We just wanted to remind everyone that there is a scheduled maintenance tonight (tomorrow morning)  that will leave North American BlackBerry users without BIS access for about four hours as RIM upgrades to BIS 3.0. Details after the jump… There will be scheduled network maintenance by Research In Motion (RIM) affecting BIS customers between 0100 CT / 0200 EDT on March 28th and 0500 CT / 0600 EDT on March 28th

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Scheduled BIS Outage Tonight… RIM Upgrading To BIS 3.0

Research in Motion has started sending out scheduled maintenance notifications to BlackBerry administrators and carriers in preparation of their roll-out of BIS 3.0 in North America.  BlackBerry users will be without BIS access for about 4 hours.  Dates, times, and details of the planned maintenance are as follows… There will be scheduled network maintenance by Research In Motion (RIM) affecting BIS customers between 0100 CT / 0200 EDT on March 28th and 0500 CT / 0600 EDT on March 28th.

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BIS 3.0 Upgrade Hitting North America March 28th

There has been a lot of conflicting information when it comes to the inclusion of 2-way Gmail Sync in BIS 3.o .  When BIS 3.0 was first announced it was believed that 2-way Gmail sync was going to be included in the update.  More recently, we started hearing that 2-way sync didn’t make it into 3.0 .  Now that BIS 3.o is being rolled out in EMEA, it looks like 2-way Gmail Sync isn’t a core piece of the the update, however, an official KB article in the BlackBerry Support Community Forums indicates that the Enhanced Gmail Plugin for BlackBerry will actually include 2-way Gmail Sync. Is 2-Way Gmail Sync Coming With BIS 3.0?

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Is 2-Way Gmail Sync Coming With BIS 3.0? Yes, No, Maybe…

The question is “Is there some type of BlackBerry outage right now?”, and the answer is, “Yes, there is”. According to Data Outages News , all North American carriers are experiencing issues affecting BIS and BES only, on what appears to be devices with Wi-Fi.  “Data works sometimes when  connected via WiFi; no data when WiFi is disconnected.” Is There Some Type Of BlackBerry Outage Right Now?

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Is There Some Type Of BlackBerry Outage Right Now?

Are we having  yet another BIS BlackBerry Outage right now?  Personally haven’t received a new BIS message since 2:48 EST. BlackBerry Outage? I Haven’t Gotten BIS Mail Since 2:48 AM is a post from: RIMarkable

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BlackBerry Outage? I Haven’t Gotten BIS Mail Since 2:48 AM

Numerous posters on BlackBerry board Pinstack are reporting some BlackBerry BIS service outages.

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Numerous BlackBerry BIS service outages reported