Ani has so fortunately made a version of Empower Email Viewer for us 4.5ers.

I noticed on 4.5.0.10, empower wouldn't show emails, 4.5.0.28, worked fine, and 4.5.0.37 it didn't even show up in the popup menu.

Just downloaded the version about 2 hours ago, working beautifully on my .37

As of now ONLY OTA download, Ani says there will be a PC-DM version uploaded saturday.

Navigate to Empower your BlackBerry with HTML Email Viewer and BES MailBox in your BB browser. If you on 4.5+, it should auto-detect, if not, click the download for the 4.5.

If your at the latest update, it will be the same version number, but work for the new OS.


Thanks ANI!!!

Thanks for the heads up, I've been waiting for this update.

Is this only for BES?? or BIS too?

So does it work with 4.5.0.37? I know it works with my 4.5.0.18

Thanks for the tip, just installed on 8100 with 4.5.0.37 and I now have Empower HTML operating effectively. I was bummed when I went from 4.5.0.18 to 4.5.0.37 to see that it wasn't working. go to Empower your BlackBerry with HTML Email Viewer and BES MailBox and follow the links from there. Make sure to select OS 4.5+ or something like then to download!!!

SIBION

I was lucky enough to get HTML email working on our BES with 4.5 so not using Empower anymore but I think it's AWESOME that the developer has updated their software to work with this release!

It is, but is this the end of BBSmart / Empower etc?

I have the Empower HTML standard edition..unfortunately that's not been updated to support 4.5.. Guess I may have to bight the bullet and buy the PRO version

that sucks that you'd have to upgrade, Ani should be able to make the standard edition compatible with 4.5.xx regardless...what about all the Beta testers who can't upgrade and were given a free license...we should at least get a discount for the upgrade, it's a great program and I don't wanna miss out on it, but I'm on 4.5.xx now and can't seem to get it to work...I'm not giving up though!

people who wanted to upgrade did get a cheaper upgrade fee. talk to ani, he'll help you out.

Thanks..that helped.. Ani did offer a 50% discount on the upgrade to PRO..thinking of upgrading. Waiting to see what the BIS 2.5 update will bring to the NA region before I spend more $$...

I just purchased Empower Pro for my BB 8320 and have not been able to get it to work properly. I have email customer support several times but have not received a response back.

Device: 8320
OS: 4.5.0.10
Empower Version: 3.0.68.7

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

alright well, i had no luck on 4.5.0.10 empower with the 4.2* BBOS version. 4.5.0.18 worked with the 4.2* BBOS version. After 36 (i think thats what it was) i had to upgrade to the 4.5* version of Empower. Try downloading that 4.5*BBOS version of Empower, if not then upgrade to at least .18 BBOS.

Anyone hear the estimated timetable for getting BES Mailbox updated for OS 4.5?

Its already been a update released. BIS is coming as well this weekend. Thus making empower useless.....

I don't think so. I like EMV a lot. There are a lot of little touches Ani has worked on that I really doubt RIM has put into their HTML email. I like having different color headings for my various email accounts. But I guess we won't really know until tomorrow!

It would be nice if Ani would let us Empower Pro users know what it offers now that BIS 2.5 upgrade has been launched and we can view HTML mails without Empower. I bought the Empower Pro a month ago :(

Remains to be seen if RIM's BIS update for HTML email viewing will also have
the following features that Empower's Pro version has:

> Add To Task from Email
> Add Appointment to Calendar from Email
> Image Caching
> Detects Inline replies & shows them in Color.
> Detects Signature blocks in incoming replies & shows them in Color.
> AutoUpdate notification etc.etc.

For the sake of a feature comparison between the BB HTML email viewer &
Empower Pro, I've temporarily uninstalled it for now.

Let's see how the BIS update goes.

Anyone else have this problem?

After the BIS HTML upgrade, whenever I opened an email I was unable to get any menu options. The only workaround I could find was deleting Empower. Once I did that, all menu options returned (along with the new BB HTML interface).

My wife is running 4.5.0.42 on her 8310 with Empower and still has full menu options within the email. Guess, I could go back to 4.5.0.42 in order to get Empower back, but the memory leakage was killing me.

Update: Empower won't even show up on 4.5.0.46.

If I ever locate 4.5.0.48, I'll be a good soldier and try it out for the good of the many.

So what's your take on the comparision between BIS HTML and Empower Pro?

IF (big if) Empower was working in the newer releases of 4.5 there would be no comparison at all. HTML email is the only thing that both offer. Everything else as mentioned above is not a part of BIS 2.5 nor should it be.

There is even more in Empower than mentioned above such as fonts, backgrounds and header colors to differentiate emails when you have more than one. The ability to show full headers (to lists) and expand attachment lists. Again, really can't compare the two.

Wirelessly posted (BlackBerry 8320 Curve)

@Shawn BB: that's the reason why I gave up Empower Pro - I couldn't access the menus and I couldn't open email attachments. After removing Empower Pro, I could open attachments again. Too bad, as I liked Empower better than the BB HTML messages.