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May
31
Tips & Tricks: Set Phone to Ring, Vibrate, Flash LED – Part 3
In Parts 1 and 2 of this 3-part tutorial, we covered basic and intermediate configuration of notification profiles. In Part 3 we will cover the most advanced features:
How to create custom profiles
How to create exceptions to profiles
How to handle notifications that occur during the middle of a phone call
How to set your phone to "do not disturb"
Level 1 Notifications
May
25
Tips & Tricks: Set Phone to Ring, Vibrate, Flash LED – Part 2
In Part 1 of this 3-part tutorial, we learned the most basic ring settings (ring/vibrate, default and personalized ringtones, unique tone for text messages). In Part 2, we'll learn the more elaborate settings normally found only on smartphones:
Notification of messages (email, PIN, browser push), Calendar events, and Task to-do items
Notification signal types and meanings
Standard notification profiles
May
24
Tips & Tricks: Set Phone to Ring, Vibrate, Flash LED – Part 1
Before you got a BlackBerry, it was so simple to set ring or vibrate options, even a kid could do it. But now...it seems like you need, well, ... a web site to explain how to control the bewildering array of "notification profile" settings. In a 3-part tutorial, we'll learn (1) basic ring settings, (2) more elaborate settings found only ...
May
20
The Evolution of Mobile Phones (YouTube)
Check out this YouTube video on the evolution of mobile phones. You'll see the BlackBerry Pearl 8100 momentarily at time marker 2:04. Leave a comment on what you'd like in a future mobile phone (or whatever we end up calling it).
May
03
App Review: SoftReset–A Silver Bullet?
In folklore, a silver bullet can kill all kinds of nasty things like werewolves, witches, and vampires. We BlackBerry owners need a silver bullet to kill problems like:
low memory
frozen applications
email malfunctions
sluggish or quirky phone performance
installed themes not showing up
A common recommendation is to "pull the battery" (meaning remove it, wait, then replace it). But what about wear-and-tear from doing that ...
