FAQ: Add Birthday & Anniversary Dates To Contacts
Greg pointed out to me that his OS 4.2.2 BlackBerry Curve does not have the option to set a contacts Anniversary and Birthday. On my 8310 with OS 4.5 I have the following options when I edit a contact. (I think OS 4.3 also has this option) The contacts birthday then shows up in my…
FAQ: How To Clear The BlackBerry Content Store
One of our readers asked me last week how to clear his content store database on the BlackBerry. The BlackBerry OS stores certain information in two different databases. The RMS database is used to store information for integrated BlackBerry applications such as the browser. The Content Store is used by 3rd party applications to store information…
FAQ: Explaination Of All The BlackBerry Databases
I know we just talked about clearing the content store but some users may be curious to know what is stored in all of the other databases on your BlackBerry. This is useful for when you are doing a selective or advanced backup or restore on your BlackBerry. RIM has provided a great reference of…
FAQ: Help With Translating Letters Into Phone Numbers
I know I always have the problem of dialing phone numbers with letters on my BlackBerry. Don’t get me wrong, I know that if I hit SHIFT while dialing the letters it will convert it to the appropriate numbers. The problem is that sometimes I actually need to know what the number was that I…
FAQ: How To Force BIS To Use IMAP For Gmail
If you are like me you will probably enjoy using IMAP for Gmail integration on your BlackBerry. I found that it has better syncronization of deleted and archived messages. The problem is that the second you put in your email address and password into the BlackBerry Internet Service (BIS) form it automatically chooses to use…
FAQ: Google Maps Mobile Keyboard Shortcuts
Google keeps on changing these on us and even their old guide is a bit dated. I know that I use Google Maps often on my Berry so I thought I would share the keyboard shortcuts I knew. High LevelI – Zoom inO – Zoom outA – Favorite locations 1 – Also zoom out2 – Map/Satellite view…
PartyChat – If You REALLY Need A Google Talk Chat Room
I have been asked a million times if there is a way to get Google Talk to work with group chat on your BlackBerry and finally got fed up. So I started looking for a solution and found this great post on Google System from last year. Turns out that some Google employee runs a…
FAQ: How To Easily Search Google Mobile
I just came across a great little reference on Google’s site showing how to easily find certain things using Google Mobile. I found the reference really useful so I thought I would share. Most of these are the same as the regular Google search. The other thing I noticed was the easy ability to use…