For BlackBerry PlayBook owners, tethering your BlackBerry smartphone is a cakewalk. Just download BlackBerry Bridge, sync up your devices via Bluetooth, and you’re done. BlackBerry smartphone owners who own either an Android tablet or the iPad, however, might find tethering much more difficult. In fact, at times it might seem impossible. Without an easy way to connect via USB or Bluetooth there seem to be limited, if any, options for tethering these devices. Today we’ll look at any possible ways to achieve the BlackBerry tether to the iPad and Android tablets.
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You’d be amazed at how many things you can do on your BlackBerry without apps. We cover a number of these tasks in our Do It Yourself series, which covers pointless BlackBerry applications. It’s one thing to take down an app someone spent time to create. It’s another to get proactive about an issue.
Today we’re going to look at one small aspect of personal finance that can seriously change the way you spend, and ultimately view, your money. It’s the one reason why my savings account has ballooned this year.
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We’re all about making your BlackBerry run better and do more things, but that’s not everything. There are certainly times when you’ll want to make your BlackBerry look pretty. That’s why we’ve reviewed dozens and dozens of BlackBerry themes over the past couple years. Still, you can further tweak your BlackBerry to make it as personal as you want. Here are a few ways to change up how your device appears.
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Music and workouts go together perfectly. If I have a full music library and some headphones I can endure almost anything, so a workout seems like nothing as long as I’m blaring some tunes. For the longest time this meant bringing my iPod to the gym. That was all fine and good in some instances, but I soon found that it’s not the ideal tool. After all, it does just one thing. There is an opportunity to do other things while you work on the elliptical machine or rest between sets, but an iPod, at least my iPod, won’t help there. That’s why I’ve started bringing my BlackBerry to the gym. I’ll never bring my iPod again.
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On the morn of our third birthday, we introduced a slightly altered design for BBGeeks. It made sense on a number of levels. I heralded it for the additional column width, allowing me to post bigger pictures and video embeds. It worked for the site as a whole because it became more readable. Also, it afforded us that neat nav bar on top, which contains many new informative features. Hidden among there, you might notice, is a link for the BBGeeks forum. We mentioned it in the post but didn’t really go all out — because, well, managing a forum ain’t easy. But we feel it can be a useful feature for the site, and we’d like to direct your attention there for just a minute.
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In any technology realm, change is a constant. We see not only new software programs frequently, but we also see hardware upgrades seemingly every year. For instance, RIM has dropped a new major model in each of the past three years, and we’ll likely see a further Bold update, beyond the 9650, before 2010 is over. RIM has also been quick on the software upgrades, pushing out OS 4.5, then 5.0, and soon 6.0 in a relatively short span. Since just last June, RIM has issued a BlackBerry Messenger update. The only reason this was annoying in any way: we had recently assembled a guide to BlackBerry Messenger. With the new version out, it’s time to print an update.
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Summer lies just around the corner, and I couldn’t be happier. While it does bring more tourists to the city, it also means lighter commutes, fewer people at the office, and of course sunshine and warmth. This all relates to summer travel plans. If you haven’t yet booked your summer getaway, your BlackBerry can lend a hand in the process. If you already have booked, you can use your BlackBerry to enhance your trip. Hey, you already have the thing, and there is plenty of software available, so why not take full advantage? In this feature we’ll touch on a few applications that can make your summer vacation a bit easier.
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Have you purchased a new BlackBerry device lately? Do you plan to buy one in the future? If so, you’ll probably want to take the information from your old one and transplant it to the new. That way all of your information, applications, and settings stay consistent with your shiny new device. The process is actually pretty simple, involving mostly Desktop Manager. Today we’ll walk you through the process.
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Back in the day, when I still had a crappy flip phone, I used to take advantage of the multiple alarms it offered. When I used an actual alarm clock, rather than my cell phone, I was apt to shut the thing off rather than hit snooze. This did not please my bosses at the time. My old phone, however, offered three different alarms, and I took advantage by setting all of them. So even when I silenced the first alarm, the second and third were waiting to go. When I got a BlackBerry I lost this functionality, at least natively. There are tons of alarm applications, but who wants to spend money on such a simple function?
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