The name might have changed, but the usefulness has remained the same. In older versions of the BlackBerry OS, there was AutoText. Now it’s called Word Substitution. Under both names it’s a powerful tool that allows you to type more efficiently on your BlackBerry. You can use it for two purposes: to correct common mistakes, and to use fewer characters when typing common phrases. Let’s take a quick look at Word Substitution and how it works.
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If you haven’t set up recurring events on your BlackBerry calendar, you’re probably not getting the most out of it. There are so many things that happen every week or every month, and we can easily lose track of them. Even if we have them set up to happen automatically, such as a bill payment, a reminder can help in many ways. Here’s a quick tutorial on setting up and then editing recurring calendar events.
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To many, it’s the best feature of BlackBerry typing. To get a period on your BlackBerry device, it might appear that you have to hit ALT+M. That can be a bit much, especially for longer communications. Yet most savvy BlackBerry users know that you can double click the spacebar to create a period. For many of it’s it’s wonderful. You just double click that bar and keep on typing as normal. It not only produces the period, but also capitalizes the next letter typed. Yet not everyone loves this feature. There are some people whose typing habits don’t fit with this. They end up with an uneditable mess of periods and capital letters where they do not belong. There’s some bad news for anyone who suffers from this problem.
There is no way to stop it.
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For all the flak RIM gets about its software, they’ve done a very good job with their own suite of apps. This includes Twitter, BlackBerry Travel, and more — you can check out RIM’s entire suite of apps at App World. But one app that stands out is Facebook. With all the hubbub about Android and iPhone doing software better, the BlackBerry Facebook app stacks up well with its peers. It not only has an easy to navigate interface, but it also integrates well with the BlackBerry notification system. Only, the notifications can sometimes be too much. Sometimes we need to scale back. Here’s how to get rid of some of those notifications.
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Many of you, it appears, have dealt with one of the more dreaded BlackBerry scenarios. For some reason or other*, your BlackBerry got wet. This is a moment of panic. We know that getting electronic devices wet can prove disastrous, and our BlackBerry smartphones are near and dear to us. That, and they’re expensive to replace. We will go through lengths to save our devices if they do get wet, hanging on until the bitter end. In case the previous, popular post on what to do if your BlackBerry gets wet doesn’t answer all of your questions, today we’ll run down a step-by-step method for saving your BlackBerry.
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It’s only January 3rd, so hopefully your New Year’s Resolutions are still going strong. Yet we’ve all been there before, so we all know what will come later. Eventually most people veer off their paths and find themselves in the exact same places they were in 2011, and 2010, and 2009, and on and on. It takes an incredible amount of willpower and effort to break old routines and habits, and it takes even more to create new ones. Thankfully, technology can help here. Your BlackBerry can play a role in keeping your 2012 resolutions.
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From time to time, we all need an assist in remembering old conversations. Someone, whether a business contact or a family member, brings something up in an email. You remember talking about it — you might even remember most of the conversation. But for some reason you can’t remember the one detail you need to recall. You can’t flat out ask the person, since it can be an embarrassing and awkward moment. Thankfully, your BlackBerry can look back in time and provide you with the contents of that conversation.
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We have a high-scale readership here at BBGeeks, and I expect that most of our readers understand when it is appropriate to use their BlackBerry devices. But, seeing as we’re headed into a holiday season and plenty of social gatherings linger on the horizon. As such, now is as good a time as any to review some basic BlackBerry etiquette. After all, you wouldn’t want to go offending grandma on Christmas. Here are two big tips on BlackBerry etiquette for the holiday season.
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One thing you probably noticed soon after getting a BlackBerry 7 smartphone is the modified volume control panel. Gone is the traditional volume up/volume down rocker. In its place is a funky looking three-button configuration. Clearly the top and bottom buttons are volume up and volume down. But what about that middle button? With its BlackBerry 7 smartphones RIM has added the third button as part of a media control system. That is, you can use the three keys to control the playback of audio and video. Here’s a quick rundown of how to do it, and how to turn it off.
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In the time of BBGeeks’s existence, RIM has changed the BlackBerry navigation system a few times. Before the 8800 BlackBerry devices had the scroll wheel on the side. Users had grown so used to that, in fact, that many complained when the new models upgraded to a trackball. Despite its ability to move in multiple directions, some people still preferred the jog wheel. A few years later the trackball went bye-bye, in favor of an optical trackpad. Finally, a navigation device that won’t stop working when dirt gets in it. Finally, RIM also created more touchscreen devices, which provide even more navigation options.
With these new navigation systems come a few personalization issues. Today we’ll go over how to change the sensitivity for these systems.
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