[EvanDM]

I switched form the 8703 to the 8830. On my 8830 I have the ability to add any contact to a group and send group text messages. I want to give my 8703 to a co-worker of mine. When I was messing around with it I noticed that you can only add people to a group and send group messages if they have an email address. Is there any way to fix this?

[jeremyckitching]

You would need to install the 4.2 OS on the 8703. The Handheld OS 4.2 allows for the use of a Group for SMS purposes. I believe the 4.2 OS was just recently released, and should be in a sticky at the top of the 8700 forum.

[EvanDM]

Thanks for the quick reply.

Does anybody know why groups that are created in a blackberry do not sync with outlook? Is there any way to do this?

[ezrunner]

Wirelessly posted (BlackBerry8700/4.2.1 Profile/MIDP-2.0 Configuration/CLDC-1.1 VendorID/100)

There is no field mapped from the BB to coordinate into outlook

[JSanders]

Because BB groups are not compatible with Outlook settings, they don't have a place to "sync" to. Does that make sense?

[EvanDM]

Yea, that makes sense.

I just wish there was a way to back them up or save them.

[JSanders]

I do believe they back up with your contacts when you do a backup, from Desktop Manager.

I wonder if they will export to a ASCII file if you used that rather than Outlook? Could be.