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Multi-function ArmorPlus set to debut for BlackBerry 72x series

Russell Shaw — 2006-10-27T14:05:00+00:00

Filed under: Software, 7200, 7230, 7280, 7290, 7250, 7270, Security

Solution Technology said it will debut an all-in-one integrated ArmorPlus for BlackBerry 7200 utility.

To be rolled out at the upcoming Emergency Technology Business Showcase in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., a week from today, the application will include functionalities for for Barcode Scanning, GPS, Touch Screens with eSiguature and Secure Data Memory Card capability.

Specific components include:

Class 2 laser barcode scanner from Symbol Technologies;
ArmorPlus for BlackBerry GPS, with off-road and off-net capabilitiesm abd
Touch Screen Window option with signature capture capabilities and a touch-sensitive window;

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BlackBerry Tech Center # 6: BlackBerry 7210, BlackBerry 7230, and BlackBerry 7280 Safety Information Booklet

Russell Shaw — 2006-05-04T01:07:00+00:00

Filed under: Support, Tips, 7200, 7230, 7280, Security

Time to pick up on our new BBHub daily feature called BlackBerry Support Document of the Day.

Every week, the BlackBerry Technical Knowledge Center lists their 25 most viewed documents for that week.

Every day, starting from #1, we've been identifying a document on this list.

The current #6 is BlackBerry 7210, BlackBerry 7230, and BlackBerry 7280 Safety Information Booklet. Let's check it out.

You'll find information about Antenna Care, operating and storage temperatures (as shown above), electronic equipment that could evoke reception interference issues, dangerous areas you don't want to go to with your BlackBerry, what type of repairs you should not attempt, radio signal exposure risks, and absorption rate data.

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Service unlock your Cingular BlackBerry remotely

Russell Shaw — 2006-01-14T16:15:00+00:00

Filed under: Support, Tips, Cingular-AT&T, 7100g, 7280, 7290, 8700

For $45.00, a Web-based service called GSM Phone Source will remotely unlock your Cingular BlackBerry 8700c, 7290, 7280 or 7100g.

After you pay thru the site, you submit your order. When you submit your order, you should include the IMEI (International Mobile Equipment Identity) number and model number for the Blackberry you are unlocking in the notes section.

You can get the IMEI number when you enter *#06# from your phones keypad. A 15-digit IMEI number will display on your screen.

The service usually takes 24 hours to unlock your Blackberry, or other handset.

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Gartner: BlackBerry shipments grew 52.6 in 3Q

Russell Shaw — 2005-11-01T11:15:45+00:00

Filed under: RIM, 7200, 7230, 7280, 7290, 7250, 7270, Competitors

According to research firm Gartner, BlackBerry PDA shipments grew by 52.6 percent in the third quarter of 2005.

Insofar as what Garnter terms a "PDA," they set the standard as a data-centric handheld computer designed for use with both hands, equipped with instant on-off capability and a variety of third-party applications.

That covers the BlackBerry 7200 series (like the 7270 you see over there) but not the 7100, which is more like a cellphone.

Insofar as leading operating system vendors, Microsoft leads with 49.2 percent of worldwide shipments. BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion is second with 25 percent, followed by Palm OS with 14.9. Symbian and Linux brought up the rear.

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Screen Burn-In: ain't gonna happen but why not holster anyway?

Russell Shaw — 2005-10-06T11:10:11+00:00

Filed under: Support, Tips, 7280, 7290, 7250, Gear

On the BlackBerry section of the HowardForums mobile phone site, Forums Member BriBri99 started a thread with a common concern of those of us who remember computing wa-a-a-a-y back when. BriBri named the thread, Will my 7290 screen burn in?

"Might be a very stupid question," BriBri writes, but I know that there is a constant picture in the background, will this cause burn in?"

Well, BriBri, there are no stupid questions, just stupid answers.

And neither answer filed by subsequent HowardForums posters is stupid. In fact, the reply posts are helpful.

"LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) doesn't suffer from burn in," writes BlackBerry 7280 user Pennywise. "In fact, I don't think that exists on anything newer than the a 1980's CRT

"I've never had it happen on an LCD," BlackBerry 7250 user jase88 writes. "If (the thought of burn-in) concerns you, use an OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) holster--the Blackberry screen turns off while in these holsters."

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Rural carrier Dobson to offer Handango InHand for BlackBerry

Russell Shaw — 2005-09-28T14:54:56+00:00

Filed under: Software, 7100, 7780, 7280, 7290, Fun

Dobson Communications, an Oklahoma City, Okla.-based wireless services provider with 1.6 million mostly rural customers in 16 states, says it will support Handango InHand mobile applications.

