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  Dedication

  I would like to thank my father (MHK) and mother (SYT) for everything they’ve done for me. I wouldn’t be here without their kindness and support. I would also like to thank my lovely wife, Marie-Claude, and little Jade for all their support.

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  Contents at a Glance

Introduction ................................................................ 1

  

Part I: Meet and Greet Your BlackBerry ........................ 7

Chapter 1: Your BlackBerry Isn’t a Fruit ......................................................................... 9 Chapter 2: Navigating the BlackBerry ........................................................................... 19 Chapter 3: Turning On Your BlackBerry — And Keeping It Happy ........................... 35 Part II: Getting Organized and Productive

with Your BlackBerry ................................................. 53

  Chapter 4: Keeping Track of Your Acquaintances ...................................................... 55 Chapter 5: Don’t Miss Your Appointments................................................................... 85 Chapter 6: Your To-Do List and Keeping Your Password........................................... 97 Part III: Getting Multimedia and Online

  

with Your BlackBerry ............................................... 117

  Chapter 7: You’ve Got (Lots of) E-Mail ....................................................................... 119 Chapter 8: Too Cool for E-Mail ..................................................................................... 147 Chapter 9: Surfi ng the Internet Wave .......................................................................... 173 Chapter 10: Calling Your Favorite Person .................................................................. 197 Chapter 11: Taking Pictures and Recording Video with Your BlackBerry ............. 215 Chapter 12: Getting Entertained with Your BlackBerry ........................................... 231 Chapter 13: Getting Around with Your BlackBerry GPS ........................................... 249 Chapter 14: Lifestyle Applications ............................................................................... 257 Part IV: Working with BlackBerry Desktop Manager .... 265 Chapter 15: Syncing the Synchronize Way ................................................................. 267 Chapter 16: Switching Devices ..................................................................................... 283 Chapter 17: Unite! Your BlackBerry ............................................................................ 291 Chapter 18: Protecting Your Information ................................................................... 301 Chapter 19: Installing and Managing Third-Party Applications ............................... 311

  

Part V: The Part of Tens ........................................... 321

Chapter 20: Ten Great BlackBerry Accessories ......................................................... 323 Chapter 21: Ten Must-Have BlackBerry Programs .................................................... 329 Chapter 22: Ten Fun Games on Your BlackBerry ...................................................... 333 Chapter 23: Ten Web Site Categories for BlackBerry Browsing .............................. 337 Index ...................................................................... 345

  Table of Contents

Introduction ...................................................................

  About This Book .............................................................................................. 2 Who Are You? .................................................................................................. 2 What’s in This Book ........................................................................................ 3

  Part I: Meet and Greet Your BlackBerry.............................................. 3 Part II: Getting Organized and Productive with Your BlackBerry ... 3 Part III: Getting Multimedia and Online with Your BlackBerry ........ 3 Part IV: Working with BlackBerry Desktop Manager......................... 4 Part V: The Part of Tens ........................................................................ 4 So Many Models, So Little Time ..................................................................... 4 Icons in This Book ........................................................................................... 5 Where to Go from Here ................................................................................... 6

Part I: Meet and Greet Your BlackBerry ......................... 7

Chapter 1: Your BlackBerry Isn’t a Fruit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9 How It All Works: The Schematic Approach .............................................. 10 The role of the network service provider ......................................... 10 Connecting to your computer ............................................................ 11 BlackBerrying the world with your BlackBerry ............................... 12 Oh, the Things You Can Do! ......................................................................... 13 All-in-one multimedia center .............................................................. 14 Internet at your fi ngertips ................................................................... 14 Me and my great personal assistant.................................................. 14 A computer in the palm of your hand ............................................... 15 Look Dad, no hands! ............................................................................ 16 Chewing on Hardware ................................................................................... 16 Saving power ........................................................................................ 16 Putting a sentry on duty ..................................................................... 17 Chapter 2: Navigating the BlackBerry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19 Anatomy 101: The Body and Features of Your BlackBerry ...................... 19 Display screen ...................................................................................... 24 QWERTY keyboard .............................................................................. 25 SureType keyboard ............................................................................. 25 Escape key ............................................................................................ 28 Trackball ............................................................................................... 28 Menu key ............................................................................................... 28 The microSD slot.................................................................................. 29

