How To Import Your Viigo Subscriptions into BlackBerry News Feeds Beta
When I first opened the new BlackBerry News Feeds Beta I was hoping there was going to be a way to get my Viigo subscriptions into News Feeds without adding them all manually. While there is now splash screen setup RIM was kind enough to offer this functionality. Stranjal7 pointed out in the comments that…
Easily Get Back The Old Ringtones Missing in BlackBerry OS 6.0
Earlier this year we pointed out a fix for getting all of your old OS 5.0 and older ringtones on your brand new BlackBerry OS 6.0 device. For some reason RIM decided in their infinite wisdom to not include the same ringtones in OS 6.0 as they did in previous BlackBerry 5.0 devices. We had…
RIM Officially Details How To Clear BlackBerry App World Cache
One of the annoying “Features” in App World is that it caches content on your device. That means there may be newer content on the App World servers but RIM is trying to be so miserly with data usage that they did not setup a cache control header or perform a regular cache check. Instead…
Tips & Tricks: Use The Right Convenience Key to Focus Camera
Every once in awhile I run into a BlackBerry OS trick that I never heard of before. The @BlackBerryHelp Twitter team posted that: While using the camera press the Right Convenience key 1/2 way to focus, press all the way to take the picture. ^BBS It turns out that this actually works very well on…
How to get UMA working on a 9800 On T-Mobile
I recently got my 9800 and decided to use some instructions found online to enable UMA on it. A fair WARNING if you decide to do this you can seriously mess up your device if you do not follow step by step instructions or decide to mess with other options. The process does take some…
FAQ: Get Default OS 5.0 Ringtones for your BlackBerry 6 OS
At first I thought thought there were only a few users missing their default OS 5.0 ringtones when they upgraded to BlackBerry 6 on the Torch and other devices. I recently realized at DevCon that even hardcore users are wondering where their ringtones went on their BlackBerry 6 device. It is a really good question…
PSA: Why Pay for a BlackBerry Flashlight App?
There are a few embarrassing faults in App World but the ones that really cut deep are the top ranked paid apps that make no sense. The top two offenders are “flashlight” apps and “memory” boosters/enhancers/megadupers. In this public service announcement I wanted to cover the former. WHY in the world is the top paid…
FAQ: Find Out Exactly What Video and Audio Formats Your BlackBerry Supports
I get asked quite often what media formats a BlackBerry supports. While some of them are obvious like MP3 files others are not. For example, do you know if BlackBerrys support the enthusiast FLAC or OGG audio codecs? (teaser :)) RIM happens to publish a PDF document titled: “Supported Media Types on BlackBerry Smartphones” (direct…