Comments on: Date/Time and Time Zone Settings: BEWARE! http://newbbie.com/2008/09/06/datetime-and-time-zone-settings-beware/ For new BlackBerry (BB) owners, owners with a new BB,...or anyBBody else! Thu, 24 Sep 2009 17:35:53 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Kelly Carter http://newbbie.com/2008/09/06/datetime-and-time-zone-settings-beware/comment-page-1/#comment-8615 Kelly Carter Sat, 29 Aug 2009 07:46:42 +0000 http://newbbie.com/2008/09/06/datetime-and-time-zone-settings-beware/#comment-8615 Jim, I don't know of an app that addresses this issue, but I haven't searched for one. Thanks for your contribution to this discussion. Kelly Jim,
I don’t know of an app that addresses this issue, but I haven’t searched for one.

Thanks for your contribution to this discussion.
Kelly

]]> By: Jim Black http://newbbie.com/2008/09/06/datetime-and-time-zone-settings-beware/comment-page-1/#comment-8610 Jim Black Fri, 28 Aug 2009 05:03:59 +0000 http://newbbie.com/2008/09/06/datetime-and-time-zone-settings-beware/#comment-8610 Kelly, I just wish to add my moral indignation to that of all the others who would like their phone to display the correct current time in whichever city they happen to be in. I have both a wristwatch and a mobile phone. When I travel somewhere, the wristwatch maintains the time of my origin (unless and until I change it). I therefore require my mobile phone to automatically update to whichever time zone I am in. This is particularly critical when I am in some intermediary airport and need to make a connecting flight. Which time zone is Tucson (or Las Vegas, or Kansas City) in anyway? Mobile phone networks broadcast time accurate to the second. There are Nokias available on eBay for 99 cents that can adjust to this. Nuts. Wish I had read your web page before I bought this turkey. But... shouldn't there be some application available that would fix this? --Jim Black, traveling engineer. Kelly,

I just wish to add my moral indignation to that of all the others who would like their phone to display the correct current time in whichever city they happen to be in.

I have both a wristwatch and a mobile phone. When I travel somewhere, the wristwatch maintains the time of my origin (unless and until I change it). I therefore require my mobile phone to automatically update to whichever time zone I am in. This is particularly critical when I am in some intermediary airport and need to make a connecting flight. Which time zone is Tucson (or Las Vegas, or Kansas City) in anyway? Mobile phone networks broadcast time accurate to the second. There are Nokias available on eBay for 99 cents that can adjust to this.

Nuts. Wish I had read your web page before I bought this turkey.

But… shouldn’t there be some application available that would fix this?

–Jim Black, traveling engineer.

]]> By: Al http://newbbie.com/2008/09/06/datetime-and-time-zone-settings-beware/comment-page-1/#comment-8470 Al Thu, 30 Jul 2009 17:01:49 +0000 http://newbbie.com/2008/09/06/datetime-and-time-zone-settings-beware/#comment-8470 Kelly, Interesting article and site in general. My boss just got a BB Flip on Verizon network. In the time setup, the timezone is correct, the Time is correct and the Network time is correct. The time is displayed correctly in the window on the cover of the phone. The clock app shows the correct time. But - when you open the phone, the time displayed on the main screen is incorrect - not by an hour, but pretty random. For example, when all other displays showed 12:45 PM, the main screen was showing 8:43 AM. Any ideas? Kelly,
Interesting article and site in general. My boss just got a BB Flip on Verizon network. In the time setup, the timezone is correct, the Time is correct and the Network time is correct. The time is displayed correctly in the window on the cover of the phone. The clock app shows the correct time.

But – when you open the phone, the time displayed on the main screen is incorrect – not by an hour, but pretty random. For example, when all other displays showed 12:45 PM, the main screen was showing 8:43 AM.

Any ideas?

