Incompatibility between company enterprise server/software (non BB) and blackberry software updates.

Question

My phone is connected to our company enterprise server and works fine until the blackberry software updates. When ever a blackberry software update occurs, the operating system on the phone crashes, (icons shrink down, not all icons are present, phone does not display or operate correctly).  I am on my 5th phone, the only way to correct the situation is to get another phone.    Is there some way I can turn off the blackberry updates on my phone???

Answer 1

for email on a BlackBerry device, you have the following options :
BES. It's the Rolls Royce. You have to pay the price for it (a BES server, as well as admins, OR use a private BES service)
BIS. It's the one for regular people. You can't deal with folders, but it's free and works on any email address using POP3 or IMAP
BIS over Outlook Web Access. It's like BIS but through the webmail Outlook Web Access. Depending on the version of Outlook Web Access, it is or not possible for you to connect to it
webmails
a dedicated email application, like GMail for BlackBerry
BlackBerry Unite -> check the documentation on the website about that. Basically, it's like a tiny BES.
Watch out, unlike Windows Mobile devices, there are no true IMAP clients available on the BlackBerry devices (you can use BIS over IMAP but without folders for example).
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