Simple tips and tricks for BlackBerry

Here are a few tips about the BlackBerry OS that are  faster and simpler and makes using BlackBerry in more pleasant experience. Some tips you will need very often and some tips will not be needed that much of the country.but using this keeps you make you more like a BlackBerry Pro.
Here are our top 25 Blackberry tips.
1. Two more with shortcuts
You can type everything with the QWERTY keyboard  - but you can save time with the built-in shortcuts. Pressing the space twice at the end of a sentence will add full stop and an automatic capital on the next word.
Don't bother with apostrophes in words like I'm and isn't (type im and the BlackBerry will correct it for you); there are other handy abbreviations like 'wel' to get 'we'll' and 'il' to get 'I'll' and you can add your own with Options > AutoText.

AUTOTEXT: Speed up typing by creating your own abbreviations and corrections
2. Quick capitals
You don't need Shift - press and hold a letter key to type the upper case letter.
3. Skip Symbol
 When writing your e-mail address into an e-mail text box, you don't have to search for the @ is symble. Just hit spacebar and blackberry will add the @ symbol or . symbol for you.


4. Fast select
it can select a portion of the text very fast by holding down the Shift key and scrolling the trackball.
5. Keyboard shortcuts
Hit 't' to get to the top of any email message, web page or other long screen and 'b' to get to the bottom. Here are some more specific shortcuts in the image below; there's a list in the Help tool.

SAVE TIME: Put the keyboard to work with shortcuts in every built-in app
6. Choose dialling or shortcuts
Under Options > Phone Options > General Options you can set Dial From Home Screen to Yes or No; if you set it to Yes you can start typing a name to dial the number on the home screen, if you set it to No you can type the first letter of apps on the home screen to open them (M for Mail, B for browser, C to compose email - and oddly N for Messenger, L for Calendar and U for Calculator).
7. Web columns
Hit Z in the web browser to resize the page to fit the width of the BlackBerry screen ; press Z again to go back to a normal page view you can scroll around.

EASY READING: Switch between seeing the original layout and a version of the page reformatted as one long BlackBerry-sized column
8. Turn on JavaScript
To turn on JavaScript in the BlackBerry use Options > Browser Configuration > Support JavaScript to turn it back on and make more pages load correctly.
9. Which browser?
There are three different browsers on the BlackBerry; a WAP browser for viewing content from your mobile network, the BlackBerry HTML browser (and a hotspot browser that prioritises the Wi-Fi connection). If you have problems accessing or loading Web pages, choose Options > Browser Configuration and set Browser to BlackBerry Browser and make sure Options > General Properties > Default Browser is also set to BlackBerry Browser.
10. Don't get mobile Web sites
to display full web pages instead of mobile compatible pages turn an idea Firefox in your BlackBerry.

BROWSER SWAP: The BBC web site always loads the mobile version on BlackBerry; if you want to see the full site, have your BlackBerry pretend to run Firefox or IE
11. Fast search
You can search for contacts, messages and inside files and web pages - press S to search in contacts and messages and F to search in other apps.
12. Colour-code messages
you can turn different colours for work and personal e-mails by choosing Options > Security Options >Information> Message Outline Colours and either Enterprise Messages or Other Messages.

COLOUR-CODED: Show work and personal messages in different colours
13. Menu multi-tasking
In BlackBerry  apps stay running so you can switch back to them (this may cause a shortage of memory problem). To get back to another app, press and hold the Menu button to get the task switcher.
14. Lock with mute
Some BlackBerrys have both a lock and a mute button on the top edge, others - like the original Bold - only have a mute button. You can always lock the screen by scrolling down to the Lock icon but it's faster to just press and hold mute until the screen locks (do the same to unlock it).
15. Real convenience
There are two 'convenience keys' - one on each side of the BlackBerry;you can use voice, and to activate them or if you prefer to use keyword, choose Options > Screen/Keyboard to change the buttons to something more useful - starting the camera, opening the music player or launching your favourite app.

QUICK START: Put two apps or commands you use all the time at your fingertips
16. Tweak your trackball
You can change the sensitivity of your trackball by choosing  Options > Screen/Keyboard and scroll to the bottom of the page to choose the horizontal and vertical sensitivity (how far it moves across the screen when you move it) and whether you hear a click as it rolls.
17. Turn off speakerphone
to turn the speakerphone on and off you can use the $ key or use Menu > Activate Speakerphone and  to turn it off is Menu > Activate Handset.
18. Say a command
In BlackBerry you can use voice to activate different commands. For example , to check your signal and battery strength you can wade through the Options menu or you can hit the voice command button and say 'status' or 'check battery' and 'check signal strength'.
19. Say it again
Voice recognition works quite well, but you can train it by reading a list of numbers and words; choose Options > Voice Dialing> Adapt Voice.

VOICE TRAINING: Choose Adapt Voice and your BlackBerry will ask you to read a list of sample names and numbers
20. Hidden Help
The hidden 'Help Me!' screen shows the signal strength, battery level, device PIN, free space, space in use, IMEI, OS version, how long the BlackBerry has been on and some other info that can be useful for troubleshooting. View it by pressing Alt + Caps + H.

