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Posted by: gabeosx

http://petitiononline.com/bb4mac/petition.html

My attempt to get RIM to recognize

Posted by: tru2life

It is called Pocket Mac or EPICAD
SOLUTIONS:

EPICAD SyncAgain - http://www.epicad.com/syncagain/index.htm

* - Target audience: BES users
- Compatibility: BES and sync with Address Book and iCal
- Requirements: BES 3.6.x or higher and HH OS 3.7.1.x
- Price: $139.00 US
- Limitations: BES, can only sync with Address Book and iCal

PocketMac Blackberry Sync - http://www.pocketmac.net/products/p...erry/index.html

* - Target audience: Consumer, Pro-sumer, BIS Users
- Compatibility: Entourage, Address Book, iCal, iSync, Now Contact/Now Up to Date, Stickies, DayLite CRM
- Requirements: Mac OS 10.3 or higher, USB, Handheld OS 3.7.1.41
- Price: $29.95 US
- Limitations: No application loader

DESKTOP REQUIREMENTS:

* - Macintosh OS X 10.3 (Price: $129.00 US) http://www.apple.com/macosx
- Microsoft Entourage (Address Book, Calendar, Notes, Tasks, POP3, IMAP and Exchange compatible – Price: $399.00 US part of Microsoft Office 2004) http://www.microsoft.com/mac/produc...?pid=office2004
- Apple Mail (POP3, IMAP and Exchange compatible – Price: Free) http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/mail
- Apple Address Book – (Price: Free) http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/addressbook
- Apple iCal (Price: Free) http://www.apple.com/ical
- Apple iSync (Price: Free) http://www.apple.com/isync
- Now Contact/Now Up to Date – (Price: $179.95 US) http://www.nowsoftware.com
- DayLite CRM – (Price: $149.00 - $1,295.00 US) http://www.marketcircle.com/daylite/

MACINTOSH SUPPORTED EXCHANGE/BES HOSTS:

* - eOutlook – http://www.eoutlook.com
- Mailstreet – http://www.mailstreet.com
- Link2Exchange – http://www.link2exchange.com/
- Mi8 – http://www.mi8.com
- Intermedia – http://www.intermedia.net
- Lanlogic – http://www.lanlogic.com

Posted by: BlackBerryFinch

Unreal... tru2life you could have at least quoted the source you ripped this off from? Seeing it's my (finch from BlackBerry Forums) hard work that went into creating the Macintosh-BlackBerry Sync Requirements for BlackBerry Forums Mac users. FWIW you can petition all you want but until company's such as Apple have a larger user base your talking to a brick wall. Consider petitioning Pumatech who develop the software apps for RIM.

Quote:

Originally Posted by tru2life

It is called Pocket Mac or EPICAD
SOLUTIONS:

EPICAD SyncAgain - http://www.epicad.com/syncagain/index.htm

* - Target audience: BES users
- Compatibility: BES and sync with Address Book and iCal
- Requirements: BES 3.6.x or higher and HH OS 3.7.1.x
- Price: $139.00 US
- Limitations: BES, can only sync with Address Book and iCal

PocketMac Blackberry Sync - http://www.pocketmac.net/products/p...erry/index.html

* - Target audience: Consumer, Pro-sumer, BIS Users
- Compatibility: Entourage, Address Book, iCal, iSync, Now Contact/Now Up to Date, Stickies, DayLite CRM
- Requirements: Mac OS 10.3 or higher, USB, Handheld OS 3.7.1.41
- Price: $29.95 US
- Limitations: No application loader

DESKTOP REQUIREMENTS:

* - Macintosh OS X 10.3 (Price: $129.00 US) http://www.apple.com/macosx
- Microsoft Entourage (Address Book, Calendar, Notes, Tasks, POP3, IMAP and Exchange compatible – Price: $399.00 US part of Microsoft Office 2004) http://www.microsoft.com/mac/produc...?pid=office2004
- Apple Mail (POP3, IMAP and Exchange compatible – Price: Free) http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/mail
- Apple Address Book – (Price: Free) http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/addressbook
- Apple iCal (Price: Free) http://www.apple.com/ical
- Apple iSync (Price: Free) http://www.apple.com/isync
- Now Contact/Now Up to Date – (Price: $179.95 US) http://www.nowsoftware.com
- DayLite CRM – (Price: $149.00 - $1,295.00 US) http://www.marketcircle.com/daylite/

MACINTOSH SUPPORTED EXCHANGE/BES HOSTS:

* - eOutlook – http://www.eoutlook.com
- Mailstreet – http://www.mailstreet.com
- Link2Exchange – http://www.link2exchange.com/
- Mi8 – http://www.mi8.com
- Intermedia – http://www.intermedia.net
- Lanlogic – http://www.lanlogic.com

Posted by: gabeosx

I know that 3rd party solutions exist. Why should I have to pay $140 for what Windows users get for free?

Posted by: RIMarkable

Quote:

Originally Posted by gabeosx

I know that 3rd party solutions exist. Why should I have to pay $140 for what Windows users get for free?

Because a BlackBerry is still primarily a business device and there are so few business users on Mac that it doesn't make them any more money to support the feature. It is not about being fair, it is about generating revenue.

Posted by: mattroberts

Quote:

Originally Posted by RIMarkable

Because a BlackBerry is still primarily a business device and there are so few business users on Mac that it doesn't make them any more money to support the feature. It is not about being fair, it is about generating revenue.

Looks like RIM disagrees:
http://home.businesswire.com/portal...619&newsLang=en

I think with the new Intel Macs coming along that RIM see's an opportunity to meet this market. As a long time Mac (home) user and Windows (work) user i'm looking forward to owning one machine. With Vista Running or VIrtual PC available for my Windows applications The only missing element in my world is a proper Exchange client (Entourage sucks) and BB access.

cheers
m

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