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  General Navigation Guidelines ..................................................................... 29 Switching applications ........................................................................ 30 Changing options ................................................................................. 31

  General Keyboard Shortcuts ........................................................................ 31 Using Home screen shortcuts ............................................................ 32 Other (non-Home screen) shortcuts ................................................. 33

  Chapter 3: Turning On Your BlackBerry — And Keeping It Happy . . .35 Making Your BlackBerry Yours ................................................................... 35 Branding your BlackBerry .................................................................. 36 Choose a language, any language ...................................................... 37 Typing with ease using AutoText ...................................................... 37 Getting your dates and times lined up .............................................. 40 Customizing your screen’s look and feel .......................................... 40 Choosing themes for your BlackBerry .............................................. 43 Wallpaper for your BlackBerry .......................................................... 44 Let freedom ring ................................................................................... 45 Keeping Your BlackBerry Safe ..................................................................... 50 Block That Spam ............................................................................................ 51 Part II: Getting Organized and Productive with Your BlackBerry ................................................. 53

  Chapter 4: Keeping Track of Your Acquaintances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55 Accessing Your Contacts .............................................................................. 56 Working with Contacts ................................................................................. 57 Creating a contact ................................................................................ 58 Adding contacts from other BlackBerry applications .................... 62 Viewing a contact ................................................................................. 63 Editing a contact .................................................................................. 63 Deleting a contact ................................................................................ 64 Transferring Contacts from Cellphones ..................................................... 65 Copying contacts from a SIM card ..................................................... 65 Copying a contact to a SIM card ........................................................ 69 Copying Contacts from Desktop Applications ........................................... 70 Looking for Someone? ................................................................................... 71 Organizing Your Contacts ............................................................................ 73 Creating a group................................................................................... 74 Using the Filter feature on your contacts ......................................... 76 Setting preferences .............................................................................. 78 Sharing a Contact .......................................................................................... 80 Sending a vCard ................................................................................... 80 Receiving a vCard ................................................................................ 81 Searching for Somebody Outside Your Contacts ...................................... 82

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  Chapter 5: Don’t Miss Your Appointments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85 Accessing BlackBerry Calendar ................................................................... 85 Choosing Your Calendar View ..................................................................... 86 Moving between Time Frames ..................................................................... 87 Customizing Your Calendar ......................................................................... 89 All Things Appointments: Adding, Opening, and Deleting ....................... 90 Creating an appointment .................................................................... 91 Opening an appointment .................................................................... 94 Deleting an appointment ..................................................................... 94 Appointments versus Meetings ................................................................... 95 Sending a meeting request ................................................................. 95 Responding to a meeting request ...................................................... 96 Chapter 6: Your To-Do List and Keeping Your Password . . . . . . . . . . .97 Accessing Tasks ............................................................................................. 98 Recording a New Task ................................................................................... 98 Navigating the Tasks Fields .......................................................................... 99 Task fi eld ............................................................................................... 99 Status fi eld .......................................................................................... 100 Priority fi eld ........................................................................................ 100 Due fi eld .............................................................................................. 101 Time Zone fi eld ................................................................................... 102 Reminder fi eld .................................................................................... 102 Categories fi eld................................................................................... 102 Notes fi eld ........................................................................................... 103 Updating Your Tasks ................................................................................... 103 Deleting a Task ............................................................................................. 103 Organizing Your Tasks List ........................................................................ 104 Customizing tasks .............................................................................. 105 Creating a category ............................................................................ 107 Assigning categories to your tasks .................................................. 108 Filtering the list .................................................................................. 109 Creating Recurring Tasks ........................................................................... 110 Using Password Keeper .............................................................................. 111 Accessing Password Keeper ............................................................. 112 Setting a password for Password Keeper ....................................... 112 Creating credentials .......................................................................... 112 Random password generation ......................................................... 113 Using your password ......................................................................... 114 Password Keeper options ................................................................. 115 Changing your password to Password Keeper .............................. 115