These apps, which include business software, games, and much more, will be available via Handango InHand configured for BlackBerry 7100, BlackBerry 7280, BlackBerry 7290 and BlackBerry 7780 devices sold by Dobson through their online and retail channels.

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Two votes for the BlackBerry 7100t

Russell Shaw — 2005-09-07T12:07:19+00:00

Filed under: 7100t, 7100g, 7280, 7250

BlackBerry-enthusiast site BlackBerry Cool has named the five winners in its "Favorite BlackBerry Model" contest.

Two of the five winners named the BlackBerry 7100t their favorite model.

Here's a bit about what each winner had to say about their favorite model:

Alex D. likes the BlackBerry 7100t for its cell phone utility, Bluetooth capability, and ease-of-type.

Brian O'Neill also votes for the BlackBerry 7100t because he doesn't feel he is holding a calculator up to his ear when he is making a call.

Jonathan Newman votes for the BlackBerry 7280 becaue of its "cool screen" and "wonderful shape."

Ronald S. is partial to the BlackBerry 7250 because of its Bluetooth and wireless headset. He says owning a 7250 "is like having a Pocket PC."

Hugh McKerrow votes for the BlackBerry 7100g. He likes the device's BlackBerry capability within a handset the size of a cell phone.

Each winner gets a free copy of the new Medieval Kings Chess 2 game from Magmic Software.

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Consultants release two BlackBerry how-to e-books

Russell Shaw — 2005-08-30T10:48:38+00:00

Filed under: Support, Tips, 7100, 7100t, 7100g, 7100r, 7100x, 7100v, 7700, 7730, 7750, 7780, 7500, 7510, 7520, 7200, 7230, 7280, 6700, 6710, 6720, 6750, 6200, 6220, 6230, 6280, 5800, 5820, 7250, BlackBerry OS 4.x, 7270, BlackBerry Enterprise Server

Ned Johnson and Martin Trautschold are consultants with more than eight years of combined experience working with BlackBerry using corporate and individual clients. Trautschold, in fact, has presented at the Annual RIM BlackBerry Wireless Enterprise Symposium.

Now, Trautschold and Johnson have combined to write two BlackBerry Made Simple 150-plus page PDF formatted e-books for BlackBerry users.

BlackBerry Made Simple covers 6500, 6700, 7200, 7500, 7700 and 7100 series BlackBerrys.

BlackBerry Made Simple- The Definitive Guide for 7100 Series covers all BlackBerry 71xx models.

Both books are $19.95 apiece.

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Consultants release two BlackBerry how-to e-books

Russell Shaw — 2005-08-29T09:48:38+00:00

Cable & Wireless adds BlackBerry roaming in several nations

Russell Shaw — 2005-07-26T13:58:52+00:00

Filed under: Stories, 7100g, 7280, 7290, International
U.K.-based Cable & Wireless has expanded its list of BlackBerry Data Roaming locations available to its subscribers.

Sometime in August, BlackBerry-using C&W subscribers will be able to data roam in Switzerland, Venezuela,South Africa, Hong Kong and Spain.

Those locations join the current list of Data Roaming options. These include the U.S., the U.K, Canada, Italy, Turkey, Trinidad and Tobago, Puerto Rico, Panama, Austria, Antigua, Anguilla, Barbados, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Grenada, Montserrat, St Kitts & Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent & the Grenadines, Turks and Caicos & Guernsey.

Cable & Wireless' BlackBerry offerings include the BlackBerry 7100g, BlackBerry 7280 and BlackBerry 7290.

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User loses his BlackBerry 7280 case magnet; here's where to find a replacement

Russell Shaw — 2005-06-28T12:48:35+00:00

Filed under: 7280, Gear
On the Yahoo! BlackBerry Users Group, member Bill Foust posts an interesting plea for help this morning.

Bill writes that the magnet for his BlackBerry 7280 case has disappeared. "No wonder the battery has been used up quickly lately!," he laments.

Then, Bill asks if any fellow Forum members know where you can just purchase another magnet, and just clue it in to the case.

Cincinnati-based attorney David McPherson (for whom the word "case" presumably has more than one meaning) responded that he found a small, rare-earth magnet at Radio Shack that seemed to do the job. He posts that he "clued (the magnet) into a soft case to trigger the (BlackBerry sleeper switch."

David was not sure of the part number, but I've searched the Radio Shack website and found a listing for Catalog #: 64-1895: a 1/8 Button Rare Earth Super Magnet. Costs $1.89, and seems to be the type of magnet David referred to.

