BlackBerry Enterprise Server 5.0: Features For Users

When Research In Motion (RIM) on Wednesday officially announced and demonstrated its upcoming BlackBerry Enterprise Server (BES) 5.0, the core piece of BlackBerry infrastructure for secure, mobile corporate messaging, the company understandably focused on the enterprise and the BlackBerry administrators who are tasked with managing and keeping BlackBerry smartphones up and running. But RIM certainly didn't snub the end users; BES 5.0 also has a number of new features designed specifically for you.

The new BES--formerly codenamed "Argon" in reference to the element, which is particularly stable--will become available some time during the second quarter of this year, according to RIM.

Check out these five upcoming BES 5.0 features that RIM thinks will significantly enhance the overall BlackBerry experience for corporate users. (And when you're done reading, don't forget to check out our companion article, "BES 5.0: Five Features CIOs Need to Know About.")

1) Flag E-Mail by Color Based on Message Urgency in BES 5.0

BES 5.0 lets BlackBerry users "flag," or mark," e-mail messages that need further attention. Best of all: You can assign each flagged message a color to signify the urgency with which you need to respond.

For example, a message from your significant other reminding you to pick up milk on the way home from work could be marked with a yellow flag to signify that the message is important and needs to be acted upon. And an e-mail from the CEO informing you that you'd better submit that last TPS report by the end of the day, or you'll be looking for a new job, could be flagged red, to demonstrate immediacy.

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