I am not one of those BlackBerry users that has had dozens of devices over the last 5-10 years but I have grown to enjoy many of the shortcut keys that are part of the BlackBerry OS. I know there a dozens of shortcut keys on the BlackBerry, but I have found a few that have stuck with me over time as I use them on a daily basis.
To compose a new message, SMS, MMS, or EMail, press the C when in the message window.
To reply to a message like BBM, SMS, MMS, or EMail press the R key when in the message. If you are responding to an Email with multiple recipients press L to reply to all.
If you are trying to quickly get through all unread message you can press U to move to the unopened item
Sometimes when reading a message you want to see other messages in this thread pressing J moves you to the next related message. Pressing K moves you to the previous related message. [click to continue…]
Is this the first picture of the upcoming BlackBerry Storm3? An anonymous tipster sent this in to BerryReview.com along with a few specs including WiFi hotspot capability, a 3.7 inch screen, and 8 gigabytes of memory.
Google Mobile App for BlackBerry has updated to version 3.8.22. I won’t hold my breath believing this update will contain any of the recent features Google added to Android, such as voice actions. I would read the change log if there was one. [click to continue…]
Sprint has announced the BlackBerry Curve 9330 is coming to their network on September 26th. The device will come with BlackBerry 6 and won’t be upgraded to BlackBerry 6 until 2011. The device has 512MB flash memory, 2 megapixel cameras, 802.11g WiFi, and MicroSD card Slot. [click to continue…]
Well it is about time Verizon and RIM announce availability of the BlackBerry Curve 3G. The Curve will be available through business channels on September 16, same day as the rumored Galaxy S Tab. The BlackBerry 3G will hit Verizon stores in the coming weeks. The device is $29.99, after a $100 mail-in rebate, with a 2 year contract. The Curve 3G has 512 RAM, 3G, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS, and supports upt 32 GB SD card although the 16 GB SDCard has the best pricing. The device is running BlackBerry 5 but is BlackBerry 6 ready. [click to continue…]
In their latest study of the Worldwide Mobile OS environment, Gartner is suggesting that Android is in fact accelerating faster than predicted and slated to reach the Number 2 position worldwide, ahead of RIM and Apple, in 2010, rather than 2011 as previously predicted. Further, they are predicting that Android will be poised to surpass Symbian by 2014 as the number one Mobile OS worldwide. [click to continue…]
To make sure you mobile junkies are ready for the football season if you have the DirecTV NFL Sunday Ticket with the SuperFan package you can install the mobile app on your Android, BlackBerry, iPhone, iPad, WebOS, and Windows Mobile devices. I just got and update notification on my iPod Touch which quickly got me to update my BlackBerry Bold 9650. Not to mention you can used the SuperFan app on your computer PC or Mac. [click to continue…]
Imagine you are mobile and in a matter of seconds you receive 300 SPAM or virus emails on your BlackBerry. They way worm emails work the moment someone clicks on it the messages just start coming in. Today thanks to less savvy users I received 300 virus emails in under 1 minute. To quickly delete multiple messages from your BlackBerry do the following. [click to continue…]
I saw the news come through but wasn’t sure why it was important. It was announced that Research in Motion Purchased DataViz, makers of the popular Documents to GO software. This app allowed BlackBerry users to open and edit Microsoft Office documents. However the more I think about it the more it makes sense. BlackBerry must know that eventually Microsoft will shore up the business side of Phone 7. And with the consumer feature shaping up well, it would be east to move into the corporate side, or BlackBerry’s bread and butter. So to combat this they must be thinking about keeping up solid parity with Phone 7. And with all the demos Microsoft has had showing off the new Office Mobile it now makes sense for BlackBerry to protect their flank.
Well if there was any question that the clamshell BlackBerry dubbed the Style could not be a real phone they are now put to bed. The biggest momma joke now has tutorial videos to show you how to use the non touchscreen phone. According to crackberry.com RIM put’s out these videos for retailers. We can’t say it enough this phone looks terrible. For some reason RIM went the distance with this release. It really wouldn’t matter if the RIM sold millions of these phones that would just mean there were a lot of people with an ugly phone.
