HP and Research In Motion (RIM) today announced at a press release that they will be establishing a strategic alliance aimed at delivering a portfolio of solutions for business mobility on the BlackBerry platform. At this year’s Wireless Enterprise Symposium in Orlando, Fla., HP will be demonstrating two new solutions – HP CloudPrint for BlackBerry smartphones and HP Operations Manager for BlackBerry Enterprise Server.

HP CloudPrint for BlackBerry smartphones is a web services based solution that allows users to print emails, documents, photos and web pages using a BlackBerry smartphone, even while on the go. The CloudPrint service enables mobile users to easily print to the nearest printer, no matter where their current location is. The service is printer-agnostic and driverless and requires simple Internet access. HP and RIM plan to make CloudPrint available to BlackBerry Internet Service subscribers as well as BlackBerry Enterprise Server customers.
HP also is introducing software to centrally monitor and manage the extended BlackBerry solution ecosystem, whether it is virtual or physical. This ecosystem includes the BlackBerry Enterprise Server software, mail servers, databases, Microsoft Active Directory and server operating systems such as Windows Server. Plans also include extending the capabilities of the monitoring solution to provide an end-to-end view of enterprise applications running on the BlackBerry platform.

HP Operations Manager for BlackBerry Enterprise Server correlates events from each part of the mobile ecosystem to help customers pinpoint potential issues and take corrective actions to remediate them. This single console reduces costs associated with monitoring multiple consoles and provides customers with a consolidated view into events, enabling them to manage performance and deliver optimal service levels for BlackBerry messaging services.

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For those among you who simply cannot wait anymore for the Palm Pre smartphone to arrive, today brings yet another sign that we are indeed getting closer to the big launch. According to user lgmack over at the Sprint Users’ forum, multiple Pre accessories have now been spotted in many of Best Buy’s internal systems. The items include a leather case, 3 acrylic cases, 1 case simply labeled ‘palm pre case’, and the TouchStone Kit.

The TouchStone kit is listed at $69.95 (as we already know of earlier) and all accessories are listed as in stock as of the 10th of May. We cannot probably immediately infer on a May launch at this point, but you see, with stores clearly gearing up with accessories like this, we get a pretty good feeling about a June launch. What says you?

Palm Pre Accessories

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The latest rumor in mobile world is that, along with the HTC Magic, there will be 2 more Android smartphones from HTC released very soon. Here, we have for you, your very first pictures of the supposed HTC Hero Android smartphone. The photos are slightly blurry, but it nonetheless gives you a good idea of what the device might look like. The new HTC Hero does not seem to have a trackball, there are 5 hardware buttons below the touch screen and a 3.5 mm headphone jack on top.

G3 HTC Hero 01

We dot not have more details on the HTC Hero hardware specs yet, but we promise to get you the news as and when it happens. So do make sure to visit this space regularly.

G3 HTC Hero 02

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The latest Samsung Propel Pro is a spanking new Windows Mobile 6.1 Smartphone edition device. It has great looks and an even better keyboard, but the negative side is that the joystick takes away some fun from the entire experience. Watch this video and let us know your opinion about the handheld.