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  Part III: Getting Multimedia and Online with Your BlackBerry ..................................... 117 Chapter 7: You’ve Got (Lots of) E-Mail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119 Getting Up and Running with E-Mail ......................................................... 119 Using the BlackBerry Internet Service client ................................. 120 Combining your e-mail accounts into one ...................................... 120 Adding an e-mail account ................................................................. 121 Setting up e-mail in an enterprise environment ............................. 122 Getting e-mail in an enterprise environment using Desktop Redirector ....................................................................................... 122 Customizing Your E-Mail ............................................................................ 123 Confi guring your e-mail signature ................................................... 123 Enabling wireless reconciliation ...................................................... 125 Automating replies and out-of-offi ce messages

  (for enterprise users) .................................................................... 127 Accessing Messages .................................................................................... 127

  Receiving e-mails ............................................................................... 128 Sending e-mail .................................................................................... 131 Spell-checking your outgoing messages ......................................... 134 Adding a sender to Contacts ............................................................ 135 Deleting e-mail .................................................................................... 135 Filtering your e-mail ........................................................................... 136

  Searching through Messages like a Pro .................................................... 140 Searching by sender or recipient..................................................... 140 Searching by subject ......................................................................... 141 Running a general search.................................................................. 141 Saving search results......................................................................... 143 Reusing saved searches .................................................................... 144

  Long Live E-Mail ........................................................................................... 145

  Chapter 8: Too Cool for E-Mail. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .147 Sending and Receiving PIN-to-PIN Messages ........................................... 148 Getting a BlackBerry PIN ................................................................... 149 Assigning PINs to names ................................................................... 150 Sending a PIN-to-PIN message .......................................................... 151 Receiving a PIN-to-PIN message ....................................................... 153 Keeping in Touch, the SMS/MMS Way ...................................................... 153 Using shorthand for speedy replies ................................................ 154 Awhfy? ................................................................................................. 155 Showing some emotion ..................................................................... 156 Sending a text message ..................................................................... 158 Viewing a message you receive........................................................ 159 Always Online Using Instant Messaging ................................................... 159 Chatting using IM rules ..................................................................... 160 Instant messaging on your BlackBerry ........................................... 161

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  Chapter 9: Surfi ng the Internet Wave . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .173 Getting Started with BlackBerry Browser ................................................ 173 Accessing Browser ............................................................................ 174 Hitting the (air) waves....................................................................... 176 Navigating Web pages ....................................................................... 176 Saving a Web page address .............................................................. 180 Sending an address by e-mail ........................................................... 181 Saving Web images ............................................................................ 181 Bookmarking Your Favorite Sites .............................................................. 182 Adding a bookmark............................................................................ 182 Available offl ine .................................................................................. 183 Modifying a bookmark....................................................................... 183 Organizing your bookmarks ............................................................. 183 Exercising Options and Optimization Techniques .................................. 186 Confi guring Browser .......................................................................... 187 General Browser properties ............................................................. 188 Cache operations ............................................................................... 190 Installing and Uninstalling Applications from the Web .......................... 192 Browser’s Behavior in an Enterprise Environment ................................. 194 Using Browser on your company’s BES .......................................... 194 Using your network provider’s browser ......................................... 195 Setting the default browser .............................................................. 195 Chapter 10: Calling Your Favorite Person . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .197 Using the BlackBerry Phone Application ................................................. 197 Making and Receiving Calls ........................................................................ 198 Making a call ....................................................................................... 198 Receiving a call ................................................................................... 199 Handling missed calls ........................................................................ 200 Phone Options while on a Call ................................................................... 201 Muting your call ................................................................................. 201 Placing your call on hold .................................................................. 202 Adjusting the call volume ................................................................. 202 Customizing the BlackBerry Phone ........................................................... 202 Setting up your voice mail number ................................................. 202 Using call forwarding ......................................................................... 203 Confi guring speed dial....................................................................... 204 Arranging Conference Calls ........................................................................ 206 Talking privately to a conference participant ................................ 207 Alternate between phone conversations ........................................ 208 Dropping that meeting hugger ......................................................... 208 Communicating Hands-Free ....................................................................... 209 Using the speaker phone .................................................................. 209 Pairing your BlackBerry with a Bluetooth headset ....................... 209 Using voice dialing ............................................................................. 211 Multitasking while on the Phone ............................................................... 212 Accessing applications while on the phone ................................... 212

