Ever since BIS exploded in popularity, many Mac users made the decision to pick up a BlackBerry. The only thing standing in the way of them and BlackBerry bliss: the lack of Desktop Manager. There are programs like PocketMac and MissingSync which can take care of some tasks, but they don’t tough Desktop Manager in terms of doing everything Berry. That’s all about to change. The Official BlackBerry Blog has revealed RIM’s plans to release Desktop Manager for Mac in September. I’m not normally one for extreme fanboyishness or exclamation points, but for this I’ll make an exception. Finally!!1!!11!!!
Yep. That’s a screenshot of the beauty. Click it for full size. Here are some of the included features:
- Sync your iTunes® playlists, calendars, contacts, notes and tasks
- Add/Remove applications
- Update your device when new software becomes available
- Backup and restore your device data with such features like automatically scheduled backups and optional encryption (security is #1 as always…)
- Manage multiple devices
The OS upgrades are probably the best part of this, at least from my standpoint. In the past it’s meant finding someone with a PC who’s willing to let me use it for the upgrade (not that it’s hard, just a pain).
You can head to BlackBerry.com to sign up for updates. Or you can just check back here, because this is something we’re going to cover from top to bottom. Just another two months…
