《BLACKBERRY INTERNET SERVICE (BIS),》.pdf

BLACKBERRY INTERNET SERVICE (BIS), BLACKBERRY ENTERPRISE SERVER (BES) INITIAL SETUP AND ACTIVATION IN THE UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON ENVIRONMENT PRE-BUYING RECOMMENDATIONS Before buying a BlackBerry device, please note the following: STEP 1 Coverage areas per cellular provider vary. It is highly recommended you check the coverage area at your home and office before you begin to buy any kind of cellular device. Cellular vendors provide coverage maps on their websites. They also provide data coverage maps such as GSM, GPRS or EDGE. Please see links below for your preferred cellular provider coverage maps: • Verizon Wireless • ATT\Cingular • Sprint\Nextel (Click on Coverage) • T-Mobile STEP 2 Once you have selected your cellular provider, the next step is to select a BlackBerry device. It is important to note that Research in Motion (RIM) manufactures all BlackBerry devices. However, not all BlackBerry devices are the same. Some models can have problems like poor sound quality, static noise, speaker reverberation, etc. As an educated buyer reading reviews can help avoid such problems. C is a very useful website to read user(s) and editor(s) review(s). STEP 3 The next step is to select the voice and data plan. Choose a voice plan and add on features of your liking such as text\picture messaging, ringtones, etc. Selecting the right data plan is the most important step for setting up email(s) on your BlackBerry device. The most common mistake is selecting the wrong data plan for the BlackBerry device. It is very important you pay particular attention to the data plan details. You can select two different types of data plans depending on the type of email service you use: 1. If you use any email service that lets you IMAP or POP3, e.g. you can get the basic *Unlimited BlackBerry Internet\Email Data Plan also known as Bla