Feature and Technical OverviewBlackBerry Enterprise Server components and features

Feature

Description

 

 

synchronized contact lists

The instant messaging contact lists on users' BlackBerry devices are

 

synchronized with the contact lists in their organization's instant messaging

 

application.

 

 

contact alerts

Users can request alerts when specific contacts become available.

 

 

file transfer

Using the latest version of the BlackBerry Client for IBM Sametime, users can

 

send files to contacts in their contact lists. Recipients can open supported file

 

formats on their BlackBerry devices.

 

 

link instant messaging contacts to the

Using the latest versions of the collaboration clients, users can link instant

contact list on BlackBerry devices

messaging contacts to existing contact list entries on their BlackBerry devices.

 

They can also create new contact list entries for instant messaging contacts and

 

populate them with information from their organization's messaging server.

 

 

send email messages from contact list

Using the latest versions of the collaboration clients, users can send email

 

messages to contacts directly from their contact lists.

 

 

call contacts

Using the latest versions of the collaboration clients, users can call instant

 

messaging contacts directly from their contact lists. After a user starts an instant

 

messaging conversation with a contact, the user can make a call to that contact

 

from the conversation window. Phone numbers for contacts are retrieved from

 

the messaging server or from the contact list on the BlackBerry device if the

 

user is linked to an existing contact list entry.

 

 

email conversation history

Using the latest versions of the collaboration clients, users who participate in an

 

instant messaging conversation can send the history of the conversation as an

 

email message to other participants of the conversation and to additional

 

contacts from their contact lists on their BlackBerry devices.

 

 

embedded links

Users can click phone numbers in instant messages to make calls. They can

 

also click links in instant messages to view web pages.

 

 

public groups

Using the latest version of the BlackBerry Client for IBM Sametime, users can

 

add public groups to their instant messaging contact lists.

 

 

location information

Using the latest version of the BlackBerry Client for IBM Sametime or the

 

BlackBerry Client for use with Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007,

 

users can set their current location to display in their contact information. For

 

example, users can set their current location to "In the office". This feature is

 

not available if your organization's environment uses IBM Sametime version

 

6.5.1.

 

 

announcements

Using the latest version of the BlackBerry Client for IBM Sametime or

 

BlackBerry Client for Novell GroupWise Messenger, users can send

 

announcements to groups or multiple contacts in their contact lists.

 

 

send messages to contacts who are not

Using the latest version of the BlackBerry Client for IBM Sametime, BlackBerry

included in a contact list

Client for use with Microsoft Office Live Communications Server 2005, or

 

 

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