FAQ: How To Use Smart Dialing On Your BlackBerry
I have introduced many BlackBerry users to the built in Smart Dialing feature that many of them were unfamiliar with. This feature is extremely useful for setting up your BlackBerry device to understand how to handle your companies phone system extensions. RIM has done us all a favor and explained the feature in detail in…
FAQ: RIM Yahoo! Messenger Client on AT&T
Spencer_CDS has posted an update to his great tutorial on BlackBerryForums.com on how to get the RIM Yahoo client to work on AT&T. For all of you who are privlidged enough to have Yahoo working on your carrier just ignore this post. AT&T has never provided the service books required to get Yahoo messenger working…
FAQ: RIM Gives A Lesson On Maximizing Free Space and Battery Power
I have to say that the BlackBerry OS has less lag than the other smartphone OS’s but in some regards it is underpowered. It seems that RIM has taken this to heart and released a Knowledgebase article on how to optimize your BlackBerry so that it performs at the best of its capablity. Check out…
FAQ: Find Out Which GSM Carriers Are In Each Country And What Frequencies They Use
I just found a wonderful resource to identify which GSM wireless carriers are in a specific country and which wireless frequencies and technologies they run. This is extremely useful for finding out what carriers there are to roam on on which carrier you should buy a prepaid SIM card for when you are traveling. Check…
FAQ: Which Frequency And Wireless Network Does My BlackBerry Support
I have been asked numerous times about which frequency(s) each BlackBerry device supports. RIM has now made this easy by publishing a knowledgebase article that specifies every Berry since the DataTAC 850 combined with the frequencies and technology that it supports. As a side note it also mentions the current BlackBerry OS’s available for each…
FAQ: RIM Details 2 Way Sync Capabilities Of BIS Email Accounts
RIM has done a great job of breaking down the 2 way reconciliation features for BIS users in an easy to consume chart. The new 2 way reconciliation has made quite a few people happy but until now there was no distinctive list of the supported features on each type of hosted BIS email account…
Feature Comparison Of Nokia Devices with BlackBerry Connect On BES
I found this great Knowledgebase resource detailing the BlackBerry features available to Nokia BlackBerry Connect users on a company BES. I had a few people asking me for this previously since their company was handing out Nokia 9300’s and they wanted E-series devices. Of notable interest is the fact that the comparison on the Knowledgebase…
FAQ: Change BlackBerry Desktop Manager Settings From BES to BIS
Now this is a problem I have been faced with a few times. It is not that simple to change an email address from a BES account to a BIS account especially in regards to the desktop manager installation. RIM has just posted a great tutorial in the Knowledgebase on exactly how to switch between…