I know a bunch of you guys have been waiting for Google’s Google App Connector for BlackBerry Enterprise Server since it was announced earlier this year at WES. Well it looks like it is now available and the tool is going to be free to Google Apps Premier and Education Edition users. Using Google App Connector you will be able to integrate Google Apps with BES without needing the Exchange.

And here are the main features of Google App Connector:

Messages sent to your Gmail inbox are pushed to your BlackBerry within 60 seconds.

Emails read/deleted on your BlackBerry are marked as read/deleted in Gmail, and vice-versa.

Emails archived/starred on your BlackBerry are archived/starred in Gmail, and vice-versa.

BlackBerry folders are synchronized with labels in Gmail.

You can search for contact information of coworkers from the global address list on your BlackBerry.

Contacts in Gmail are automatically synchronized with your BlackBerry address book.

You can view your Google Calendar schedule with the native BlackBerry application, with one-way synchronization from Google Calendar to your BlackBerry device. Two-way calendar sync with the ability to accept, decline and schedule meetings from your BlackBerry device is not available with this release but we are working on it.

Administrators can use the management and security tools that are part of BlackBerry Enterprise Server.

via google enterprise

RIM is ready to launch the newest version of BlackBerry Enterprise Server. BES 5.0 will come with very new features which will rock your whole BES world. And here are some of them:

• Retrieve corporate documents behind firewalls
• Add, read, rename and delete folders on the handset and have those changes be applied to the desktop email client
• Create rules within the inbox to filter email and have those changes be applied to the desktop
• View attachments in calendar entries and meeting requests
• Download and store emails and email attachments onto microSD cards

The BES 5.0 will be available for OTA update when it arrives. So when will it arrive then?

via phonescoop