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  Chapter 11: Taking Pictures and Recording Video with Your BlackBerry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .215 Say Cheese: Taking Pictures ...................................................................... 215 Reading the screen indicators ......................................................... 217 Choosing the picture quality ............................................................ 217 Zooming and focusing ....................................................................... 218 Setting the fl ash .................................................................................. 218 Setting the white balance .................................................................. 219 Setting the picture size...................................................................... 219 Geotagging .......................................................................................... 219 Working with Pictures ................................................................................. 220 Viewing ................................................................................................ 220 Creating a slide show ........................................................................ 221 Trashing .............................................................................................. 221 Listing fi lenames versus thumbnails ............................................... 221 Checking picture properties ............................................................. 222 Organizing your pictures .................................................................. 222 Sharing your pictures ........................................................................ 224 Setting a picture as caller ID ............................................................. 225 Setting a Home screen image ........................................................... 225 Setting Camera Memory Options .............................................................. 226 Say Action: Capturing Video ...................................................................... 226 Customizing the Video Camera ................................................................. 228 Chapter 12: Getting Entertained with Your BlackBerry . . . . . . . . . . .231 Accessing Media .......................................................................................... 231 Let the music play.............................................................................. 232 Now showing ...................................................................................... 234 Lord of the ring tones ........................................................................ 235 Picture this ......................................................................................... 236 Recording your voice ........................................................................ 237 Viewing and Controlling Media Files ......................................................... 238 Turning it up (or down) .................................................................... 238 Navigating the menu .......................................................................... 238 Changing the media fl avor ................................................................ 239 Working with Media Files ........................................................................... 240 Greeting BlackBerry Desktop Media Manager ............................... 241 Synchronizing with iTunes using BlackBerry Media Sync............ 245 Downloading sounds ......................................................................... 246 Transferring media fi les using the microSD card .......................... 247 Chapter 13: Getting Around with Your BlackBerry GPS . . . . . . . . . . .249 Putting Safety First ...................................................................................... 249 What You Need ............................................................................................ 250

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  Your GPS Application Choices ................................................................... 251 BlackBerry Map .................................................................................. 252 Google Maps ....................................................................................... 252 TeleNav GPS Navigator ..................................................................... 254 Garmin Mobile .................................................................................... 255

  Chapter 14: Lifestyle Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .257 PeeKaWho Email and SMS Alert ................................................................ 257 BlackBerry Facebook Application ............................................................. 258 Unify4Life ...................................................................................................... 260 MiuTunes ...................................................................................................... 261 Viigo RSS Reader .......................................................................................... 262 SmrtGuard, Your BlackBerry Guardian .................................................... 263 E*TRADE for BlackBerry ............................................................................. 263 Part IV: Working with BlackBerry Desktop Manager .... 265 Chapter 15: Syncing the Synchronize Way . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .267 Meeting Your BlackBerry Desktop Manager ............................................ 267 Installing BDM and Desktop Redirector .......................................... 268 Launching BDM .................................................................................. 268 Connecting BDM to your BlackBerry .............................................. 270 Running BDM for the fi rst time ........................................................ 271 Setting Up Synchronize ............................................................................... 271 Confi guring PIM synchronization .................................................... 272 Mapping fi elds for synchronization ................................................. 276 Confi rming record changes .............................................................. 278 Resolving update confl icts................................................................ 279 Ready, Set, Synchronize! ............................................................................. 280 Using on-demand synchronization .................................................. 281 Automatic synchronization .............................................................. 281 Chapter 16: Switching Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .283 Switching to a New BlackBerry .................................................................. 283 Switching from a Non-BlackBerry Device ................................................. 286 Palm device requirements ................................................................ 286 Windows Mobile device requirements ........................................... 287 Running the wizard ............................................................................ 287 Chapter 17: Unite! Your BlackBerry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .291 Getting Started with BlackBerry Unite! ..................................................... 291 Minimum requirements..................................................................... 292 Where to get it .................................................................................... 292

