BT has launched the BlackBerry Internet Service (BIS), a new BT service in the UK specially designed for small business customers. Using BIS, small enterprise users can send and receive e-mail from their BlackBerry without any further technology, that is without installing special server software or IT infrastructure. BIS can collate mail from up to ten existing accounts - or the user can set up an account specifically for their BlackBerry. The new service provides small enterprises with all the benefits that bigger businesses get from BlackBerry, including mobile phone, web access and organiser. BIS pushes through new e-mail or diary dates to the user's BlackBerry by synchronising with the office PC. Businesses can also transform their BlackBerry into a full-scale satellite navigation system by attaching a tiny, lightweight add-on unit to the BlackBerry 8700. Once the user enters in their destination details, the system feeds through turn-by-turn visual and voice-prompt directions. Because the system is server-based it will not cause memory overload problems with the user's BlackBerry and it guarantees access to the most up-to-date directions based on the latest NAVTEQ maps.
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