[finch]

I created this document for my corporate Macintosh clients who require BIS (BlackBerry Internet Service) BES (BlackBerry Enterprise Server) sync compatibility.

TARGET AUDIENCE:

xxx8226; Macintosh OS 10.3 or higher
xxx8226; Compatible USB devices: 62xx/72xx/75xx/77xx81xx/83xx/87xx/88xx
xxx8226; Compatible serial devices: 85x/95x/58xx/67xx - Requires: Keyspan | USB High Speed Serial Adapter

SOLUTIONS:

PocketMac Blackberry Sync - PocketMac 4.0 for BlackBerry

xxx8226; Requires Mac OS 10.3 or higher, USB, Handheld OS 3.7.1.41 or Higher BIS account, Entourage, Address Book, iCal, iSync, Now Contact/Now Up to Date, Stickies, DayLite CRM
xxx8226; Price: Free
xxx8226; Limitations: No application loader

Apple BootCamp xxx8211; Boot Camp

xxx8226; Requires an Intel based Macintosh: Mac Pro, MacBook, MacBook Pro, iMac, Mac mini. Enables users to boot into a full Windows interface and sync with Microsoft Outlook, Notes and GroupWise.
xxx8226; Price Free, Public Beta.
xxx8226; Limitations: Can only boot into one OS at a time.

Parallels - Parallels Desktop for Mac

xxx8226; Requires an Intel based Macintosh: Mac Pro, MacBook, MacBook Pro, iMac, Mac mini, Windows 2000 or Higher, Office 2000 or Higher and BlackBerry Desktop Manager. Enables users to use Windows, Linux, OS2 virtual machine interface in parallel with the Mac OS.
xxx8226; Price: $79.00
xxx8226; Limitations: Runing in a virtual environment.

DESKTOP REQUIREMENTS:

xxx8226; Macintosh OS X 10.3 or higher (Price: $129.00 US) Apple - Mac OS X
xxx8226; Microsoft Entourage (Address Book, Calendar, Notes, Tasks, POP3, IMAP and Exchange compatible xxx8211; Price: $399.00 US part of Microsoft Office 2004) Office 2004
xxx8226; Apple Mail (POP3, IMAP and Exchange compatible xxx8211; Price: Free) Apple - Mac OS X - Mail
xxx8226; Apple Address Book xxx8211; (Price: Free) Apple - Mac OS X - Address Book
xxx8226; Apple iCal (Price: Free) Apple
xxx8226; Apple iSync (Price: Free) Apple
xxx8226; Now Contact/Now Up to Date xxx8211; (Price: $179.95 US) Now Software
xxx8226; DayLite CRM xxx8211; (Price: $149.00 - $1,295.00 US) Marketcircle : Daylite

MACINTOSH SUPPORTED EXCHANGE/BES HOSTS:

xxx8226; eOutlook xxx8211; Hosted Exchange xxx8211; Exchange Hosting and Hosted Exchange Servers
xxx8226; Mailstreet xxx8211; MailStreet Exchange Hosting, Email Outsourcing using Microsoft Exchange 2003 Server,Outsource Corporate Email
xxx8226; Link2Exchange xxx8211; Link2Exchange - Hosted Exchange 2003, Business, Personal, Wireless
xxx8226; Mi8 xxx8211; Mi8: Exchange Hosting & SharePoint Hosting
xxx8226; Intermedia xxx8211; Exchange hosting and Web hosting from Intermedia.NET
xxx8226; Lanlogic xxx8211; Lanlogic real people real solutions

Entourage 2004 Exchange Server Setup

xxx8226; Microft Entourage 2004 Exchange Server Setup

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