Comments on: Google Apps is great BUT: GMAIL + Blackberry = Horrible

By: Azim

Azim — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 06:45:27 +0000

A tip for those who are trying to get full standard push email capability when using Google Apps on their BBery. This can be done quite easily if you’re an Outlook user.

1. Setup your Google Apps account(s) in Outlook

2. In the online BBery configuration application (go here, pick your phone and wireless carrier – http://na.blackberry.com/eng/support/blackberry101/setup.jsp#tab_tab_email), try to autodetect settings. You might get lucky, I’ve had this work for one account randomly but not for other Google Apps accounts that had the exact same mail settings – go figure. If you don’t get lucky (and here’s where the tip comes in), select “manual setup” then detect settings from Outlook (you’ll need to install an active x plugin). This works like a charm everytime for me. I generally set my accounts up as POP accounts but I think this should work fine with IMAP as well.

Using this method I get absolutely flawless access to multiple google Apps accounts including push email on my BBery Bold. Good luck.

By: Rupert

Rupert — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 14:23:30 +0000

You can’t live without instant email? Wow I didn’t know it was such an integral part of your body.

By: Malcolm

Malcolm — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 14:25:53 +0000

BlackBerry + MacBookPro does not sync with Mac Mail or MS Entourage. BlackBerry have wasted more than 36 hours of my IT dept time still with no solution. So will linking MacBookPro with Gmail via Mail or MS Entourage give me a fix?

By: Daniel

Daniel — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 22:00:30 +0000

no UR doin it rong! Gmail Blackberry app is the best!

By: Bonzo

Bonzo — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 08:59:34 +0000

ur doin it rong! Blackberry + IMAP + GMail.

By: sfguy

sfguy — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 00:30:30 +0000

You are right on!! I have a BB and Gmail account. Every time I responde to an email I get 2 emails . Gmail sucks.

By: Ronald

Ronald — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 09:26:58 +0000

I completely agree.

Once Gmail get going with BB push it will be the last time I will ever use Outlook.
Microsoft Outlook is just a real 90’s application.

Someone from BB and Google needs to sort this out. BTW I’m sure they have some political reason not
to do it. Probably BB has an Agenda with MS.