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I turn the tables with a BlackBerry 7280 question for you folks

Russell Shaw — 2005-06-21T14:05:57+00:00

Filed under: Ask BBHUB, Support, Cingular-AT&T, 7280
Just a little while ago, I got an email from Cingular Wireless subscriber, BlackBerry 7280-wielding and BBHub-reading (bless you, my son) Curtiss Petersen.

Rather than answer his question directly, I thought that I would kick it out to the broader circle for discussion. That means y'all.

Curtiss writes:

"I am using a Blackberry 7280, syncing with Outlook 2003 via BES v4 and Desktop V4.

When I delete an email out of my Outlook inbox, it deletes off the Blackberry. However, when I move it out of my inbox into an archive folder (into the .PST file) it does not delete off the Blackberry."

Curtiss wants to know if he is stuck with this solution, or is there a workaround?

Any of you have workarounds, submit a comment. When we get a few, I'll put up a new post with your suggestions.

You'll help a fellow BlackBerry user! Plus, you know, what comes around goes around.

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Here's an easy but powerful PC-to-BlackBerry photo transfer tool

Russell Shaw — 2005-06-16T10:20:13+00:00

Filed under: Software, 7100, 7100t, 7100g, 7100r, 7100x, 7100v, 7730, 7750, 7780, 7230, 7280, 7290, Fun
Pix2Phone is one of the coolest PC-to-BlackBerry digital photo import tools I've seen. Plus, its free.

Here's how it works.

Point your PC Web browser to the Pic2Fone website at (you guessed it!) www.pix2fone.com.
Download and install the Pix2Fone browser extension. The extension works with Internet Explorer and Firefox.
When you are ready to import a photo from your hard drive to your BlackBerry, open the folder on your PC where your photos are stored.
Right-click on the file name of the photo you want to export to your BlackBerry.
A drop-down menu appears. Select Save Picture to Mobile Phone. Your chosen image is sent from your PC to the Pix2Fone Web service.
The Pix2Fone service will process your request and format the image you have chosen for optimum display on your BlackBerry. (If you are using the Pix2Fone service for the first time, you will be asked to enter the name and model number of your device.
After the photo is formatted, a download code appears on your PC.
Print out the download code, and then point your BlackBerry Web browser to: wap.pix2fone.com.
When your BlackBerry browser calls up that address, enter the download code you received on your PC. The picture then loads to your BlackBerry.
Pix2Fone is compatible with BlackBerry 7100 series models, as well as BlackBerry 7230, BlackBerry 7280, BlackBerry 7290, BlackBerry 7730, BlackBerry 7750 and BlackBerry 7780.
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Surrounded by Treo fans? Here's six arguments you can use

Russell Shaw — 2005-06-15T08:52:01+00:00

Filed under: Software, 7510, 7520, 7280, 7290, BlackBerry OS 4.x, Competitors
On the mobile device HowardForums site, ever-present mobile forums moderator and participant Mark Rejhon reposts six "BlackBerry myths" intended to negate stereotypes about BlackBerry.

The types of knocks you may hear from palmOne Treo users unfamiliar with, as Mark puts it, "the modern 2005-era BlackBerry," which, he correctly maintains is quite superior to BlackBerrys released in 2003 and 2004.

Mark copied this post from one originally posted on a Brighthand discussion board.

But enough of where the post came from. Time to list the highlights of what Mark says:

In his view, these persistent myths once were true, but no longer are:

RIM is only good for email. He says that while that once was true, RIM has caught up with its competitors in so many other areas, the "only good" admonition doesn't hold true any more.

BlackBerry has poor quality screens. He points out that the bright-screen BlackBerry 7520 (shown at upper right) is vastly superior to predecessor 7510. Ditto the BlackBerry 7290 vs. its forebear BlackBerry 7280.

BlackBerry has poor PIM. Multiple addresses and category capabilities on supported PIM apps render this stereotype no longer true. Mark also says that updating information is faster on a BlackBerry PIM than on a palm OS or PocketPC device.

BlackBerry can't do Internet apps. With the arrival of BlackBerry OS4, that's no longer the case.

BlackBerry does IM poorly. No longer the case, specifically because of Verichat, a third-party program that in Mark's view, works better on BlackBerry than on Treo.

(There is) not much BlackBerry software. He now counts more than 1,000 programs, plus support for mobile video game-friendly Java J2ME MIDP 2.0.

Mark's pointers

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T-Mobile BlackBerry Electron: 7290 replacement or update?