MORE INFO: The Help Me! Screen collects key information together
21. Archive, don't uninstall
you can archive the least used apps to the microSD card (this only works with apps from App World) when you run out of space . Select the app in the My World sections of App World and choose Menu > Archive; archived apps have a green arrow on their icons and you can click them to reinstall - but you may have to restart to archive or restore an app.

ARCHIVE APPS: You can't run apps from the SD card but you can archive them to save space
22. Save power overnight
BlackBerry is very frugal on battery life and you can make it last even longer by having yours turn itself off overnight and back on in the morning. Choose Options > Auto On/Off; you can have different on and off times for weekdays and weekends.
23. Master Control Program
Use the free third-party tool MCP (http://mcpfx.com) for tweaking your BlackBerry, doing a factory reset in an emergency - or just installing updates more easily than with the sprawling and inefficient BlackBerry Desktop software.

TWEAK BLACKBERRY: Install a new OS or tweak the modules on your BlackBerry with the excellent Master Control Program
24. Install any app
If you want to run an app that doesn't have an installer - including alternative email clients like Astrasync and NotifySync which RIM won't sign for installation - connect your BlackBerry by USB, switch to mass storage mode so it shows up on your PC as a drive and copy the JAR file to the root folder. On your BlackBerry use the Media app to open the folder and select the JAR file to install it.
25. Save money on texts
If you're sending a message to another BlackBerry user, BlackBerry Messenger is free -but you need to know their BlackBerry PIN.The easiest way to get someone in your contact list is to invite them.

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How to extend your phone battery life

  Battery tips for phones

1] When you buy a new phone, charge and discharge your phone for the first two to three cycles, check out the battery completely (till the phone switches off) and then recharge.
Nickel-based batteries should be charged for 16 hours initially and run through 2-3 full charge/full discharge cycles, while lithium ion batteries should be charged for about 5-6 hours. Ignore the phone telling you that the battery is full—this is normal but is not accurate if the battery is not initialized.
However lithium-ion battery does not require completely discharging  then recharging the
battery since Li-Ion does not have a memory effect.

2] kill any unused apps by regularly checking the task manager. 

3] keep the Bluetooth turned off when you are not using Bluetooth.




4] keep the brightness of the screen low to get better battery backup.

5] Animated themes, operator logo and screensavers make your phone  drain the battery quickly.

6] Wi-Fi and 3G services drain out the battery very fast, so turn the services of whenever you are not using them.

7] do not use vibration ring tones when it is not required.vibration ringtones drain the battery more quickly.

8] Keep the battery in room temperature.overheating reduces battery life leaving the phone inside the car or  under direct sunlight reduces battery life.

9] Go to Display settings, and reduce the values of power saver time-out and light time-out. This will put the pond into power saving mode more quickly.

10] Games use almost all the functions of the phone from the screen, speakers, key press to vibrator. Minimize playing games on the phone if you need your battery.

11] Clean your battery's metal contacts every couple of months with a cloth moistened with rubbing alcohol. This keeps the transfer of power from your battery more efficient
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12] Always use an original charger for your handset. Using cheap chargers could damage the battery or the device.

13] Leaving your battery to charge overnight won't damage it. But no longer than that. The average phone battery charges in 2-3 hours, try to keep the phone charging for that specified time only.

14] USB charging and car charging takes longer than the wall charger and also doesn't fully charge the phone. So always prefer to use a wall charger.

15] Try to avoid using the voice dialing feature if you want better battery life (especially in a phone with large 'contact' database).
16] Turn off your phone in the subway or any environnement with no coverage.
When there is no coverage, the phone keeps searching for network for nothing. For a long run underground or into the country it can drain all your battery for nothing.

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ASUS Announces TF700T , An upgraded version of Transformer Prime

Technology giant ASUS has announced an upgrade version of their Eee Pad Transformer Prime  during CES 2012. The number of this new model is TF700T, which has a superior resolution of 1920x1200, up from the 1280x800 resolution of the original Transformer Prime. The TF700T also features a new rear cover that should allow for better GPS, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth performance. One other upgrade included in the TF700T is the front-facing camera, which has been pushed up to 2 megapixels.

The other specifications are same as the original Transformer Prime,

• 10.1” (1920x1200) Super IPS+ panel, with a 178 degree viewing angle
• 1.3 GHz Quad core Cortex A9 NVIDIA Tegra 3 processor (with 12 core GeForce GPU)
• 8MP rear camera with autofocus, LED Flash, and 1080P recording and 2MP front facing camera with HD video chat
• 32GB/64GB internal memory, plus 8GB of ASUS Web Storage
• WLAN 802.11 b/g/n and Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR technology
• 2-in-1 3.5mm jack, micro-HDMI output, and microSD card reader
• 25WHr lithium-polymer battery (should have the same battery life as the TF201)
• 263 x 180.8 x 8.3mm and 586g

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