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  Installing BlackBerry Unite! ........................................................................ 292 Registering and opening Unite! ........................................................ 293 Adding BlackBerry users .................................................................. 294

  Sharing Calendar Events on BlackBerry Unite! ........................................ 295 Downloading and Syncing Files ................................................................. 296

  Downloading fi les remotely with Download Manager................... 296 Syncing fi les with Folder Sync .......................................................... 297

  Restricting and Monitoring BlackBerry Usage ......................................... 298

  Chapter 18: Protecting Your Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .301 Accessing Backup and Restore .................................................................. 302 Backing Up, BlackBerry Style ..................................................................... 303 Backing up your BlackBerry manually ............................................ 303 Setting up automatic backups .......................................................... 304 Restoring Your Data from Backup Information ....................................... 305 Protecting Your Data, Your Way ............................................................... 306 Backing up, your way ........................................................................ 307 Restoring, your way ........................................................................... 308 Clearing BlackBerry information, your way ................................... 309 Backup and Restore Wirelessly ................................................................. 310 Chapter 19: Installing and Managing Third-Party Applications . . . .311 Accessing Application Loader ................................................................... 311 Installing an Application ............................................................................. 313 Uninstalling an Application ........................................................................ 315 Uninstalling with Application Loader .............................................. 315 Uninstalling with your BlackBerry handheld ................................. 316 Upgrading Your BlackBerry OS ................................................................. 317 Finding and Installing Applications from App Stores ............................. 319 Part V: The Part of Tens ............................................ 321 Chapter 20: Ten Great BlackBerry Accessories. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .323

  microSD Card ............................................................................................... 323 BlackBerry Remote Stereo Gateway ......................................................... 324 Stereo Headsets ........................................................................................... 324 Case and Belt Clip ........................................................................................ 324 Screen Protector and Skins ........................................................................ 325 Extra Battery, Charger, and Charging Pod ............................................... 325 Full Keyboard ............................................................................................... 326 External Speaker .......................................................................................... 327 Car Mount ..................................................................................................... 327 Unify AV Solution ......................................................................................... 327

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  Chapter 21: Ten Must-Have BlackBerry Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .329 SmrtGuard, Your BlackBerry Guardian .................................................... 329 VibAndRing ................................................................................................... 330 Handmark Pocket Express ......................................................................... 331 PeeKaWho — Email/SMS Alerts ................................................................. 331 Digby ............................................................................................................. 331 Google Talk Mobile and Yahoo! Messenger Mobile ................................ 331

  iSkoot Skype Client ...................................................................................... 332 Nobex Radio Companion ............................................................................ 332 WorldMate .................................................................................................... 332 Ascendo Money ........................................................................................... 332

  Chapter 22: Ten Fun Games on Your BlackBerry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .333 Great Free Classic Games ........................................................................... 334 Bookworm .................................................................................................... 334 Crash Bandicoot Nitro Cart ........................................................................ 334 Who Wants to Be a Millionaire 2009 ......................................................... 335 Texas Hold’em King 3 .................................................................................. 335 Guitar Hero III Mobile .................................................................................. 335 Aces Solitaire Pack ...................................................................................... 336 Golden Tee Golf Mobile Edge ..................................................................... 336 Chuzzle .......................................................................................................... 336 Nintaii ............................................................................................................ 336 C hapter 23: Ten Web Site Categories for BlackBerry Browsing . . .337 Weather ......................................................................................................... 338 News .............................................................................................................. 338 Search Engines, Directories, and Portals ................................................. 339 Business ........................................................................................................ 339 Travel ............................................................................................................ 340 Sports ............................................................................................................ 340 Advice and Self-Help .................................................................................... 341 Social and Virtual Networking ................................................................... 341 Shopping and Shipping Information .......................................................... 342 Other Browsing Categories ........................................................................ 342 Index ....................................................................... 345

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  Introduction i there, and welcome to the third edition of BlackBerry For Dummies.

  The BlackBerry is the best-selling smartphone in North America, and

  H