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A media card is one of the most important accessories you need for your BlackBerry (BB). There is simply not enough memory in the phone alone to fully enjoy some of the coolest features that come with your BB: beautiful music playback, crystal-clear photos and videos, voice recording, etc. This article answers some basic but critical questions:

• Why exactly do I need a media card?
• Will a media card help with my low memory problems?
• Which card should I buy? Where? For how much?
• What can I store on the media card? What can I not store on it?
• How do I manage the media content on the card?
• Are there any “secret” tricks I should know?
• What are common problems and solutions with media cards?

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When one of your contacts calls, you can be alerted to their identity through a custom ringtone, and/or with name and photo flashed on the screen of your BlackBerry.

But what if your contact sends your BlackBerry an email or text message? Your phone can alert you that a message has arrived, but can’t help you identify who the sender is until you actually open the message.

Aerize Email Alerts brings the convenience of Caller ID to email and text messages (SMS).

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bold   /bohld/

• not fearful in the face of actual or possible danger.
• necessitating courage and daring; challenging.
• beyond the usual limits of conventional thought or action; imaginative.
• striking or conspicuous to the eye; flashy; showy.

Source: paraphrased from an entry in Dictionary.com.

In the face of competition from Apple’s iPhone™, Research in Motion (RIM) made a daring response to that challenge. Fighting fire with fire, RIM made a leap of imagination in engineering and product design to create the Bold™. Read more »