Google Ends Support for Google Sync for BlackBerry on June 1 2012 – Use AstraSync to Sync Gmail

Google just announced that on June 1, 2012 it will end support for Google Sync for BlackBerry. If you already have the app installed, you’ll still be able to use it; however it will not be available for download after June 1.

Top 5 Reasons Why You Should Stick with Your BlackBerry

As iPhone and Android dominate the American smartphone market, BlackBerry loyalists remain optimistic and faithful to their favorite phones. They can’t imagine life without BlackBerry and will not trade it for any other. Here are some reasons we have heard from our customers for sticking with what you love!

1. The Productivity of a Real Keyboard

If you have mastered typing quickly using the BlackBerry full QWERTY keyboard, you can never get the same efficiency using virtual keyboards. People can type really fast on a BlackBerry keyboard without even looking! No more Clumsy Thumbsy Autocorrects 🙂

Get Exchange ActiveSync on your BlackBerry TODAY with AstraSync!

There has been a lot of buzz about RIM’s first move into the Exchange ActiveSync world with the upcoming BlackBerry 10 OS. In a recent TechRadar article, BlackBerry software head Vivek Bhardwaj commented that this huge switch to Exchange ActiveSync is a change in the right direction for BlackBerry, praising it as an “open standard”.

Google Discontinues Gmail BlackBerry App, Use AstraSync to Get Gmail Sync

Google have announced that they are discontinuing their Gmail App for BlackBerry, with support for the App being dropped in less than 10 days time.

Google recommends that users access their email though the browser, but there is a better way; use AstraSync to get full PUSH two way sync of Gmail, calendar and contacts to your BlackBerry.

Tell us about your experiences with AstraSync in the BlackBerry outage and win!

We would love to hear from you about your experience using AstraSync during the recent BlackBerry network outage. We have many customers who were able to bypass the BIS outage by using AstraSync with a TCP connection. The best response will win a free years AstraSync subscription extension*

Please let us know your experience by emailing outage@astrasync.com.

Thanks,

The AstraSync Team

*Applies to subscriptions with up to 3 mailboxes. Larger subscriptions will receive an extra 3 mailboxes on their existing subscription.

Underwriters Laboratories Selects AstraSync to Connect BlackBerry Smartphones to Office 365

Microsoft Office 365, the cloud-based versions of Microsoft Exchange, SharePoint and other products, became available in a public beta last month, with Microsoft promising general availability later this year. So far, 100,000 organizations have signed up to test Office 365, which will replace and expand upon Microsoft’s current cloud-based productivity service, the Business Productivity Online Suite (BPOS).

AstraSync brings Hotmail to BlackBerry with Email, Calendar and Contact Sync

BlackBerry owners can now synchronize their Hotmail Email, Calendar and Contacts with their BlackBerry smartphones over the air using AstraSync.

Microsoft officially announced support for Exchange ActiveSync with Hotmail and Windows Live Accounts on the 30th of August. We have now completed testing of the Hotmail service with AstraSync and have added it to our ever growing list of supported platforms.

AstraSync First to Deliver ActiveSync to BlackBerry Torch 9800 and OS6.0

We are very pleased to announce that our Quality Assurance department has completed the testing and certification of AstraSync 4.1.19 for the new BlackBerry Torch 9800 and BlackBerry OS6.0. AstraSync did not require any modifications for the Torch or for OS6.0 and proved to be compatible “out of the box”.

AstraSync Provides Solution to BlackBerry Ban in Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates

Customers Can Continue to Use BlackBerry Devices for Email with Microsoft Exchange and Still Comply with Government Security Regulations

Campbell, CA – August 5, 2010 – MailSite Software Inc. today announced that BlackBerry users in Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates can continue to get their email using AstraSync after the ban and still comply with local government security regulations.

AstraSync provides smarter BlackBerry sync for SmarterMail

SmarterTools has added support for AstraSync to SmarterMail, its cost-effective alternative to Microsoft Exchange.