]]> By: Kelly Carter http://newbbie.com/2008/09/06/datetime-and-time-zone-settings-beware/comment-page-1/#comment-8440 Kelly Carter Thu, 23 Jul 2009 14:32:34 +0000 http://newbbie.com/2008/09/06/datetime-and-time-zone-settings-beware/#comment-8440 Michael, Thanks for the feedback. I now own four BlackBerrys, and it's kinda stupid when all four read a slightly different time of day. Kelly Michael,
Thanks for the feedback. I now own four BlackBerrys, and it’s kinda stupid when all four read a slightly different time of day.
Kelly

]]> By: Michael http://newbbie.com/2008/09/06/datetime-and-time-zone-settings-beware/comment-page-1/#comment-8439 Michael Thu, 23 Jul 2009 01:04:49 +0000 http://newbbie.com/2008/09/06/datetime-and-time-zone-settings-beware/#comment-8439 Hi Kelly, What a great resource for people with BB phones! I can't tell you how good it is to see so many other having this same issue with "automatically updating the time". It never fails, the internal time gets out of sync with the network time. I have to keep updating it myself. Even after AT&T helped me, it went out of sync. My hope is the people who make improvements with BB systems with get this one right. It seems like a "no brainer" where so many basic phones do this. Thanks for all the great infomation too. Hi Kelly,
What a great resource for people with BB phones! I can’t tell you how good it is to see so many other having this same issue with “automatically updating the time”. It never fails, the internal time gets out of sync with the network time. I have to keep updating it myself. Even after AT&T helped me, it went out of sync. My hope is the people who make improvements with BB systems with get this one right. It seems like a “no brainer” where so many basic phones do this. Thanks for all the great infomation too.

]]> By: Kelly Carter http://newbbie.com/2008/09/06/datetime-and-time-zone-settings-beware/comment-page-1/#comment-8340 Kelly Carter Sun, 28 Jun 2009 02:21:57 +0000 http://newbbie.com/2008/09/06/datetime-and-time-zone-settings-beware/#comment-8340 Roman, Glad you found your answer...and returned to tell me. Kelly Roman,
Glad you found your answer…and returned to tell me.
Kelly

]]> By: Roman H. http://newbbie.com/2008/09/06/datetime-and-time-zone-settings-beware/comment-page-1/#comment-8339 Roman H. Sat, 27 Jun 2009 21:20:59 +0000 http://newbbie.com/2008/09/06/datetime-and-time-zone-settings-beware/#comment-8339 Never mind.... I found it... I needed to press the blackberry button while taking pics and go to options and allow all pics to be saved on memory card. Never mind…. I found it… I needed to press the blackberry button while taking pics and go to options and allow all pics to be saved on memory card.

]]> By: Roman H. http://newbbie.com/2008/09/06/datetime-and-time-zone-settings-beware/comment-page-1/#comment-8338 Roman H. Sat, 27 Jun 2009 21:18:58 +0000 http://newbbie.com/2008/09/06/datetime-and-time-zone-settings-beware/#comment-8338 I put in a 3GB memory chip in my Curve 8330 and when I take Pics my phone will not save them on to it. Says "File System Full" How do I make my phone save my new pics on my memory chip? Thanks, Roman I put in a 3GB memory chip in my Curve 8330 and when I take Pics my phone will not save them on to it. Says “File System Full” How do I make my phone save my new pics on my memory chip?

Thanks,

Roman

]]> By: Kelly Carter http://newbbie.com/2008/09/06/datetime-and-time-zone-settings-beware/comment-page-1/#comment-7945 Kelly Carter Tue, 24 Mar 2009 20:57:16 +0000 http://newbbie.com/2008/09/06/datetime-and-time-zone-settings-beware/#comment-7945 William, I wish we had a good way to get our (customers) ideas to RIM. Not sure if they read sites like these. Appreciate your feedback! Kelly William,
I wish we had a good way to get our (customers) ideas to RIM. Not sure if they read sites like these. Appreciate your feedback!
Kelly

]]> By: William http://newbbie.com/2008/09/06/datetime-and-time-zone-settings-beware/comment-page-1/#comment-7944 William Tue, 24 Mar 2009 19:45:55 +0000 http://newbbie.com/2008/09/06/datetime-and-time-zone-settings-beware/#comment-7944 This is a great summary, Kelly. Thanks. Just got a BB and I can't believe how lame the time handling is -- your summary of what you should expect (periodically update without user intervention) is spot on. It's only a minor inconvenience, but so many phones get this right that I don't understand why RIM can't. This is a great summary, Kelly. Thanks. Just got a BB and I can’t believe how lame the time handling is — your summary of what you should expect (periodically update without user intervention) is spot on. It’s only a minor inconvenience, but so many phones get this right that I don’t understand why RIM can’t.

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