Blackberry and exchange hosting

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Hi,

My wife runs a small chirpody business and her lifeline is her calendar.

A couple of years ago i set her up with her own domain and a 1&1.co.uk exchange hosted account. We also purchased an 02 XDA and synched it with the account. This allowed her to have all her mail, diary and contacts all in one place. Also, it meant her secretary (her mother) to update her appointments and it appear immediately on her phone.

She is up for a renewal and has decided that she no longer wants a touchscreen device. I have a 8800 Blackberry and I think she'd like to give one a go.

The problem is 1&1.co.uk don't support Blackberry Push so she won't be able to synch calendar and contacts.

I have no idea of any other hosts or software that might be able to do this for me (other than the BES). Maybe i have to change exchange hosts?? If so who should i try?

Basically, she needs to be able keep her calendar live on her blackberry out and about whilst her mum makes changes to it in Outlook at home. Email is almost a secondary requirement tbh.

Let me know and thanks in advance.
Yimpster
 
Personally I've been using Sherweb (http://www.sherweb.com/) for the past 3 months. I only use them for Exchange hosting, but it's been great. I know that you can also add Blackberry push to the account, and as standard accounts come with 3gb of mail space.

Another provider I was considering were Appriver (http://www.appriver.com). They got some good reviews, and I liked their unlimited email space, but unfortunately they have a $50/mo minimum spend. A little too much for me!
 
6th Element, I think she really wants to get away from the windows based devices. She has been complaining how slow clunky her XDA is. In comparison the blackberry should be a breath of fresh air.

Thanks York, I've taken a quick look at Sherweb and there seems to be a $9.95 surcharge for the blackberry services on top of the exchange hosting. I may revisit this idea if there are no other suggestions.
 
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