchange and BlackBerry Enterprise servers are offline.

Rove’s Mobile IT Admin solution is also tablet ready, which is crucial in today’s mixed platform enterprise.

A free, 14 day trial of Rove’s product is available for download at roveit.com/trial.

Rove also recently won eWEEK’s 2010 Product of the Year.

Starbucks Now Accepts Mobile Payments Across the US

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Starting yesterday, Starbucks’ 6,800+ stores have begun to accept mobile payments, meaning you can now use the Starbucks Card Mobile app from your BlackBerry across the US. Previously, we reported that the mobile payments program was limited to pilot stores in San Francisco, Seattle and New York, and it looks like the pilot was a success.
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