Blackberry stinks...
OK, what's up with Blackberry's and BIS? As most who know me know, I test a lot of phones, including Blackberry's. I'm switching out devices a lot. What's up with BIS accounts returning to the Blackberry after a wipe of the data?
What do I mean? I use BES and BIS for email. If I wipe the device, all data is gone from the device. Right? Well, according to the infinite wisdom and almighty RIM, not completely true. I've wiped three devices. An AT&T 8820, a Verizon 8830, and a T-Mobile 8320. I typed the magic command and watched the device reset itself removing all data...but...
As the device rebooted and went to the login screen, I watched in horror as the service books for BIS were pushed back to the phone, and to make matters worse, once the service books were on the phone, guess what? All the mail associated with those accounts shortly followed, all without pushing any buttons. What is up with that? How can that be secure? Do you know how many users who switch devices (particularly internally) and may not know that? Why does it do this without logging in to BIS via the web, or logging in to the device and telling it to push service books?
I can wipe a Windows Mobile device (Professional or Standard), and guess what, IT'S WIPED. That's right, I wipe the device AND IT ACTUALLY WIPES. If I'd wanted my dang email accounts on the device, I WOULDN'T WIPE IT. If I wanted my email accounts on the device, I'D PROGRAM THE DEVICE TO GET MY MAIL. Why do I have to log in to some website to tell it to stop sending mail? And even at that, unless you're canceling service, AND CALL THE CARRIER TO TELL THEM, anyone attempting to set the phone up on BIS not only gets your email but gets an error on BIS that the device is in use. WHY?
Blackberry stinks...