BlackBerry 10 Makes It Easy to Switch Device Data With & Without a PC
RIM tried to make it as easy as possible for both BlackBerry legacy and other mobile OS users (iOS, Android, and Windows Phone) to move to BlackBerry 10. They provided multiple ways for uses to move to BlackBerry 10 from BlackBerry 6 & 7 devices. You simply use the “Transfer Device” wizard on your BlackBerry…
Easily View CPU & Memory Usage on Your BlackBerry 10 Dev Alpha
Olivier let me know about a little tip/trick on the latest BlackBerry 10 Beta for the Dev Alpha that really shows it is a development device. If you swipe down diagonally on the top left corner of the screen you will get an overlay on the bottom left side of the screen. This will show…
How to Enable BlackBerry Device Analyzer in OS 7.1.0.523+
BlackBerry Device Analyzer, is an application/set of tools to monitor the health of your BlackBerry. Among other things, it is used to keep track of service coverage & drops and battery charge/discharge rates. BlackBerry OS 7.1.0.523 – which is the latest OS release for many of the BB7 phones – brought us ‘Application Resource…
Tip: SideLoad PlayBook Apps Using LocalBar2 Without a Proxy
Originally, a PC was required in order to sideload apps onto the PlayBook. The first release of LocalBar was created to give users the ability to sideload apps ‘locally. The PlayBook could now sideload apps onto itself. Using LocalBar, the requirement for a PC was gone. RIM then blocked that feature. The PlayBook can no longer…
Ways to Force PlayBook Android Player to Quit
If you are a regular user of sideloaded Android applications on your PlayBook you may have noticed that the runtime sometimes hangs. This gets really annoying since the only reliable fix seems to be restarting the PlayBook. I am not sure why RIM does not offer users the ability to do this themselves but there…
How to Get Amazon Kindle Working on BlackBerry OS 7 & 7.1 Devices
Many users who upgraded to BlackBerry OS 7 and 7.1 devices were sad to learn that Amazon has not updated their app to support the latest BlackBerry devices. This is a shame since the app actually does work and could easily be updated by Amazon. I have been meaning to mention this little trick for…
FAQ: Easily Get Hebrew on Your BlackBerry Smartphone
We have mentioned Cheservices a few times as a good source for OTA Hebrew input files but SLS let us know about a similar project he is working on. He setup www.slsapps.com that has the OTA Hebrew language files for quite a few devices ranging from OS 4.5 to 7.1. Let us know if it…
PlayBook Documents to Go 2.0 Change Log & Bluetooth Keyboard Shortcuts
When I asked RIM what they added in Documents to Go v2.0 that shipped with PlayBook OS 2.0 I did not get a straight answer. Thankfully Ty from RIM’s HelpBlog was more persistent and managed to get a high level change log for the new version. Some of the updates I already noticed but others…