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June 2006 |
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Welcome to B&D System Engineers newsletter for June.
We would like to keep you up to date with the latest IT developments and
trust you will enjoy reading this newsletter.
This month it is all about MOBILITY.
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Newly arrived in South Africa on the 1st of July 2006 is the Blackberry 8700. The
Blackberry 8700 Wireless Handheld™ puts leading BlackBerry® functionality such as email, phone, browser, instant messaging and organizer into one compact, integrated device. You get uncompromising email, browsing and voice performance in a thin, stylish, lightweight handheld with a full QWERTY keyboard.
The BlackBerry 8700™ also provides Quad-Band network support on 850/900/1800/1900 MHz GSM/GPRS and EDGE networks to allow for international roaming between North America, Europe and Asia Pacific.
You’ll be wowed by the sleek design, fast performance, light sensing screen and more.
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| Advantages: |
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| Phone - The Blackberry 8700 is
designed to offer complete, uncompromising phone features. You'll be
wowed at its exceptional battery life, hands-free speakerphone
capabilities and more. |
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| Messaging - Enjoy a familiar typing experience with the ergonomic 35-key QWERTY keyboard.
It makes composing messages fast, easy and accurate. |
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| Organizer - Address book, calendar,
memo pad, task list. Mobile functionality - all you
need to keep on top of your day. |
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| Browser - Enjoy a dynamic highly, responsive Internet experience. |
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| Speakerphone - The build in
speakerphone allows hands-free conversations and convenient
conference calls with excellent sound quality. |
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| Integrated phone - Place a call
directly from an email or your address book |
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| "Push" Technology - No prompting
to get email - messages are delivered automatically to the handheld.
Once a message is sent to your inbox, it's pushed directly to your
handheld. No downloading. No prompting. No worries. |
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| Email integration - Access
multiple supported business\personal email accounts from your
handheld. Each email account can be configured separately with a
different sent From address, auto signature, filter set and more. |
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| Attachment viewing - View
important attachments anytime such as word, excel and PowerPoint
directly on your handheld. Plus with support for MMS, you can
exchange multimedia messages with other MMS enabled handhelds.
Combine images with traditional text messages. |
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| LCD Display - The bright high
resolution screen provides ample workspace for viewing email and
attachments. Intelligent light sensing technology automatically
optimizes screen lighting levels for indoor and outdoor viewing. |
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| Integrated address book - Call,
email, sms or schedule a meeting from one centralized address book. |
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To view an interactive demo, please click on this link and then on:
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| What does it do? |
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Intellisync Wireless Email is an award-winning solution
that connects a very wide range of mobile devices
to a wide
range of
email servers. Intellisync has different ways of working with the
different classes of devices to make it easy for users to
access their Email, Calendar, Contacts, Notes, and
Tasks. For the core
synchronization devices, messages and data from the
server are downloaded and stored locally. As the
device moves in and out of wireless coverage areas,
connections to the server are established to send and
receive information.
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| A great user experience |
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Inbox on the road -
Wireless email provides the same functionality users have on
the desktop when they are on the road. For example: |
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Emails are read, forwarded, replied to,
replied-to-all, deleted, marked read/unread. |
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Meeting requests can be accepted, rejected, or
answered tentatively. |
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Meeting requests can be created, including recurring
meetings. |
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Folders can be managed, including creation and
deletion. |
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| All the changes on the road are synced on
the server so users can seamlessly transition between the
road and the office. |
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Email
Attachments - Email
attachments can be turned off and on, and attachments
delivered can be filter |
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informed of attachments that have been filtered out, and can
choose to override the filters for individual attachments
that they wish to see. |
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Preview
mail - With preview mail turned on, the user is
prompted during a synchronization session with |
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to be delivered, including the attachment, size, truncation
status, sender and subject information. Based on this
information, they can request that specific mails or
attachments be delivered or not delivered. Also, truncation
can be "over-ruled" or an obvious junk message can be
deleted prior to delivery. This lets the user get specific
emails they are expecting, and enables them to block
unnecessary information. |
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Push for
email, calendar, contacts and tasks - Intellisync
is the first to offer true push for Palm OS |
| and Pocket PC devices utilizing today's
wireless networks. The server engine will see a
qualifying inbound email for a user and automatically send
it out to the user's device. Without any effort, the user
will receive the email in their device inbox in real time,
providing an "always available" experience. Users have a
great degree of control over the filters and options that
drive the push activity. |
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| The Broadest Device Support |
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| Intellisync gives users access to their
email and PIM data from a broad array of devices, with
different levels of capability taking advantage of the
device characteristics. |
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Full
sync devices - These devices receive complete
updates for email and the PIM applications. The user |
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occasionally for updates. The following devices are
supported: |
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Nokia 3230; 6620; 6680; 6681; 6682; 6630; 7610; 7610b; 9300; 9500 and SOON the NEW E SERIES PHONES!
