Archive for the 'BlackBerry FAQ' Category
Thursday, March 6th, 2008
I just ran across a great article on the official Gmail blog about how to create disposable and filterable email addresses in Gmail. I thought this was a great feature and decided to share. I personally have been using this feature for ages to be able to easily filter where my email is coming from. [...]
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Wednesday, February 20th, 2008
I know many people already know this shortcut but after reading a RIM Knowledgebase article about it I thought I would share it again.
Many companies such as Fed-Ex advertise their numbers like 1–800–GO-FEDEX. The problem is that BlackBerrys do not have the traditional 3 letters per key of other cellphones.
This problem is simply solved by [...]
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Monday, February 18th, 2008
Guess, one of the gurus at BlackBerryFAQ.com, has created a wonderful How-To for disassembling an 8100. I just stumbled across it but it has been around for a few months now. I find these instructions useful and enjoyable because I just love to see the guts of my electronics.
The pictures are awesome but if you want [...]
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Tuesday, February 12th, 2008
Sorry guys I could not resist. Stefano sent me a link to one of the funniest RIM Knowledgebase articles I have seen to date. The article is titled BrickBreaker lost ball.
ProblemWhile playing BrickBreaker (in OS 4.2.1), the ball passes through a wall instead of rebounding, causing the ball to leave the screen and not return.
CauseWhen [...]
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Tuesday, February 12th, 2008
The resident genius at PinStack.com, Hayden, has released a pretty interesting How-To document on what to do and know BEFORE a BlackBerry outage. I found it a pretty interesting read and I am sure you will also.
My favorite is the idea of running a device diagnostic report to check if your device is actually connected [...]
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Friday, February 8th, 2008
Many people have asked me over the last few weeks how to paste text in fields that do not have the paste menu option. You will run into this in registration screens and other fields. There is a quick way to paste any text you have copied into these fields using a simple keyboard shortcut.
First [...]
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Tuesday, February 5th, 2008
I found this one posted by “BESadmin” on CrackBerry Au: www.crackberry.com.au. He got it from “PC Advisor UK”: www.pcadvisor.co.uk . So to say it has been around the world to get here is just about spot on. So thanks all involved.
A few you will already know but even if you pick up one or [...]
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Friday, February 1st, 2008
The guys at GoogleSystem have posted some great tips on how to improve your Google Mobile search. Many BlackBerry users are familiar with the customized mobile search provided by Google since March last year but Google has never bothered to explain all of the features.
Well GoogleSystem has done us a favor and detailed the top 10 uses [...]
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Thursday, January 31st, 2008
S4BB has been on a roll releasing small applications for BlackBerry devices. The most recent in their lineup is their RandomPassword Generator. For $9.95 S4BB allows you to generate complex passwords on your BlackBerry.
As a security conscious person I would usually say that this is a good idea. The problem is that there is already [...]
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Thursday, January 24th, 2008
Mike Masnick reported on Techdirt about a scary twist on the fourth amendment. According to a paper written by Adam Gershowitz, a criminal law professor, police have the right to search the contents of your smartphone if you are arrested. I am no lawyer but the idea is that if you are arrested then any [...]
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