RIM BlackBerry Desktop Manager v. PocketMac: Macs and BlackBerrys, Part I
RIM currently builds its BlackBerry Desktop Manager software only for Windows machines, often leaving Mac users out in the cold. Here we list a number of important features available to PC users in desktop manager, as well as those lacking in PocketMac, a BlackBerry desktop software alternative. - Al Sacco, CIO September 08, 2008 It doesn't take any considerable amount of insight into the world of smartphones to understand that many Mac users with Research In Motion (RIM) BlackBerry devices feel overlooked by RIM. Just visit any major BlackBerry forum on the Web, and you'll find specific sections dedicated to BlackBerry/Mac related issues. That's because RIM's official desktop software, the BlackBerry Desktop Manager, which lets PC users perform data backup and restore processes, update handheld operating systems (OS), configure BlackBerry corporate settings and more, only runs on Microsoft Windows machines. RIM hasn't exactly ignored its Mac-using customer base--it offers an alternative, Mac-friendly software called PocketMac for free download--but there are still a number of valuable features that are unavailable to BlackBerry users with Apple Macintosh computers. (Note: Mac machines running Parallels or other such software that enables Apple computers to run Windows and other operating systems, and that meet the necessary system requirements, can run RIM's Desktop Manager.) The following is a list, from RIM, that details the features available in the BlackBerry Desktop Manager software, along with the functionality afforded to Mac users via PocketMac. System requirements for both BlackBerry Desktop Manager and Pocket Mac are also listed beneath the chart. ... http://www.cio.com/article/448228/RIM_BlackBerry_Desktop_Manager_v._PocketMac_Macs_and_BlackBerrys_Part_I ******************************* * POST TO [EMAIL PROTECTED] * ******************************* Medianews mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.etskywarn.net/mailman/listinfo/medianews
