BlackBerry Tour 9630 – July 20

Been trying this devie out for a little while now on the side.. gotta say – I REALLY like it. Looks like everyone will be able to snag one (assuming you haven’t already snagged a Pre instead) on 07/20 **updated to 07/12**

Telesales now offering the Palm Pre

In case you haven’t been able to get your hand on one yet – as of today, Telesales is now processing orders for them, in addition to local retailers. Of course you can always visit a Sprint Store to get the full ReadyNow experience, and I’d recommend that option if this is your first PDA – but for seasoned pro’s, the gates are now open!.

BlackBerry Internet Service (BIS) v2.7 Release

Update due to be released this Saturday (06/27/09), BlackBerry will update their BlackBerry Internet Service (BIS) from version 2.6 to version 2.7. Customers do not have to request or initiate this upgrade. After 6/27/09, customers who log into their BIS account, will automatically be on this new version.

BIS 2.7 improves the look and feel of the BIS interface. While the changes are not big, they are an improvement for BIS users.

The improved Help Screen now lets subscribers:

• Send Service Books
• Access the online user guide, BlackBerry Answers (similar to BlackBerry HELP, but in a Q&A format)
• Access contact information for wireless service providers
• Open the BlackBerry HELP Web site on the BlackBerry Smartphone

• The ‘Close‘ option lets subscribers close the ‘E-mail Settings‘ application at any time.
• The BIS User Interface is now available in both Indonesian and Thai language.

Palm Pre Software Update for WebOS

Good Morning! Although your new Palm Pre has known about it for a few hours now (smart lil things, aren’t they!), you may not have noticed it yet – but as of this morning the first software update for the Palm Pre is available.

[NOTE: While some Pre's have received the notifications and/or update over the past few days, today is the *official* release date of the upgrade, which is why it's only now being posted here.]

So… what’s updated?

Current Palm Pre’s are running Palm webOS v1.0.2 on the Sprint 1.4 configuration… this update will bring the webOS up to v1.0.3 and the Sprint Configuration to v1.5, Build number is now 124

You can verify your software version, build, and configuration by opening Device Info, scrolling down to Version and Configuration (for webOS version), and then tap on the Version section (for Configuration & Build)

How do I get it?

Your Pre will automatically recognize that it is not up to date with the latest release and alert you to download and install it at some point today. You can also use the Updates application to initiate the download and update.

What’s Included?

Enabled non-SSL Exchange ActiveSync (EAS) email server setup

• Customers not using SSL with Exchange (EAS) were not able to set up email and were receiving an error.

Now can sync EAS version 12.0 of Exchange Server 2007 without Service Pack 1 with Palm Pre.

• Customers using EAS version 12.0 of Exchange Server 2007 were able to set up email, but were unable to sync it, and were not receiving an error.

Corrected pop-up window errors when installing applications.

• Customers installing a downloaded application were receiving ‘Install Failed‘ error message if there was no more allowable memory space.

Addressed handling of 911 calls from the device in airplane mode.

• CDMA radio on device is turned off (airplane mode) and PIN is locked. Customer dials 911 and the device should turn on radio and place a call once system acquisition is complete. Prior to the fix, the device didn‘t turn on automatically CDMA radio. Customers had to disable airplane mode when prompted.

Also addressed were various EAS email optimizations for battery life and attachment processing…

Email transports now ignore CDMA connection on 1x if WiFi is connected.

• Email transports did not ignore a CDMA connection on 1x when WiFi was connected.

Maximum time allotted for re-sending an attachment changed to a variable based on attachment size.

• Maximum time allotted for re-sending an attachment was 20 minutes.

In the WAN connection scenario, the e-mail transport should now avoid connecting immediately.

• In the scenario where the WAN connection is going up and down, the e-mail transport used to connect immediately, and that was draining the battery.

Device doesn‘t sync corrupt data. Software now handles this internally with an exception.

• Device was syncing continuously if user data on server was corrupt.

And finally…

Decreased the sync interval for Google Calendar and Contacts to 15 minutes

• Device waited 2 hours to sync the Contacts and Calendar changes made on device to Google account. Calendar events that contained certain symbols were preventing Google Calendar sync.

The Dormant Battery icon has been replaced with the start up screen after connecting device to the USB charging cable.

• When device was connected to a USB charging cable, Dormant Battery icon was displayed.

Scheduled weekday alarm events no longer sound on the weekends.

• Scheduled weekday alarm events used to sound on the weekends.

Are you liking the update? Any issues or cheers/complains? Sound off in the comments, or take it to the forums over at SprintGurus and their posse of top-notch Sprint users, which is one of my favorite Sprint User Communities to date!