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Beta testers wanted: Emergency Alert v2.0

Now that v2.0 of Emergency Alert is coming along nicely, I’m interested to know if anyone would like to try it before it’s released. Please email  with your BlackBerry ID email address, stating that you’d like to join the beta. For more information, you can also join the BBM Channel for Emergency Alert: C002F049C

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Comments issue.. and other news!

Just thought I’d post that I’ve had a few issues with my e-mail recently and as such have had several comments left that weren’t approved. The e-mail issue is now fixed, and I have approved outstanding comments and replied to them. In other news… A new version of Emergency Alerts is on its way for BlackBerry 10. Some of the new features are listed below (most of them came from feedback – as always, keep it rolling in!) Background processing of rules – no need to run the app in it’s active frame anymore! Multiple filters per rule – if…

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Emergency Alert v1.5.0.0 released!

Just a note to let everyone know Emergency Alert v1.5.0.0 has been released for BlackBerry 10 devices – as usual this is a free upgrade for those who have already purchased the app. New In this Release: – Added ‘Enable All’ and ‘Disable All’ menu items to conveniently turn on/off all alerts– Optimised email logic to be more efficient– Added support for older OS versions (10.0.9.2372 minimum required)– Fixed an issue whereby rule criteria would have a space at the end when the predictive keyboard is used, resulting in rules not firing– Fixed an issue whereby rules are not processed…

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How to enable Emergency Alert for Enterprise E-mail

If you have downloaded the app and are wondering why the alerts don’t go off for your BES/BlackBerry Balance work e-mail account you have set up, then this post may be of interest to you – it will outline the reasons why this happens, as well as how to install public apps into the work perimeter on BlackBerry 10 (with the help of your system admins). Cause The main challenge is that with BlackBerry 10, the security model has designed on the basis of a split persona. The device is split down the middle – one side is for work,…

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Emergency Alert for BB10

Now that BlackBerry 10 is available (in some countries, at least), I have just made the Emergency Alert application available on the platform. The app is a more basic version of the old BlackBerry Java app – this one simply alerts you based on e-mail subject (containing/starting with) or from SMTP address. The best thing about the app is that you can be alerted to urgent events, even if your BB10 device is set to silent, or bedside mode. More features will be added in the future to bring it up to the standard of the old Java version. Oh,…

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