Tips & Tricks: A Workaround For Cropping Pictures on Your BlackBerry
One of the things that always annoyed me about the BlackBerry pictures app is that there is no way to crop images you take. Hopefully a solution for resizing images will be coming in OS 5.0 but until then Michael Jones came up with a ghetto workaround for cropping small images on your BlackBerry. I…
Tips & Tricks: Use The Camera Flash/LED as a Flashlight
This is a basic tip that I forgot about until CoryR reminded me about it. That little LED/Flash on the back of your newer BlackBerry can easily be used as a flashlight if you just know how to pull it off. You need OS 4.3+ as far as I remember since it requires the video…
Did You Know About AutoText Macros? Neither Did I…
Earlier this week we ran a popular article about AutoTexts and how people use them to auto-complete words and save time. JerryD enlightened me to the fact that there are actually macros that you can use in your AutoText setup to make entering certain information even simpler and easier to keep up to date. These…
Advanced Users: BlackBerry Engineering Screen Unlock Code Generator
UPDATE: The Unlock Generator has moved to the following link NOTE: You can really screw up your device by messing around with options available in this screen. This is meant for those who know what they are doing and are willing to take some risks. Since OS 4.0 or so there has been a hidden…
BlackBerry Multitasking features
One of the things that I love about my BlackBerry is the ability to spell check as I type (Using an 8900), but what really makes the BlackBerry smartphone stand above in my opinion is the multitasking capabilities. Being bilingual, I often tend to type in both Spanish and English, and so far the BlackBerry…
Tips & Tricks: How To Create A Saved Messages Search Shortcut
This is a little trick that Joe sent in that many of you may not be familiar with. It is a great little tip that saves me time every day finding emails like unread emails and such. Many of you may be familiar with clicking built in shortcuts like alt-o for outgoing or alt-p for…
Free LogMaid Application – Automatically Deletes Your BlackBerry Diagnostics Log To Free Memory
Since the first person discovered that they could view their BlackBerry device log people have been trying to delete it to free some precious memory. You can view your device log by going to the home screen and clicking ALT+LGLG you can then clear your log manually and free a few precious kilobytes. Some people…
Tips & Tricks: Set Helpful Reminders With BBSmart Alarms Pro & Voice Notes Recorder
Brenda let me know about a creative solution she uses to remember to do some of life’s more complicated tasks. She essentially uses the powerful BBSmart Alarms Pro application to set audible reminders for herself that include her saying what she needs to do. For example you could leave yourself an audible reminder to pay…