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Ever since the iPhone was introduced, there has been a lot said about the practice of unlocking phones. Since AT&T runs on a GSM network, and thus uses a SIM card, the phones can be unlocked — though it wasn’t easy at first. If you have a BlackBerry on the T-Mobile or AT&T network in America, you too can practice the art of unlocking.
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A couple of days ago, Rae asked me to do a piece on how to change or remove the auto signature on your BlackBerry. You know, like the one I used to have that said “Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry.” I was kind of confused at first. “That’s easy,” I said. “You just log into your BlackBerry account and change the preferences of your email.” But then she reminded me that not all BlackBerry users have that login. Duh, I thought. What about the BES crew? They’re probably going to want to change their signatures, too.
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We talked about the easy route of changing your BlackBerry theme last week but thought it was important to note that you can also upload themes to your BlackBerry from your computer if you don’t have the ability/desire to get online via the BlackBerry to do the download for whatever reason.
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We went over how to change the wallpaper on your BlackBerry a while back, but today we’re going to talk about changing your theme as a whole.
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By this point, you’re using the home screen shortcuts like a pro and the navigation shortcuts for your BlackBerry messages like a pro. Now we’ll move on to sorting and filtering your messages.
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So, now that you’ve learned how to use home screen shortcuts, we figured now is the time to teach you about one key navigating within the messages application.

If you’ve ever scrolled to the bottom of your email looking for something only to spend five minutes scrolling back up when you’re done, this post will save you some time!
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The BlackBerry is set up so that when you pull it out of the holster, you can immediately dial from the home screen without hitting anything other than numbers on the BlackBerry. But if you’re anything like me, you don’t use the phone feature of your BlackBerry as much as you do the rest of the features combined. That’s where home screen shortcuts come in.
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If you’re a fanatical user of the Calander in your BlackBerry 8800 series (I always tell people if they aren’t in my calendar, they will indeed be forgotten) you might find this tip to be of use. Normally, when you need to enter an appointment, you need to hit to calendar button, then find the time and click it and then enter in the details about the meeting.
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Snicker if you must, but there are a lot of people who 1. don’t know how to do this because they 2. hate to read directions that are part of a “huge” manual. We won’t mention who in our office was the reason we know 1 and 2 above to be true.
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We’ve all been there. You’re on the phone and need to “write something down” while on the call. You of course don’t have a pen and paper because your BlackBerry, laptop and other electronic devices in your life have made it so you feel awkward even holding a pen anymore. Never fear… taking notes on your BlackBerry 8800 series while you’re on a call is easy.
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