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LG VX8000; VX8100, VX9800 , VX7000 |
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Vodafone 702NK |
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Sony Ericsson P900; P910i; P910a |
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Motorola A1000; M1000; MPx220 Motorola vC3 (RAZR), E815, 325 |
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Samsung i600; i700; i730; i830; A890, A930, A950, A970 |
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Palm Treo 600; 650; 700w; Audiovox SMT5600; XV6600; XV6700; Dell Axim X5 |
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HP 6315; iPAQ h1940; iPAQ 2215; iPAQ 5500 |
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Read more about intellisync
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| What is HSDPA? |
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| 3G HSDPA is a 3G enhancement that delivers superior speed. Its performance is comparable to today's wireless LAN services, but with the added benefit of mobility and ubiquitous
coverage. Whether you're working from home, traveling, or at your favorite coffee shop, the advantages of 3G have been undeniable, and to many people it has become an indispensable tool in communication without borders. Now
Vodacom and MTN introduces 3G HSDPA - giving you access to the ever-changing global arena of communications -
up to 1.8Mbps and faster than ADSL!3G HSDPA gives you instant access to seamless wide area coverage and the fastest mobile Internet and company network access available in South Africa!
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| How does it work? |
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| To browse web pages or collect your
email, you need to connect to the internet. The 3G Broadband Mobile Connect software is designed to let you perform the most common actions by clicking on a single button. The 3G Broadband Mobile Connect Card works with 3G HSDPA, offering connection speeds that are up to 7 times faster than a 56K PSTN modem dial-up connection. If you find yourself in an area without 3G coverage, the 3G Broadband Mobile Connect Card will keep you connected by switching seamlessly to EDGE or GPRS. The intuitive on-screen Mobile Connect software for Windows (v6.0 or later) provides: |
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► Access to email |
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Web browsing |
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Send and receive SMSs |
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Chat using your existing instant messaging service |
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► Monitor your usage for 3G ,and GPRS |
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| The volumes of data transmitted and
received are presented on the dashboard software enabling you to
control the costs. The usage information is presented in megabytes
and not as a financial value. It is an indication and may vary
slightly from what appears on your bill. |
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| Overview of HSDPA |
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| High-Speed Downlink Packet Access or HSDPA is a
new mobile data protocol and is sometimes referred to as a 3.5G
(or "3˝G") technology. The absolute maximum theoretical speeds
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Downlink: Up to 1.8 Mbps |
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Uplink: Up to 128 Kbps |
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| To access the 3G HSDPA Broadband
network you will be needing, The latest HSDPA data card that can
be used with a 3G contract or with a 3G/MyMeg Bolt-on. |
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| Unfortunately the current cards
cannot be upgraded to support HSDPA. Customers will need to
purchase the new HSDPA enabled Vodafone Mobile Connect cards. |
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| Any existing pre-paid or
contract 3G customer who is currently using a 3G Mobile Connect
Card purchased in South Africa, can swap their card at their
approved ISP outlet for the new HSDPA card. This is FREE of
charge and no extension of contract term is applied to contract
customers. |
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| Current 3G handsets are not
compatible however new HSDPA enabled handsets are likely to only
become available later this year. |
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| All 3G enabled base stations have
been upgraded to also support HSDPA, however the coverage is not
identical as the HSDPA network is more sensitive to external
influences such as indoor coverage, topography and weather
conditions. |
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| When the signal drops off you will
be able to access the 3G, Edge and GPRS network in the same
manner as with the 3G Data cards. |
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| Notebooks and HSDPA |
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| The Mobile Connect Card takes
advantage of 3G Network, offering connection speeds that
are up to 7 times faster than a 56K PSTN modem dial up
connection. If you find yourself in an area without 3G coverage,
it will keep you connected by allowing you to switch to the GPRS
connection. The intuitive on-screen dashboard for (v6.0 or
later) lets you use your laptop to: |
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Access internet-based e-mail accounts |
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Browse any web page |
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Send and receive SMS's |
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Chat using instant messages |
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Monitor your usage for 3G and GPRS |
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Connect to your company network using VPN |
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| In order to access files on your
company Local Area Network (LAN) you will need IT support to
arrange a link between your computer network and the ISP
Network. |
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