Russell Shaw — 2005-06-09T06:54:00+00:00

Filed under: RIM, Stories, T-Mobile, 7230, 7280, 7290
That's the BlackBerry Electron over there on the right.

We've come to believe that the device will make its debut in the next couple of months, probably first as T-Mobile's replacement for the BlackBerry 7290.

The Electron has been widely discussed in several online venues, including BlackBerryForums.com. Today, Mark Rejhon, who runs the Forum, posts that although he doesn't think the BlackBerry 7290 will be cashiered, it probably will achieve a sort of senior status as the replacement for the BlackBerry 7230 and BlackBerry 7280.

"And the Electron," says Mark, becomes the replacement for (the) 7290.
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Got BlackBerry 7xxx? This service offers more than 1,000 ringtones for one price

Russell Shaw — 2005-06-06T06:57:18+00:00

Filed under: Software, 7100, 7100t, 7100g, 7100r, 7100x, 7100v, 7700, 7730, 7750, 7780, 7500, 7510, 7520, 7200, 7230, 7280, 7290, 7250, 7270, Fun
I've just noticed that BlackBerry Ring Tone Megaplex has just passed 23,000 downloads on Handango.com.

Given that many other fun and useful utilities do well with amassing 100 downloads, the popularity of the Ring Tone Megaplex is that much more amazing.

For that one price, you get unlimited download access to the more than 1,000 tones in the Ring Tone Megaplex library. The library inventory is updated at least once a week, sometimes more.

Ring Tone Megaplex is compatible with most 7xxx series BlackBerry devices. Once you purchase, download and install Ring Tone Megaplex, you access the service via their proprietary interface, not through an open Web site.

RingTone Megaplex' list price is $19.95, but I found it listed on mobile software site Handango.com for $17.96. That's 10% off.

As you might suspect, the Read link below this post takes you to the main BlackBerry Ring Tone Megaplex page on Handango.

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BlackBerrys: you got to know when to holster 'em

Russell Shaw — 2005-05-18T08:41:29+00:00

Filed under: Tips, 7100t, 7100r, 7510, 7520, 7230, 7280, 7290, 6750, 6230, 7250, Gear
The quite entreprenureal Tom Glogowski is founder, owner and administrator of BlackBerry Forums.com, one of the more vibrant and library BlackBerry user communities on the Web.

Tom is not one of those folks who hands out garlands gratuitously. When he recommends a BlackBerry-related product, his endorsement carries considerable credibility.

That's why I've taken the time to refer you to his post endorsing Speck Products' $34.95 Skin Tight case and holster for the BlackBerry.

Yes, I know, I have noted the product before, but Tom's review adds more than a dozen photos of Skin Tight (pun alert!) on the case, and points out that the case fits snugly enough not to allow any dirt to build up on the BlackBerry.

That would be a total of 10 BlackBerry models adaptable to Skin Tight cases: the 6230, 6750, 7100t, 7100r, 7230, 7250, 7280, 7290, 7510 and 7520.

He notes that the case includes a magnet to turn your screen off, or to switch on your BlackBerry's "in holster" settings.
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For Florida man, two BlackBerrys turned out to be lemons

Russell Shaw — 2005-04-01T09:58:55+00:00

Filed under: Cingular-AT&T, 7280, 7290
Internet developer and consultant Josh Hallett may live in the Disney-designed town of Celebration, Florida. Yet despite his residence, Josh has little to celebrate about these days. For Josh, his last two BlackBerrys were less reliable than one of those old Mickey Mouse watches.

He's mourning the passing of his BlackBerry 7290, a mere four months after purchase. The Cingular-supplied unit stopped sending and receiving data. Not a good thing.

Hallett's 7290 was itself a replacement for his BlackBerry 7280, which "stopped sending any voice" a mere 32 days after activation.

Today, he's headed to the Cingular store for a replacement. Hopefully, the third time will be the charm.

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IBBUG offers Favorite Shortcut tips

Russell Shaw — 2005-03-25T14:43:40+00:00

Filed under: Tips, 7100, 7100t, 7100g, 7100r, 7100x, 7100v, 7700, 7730, 7750, 7780, 7500, 7510, 7520, 7200, 7230, 7280, 7290, 6700, 6710, 6720, 6750, 6200, 6220, 6280, 7250, 7270
Every once in awhile, I like to check the Tips & Tricks area of the International BlackBerry User Group site to see what questions and answers IBBUG members seem the most interested in.

When I went there today, the second-most viewed item was a collection of "Favorite Shortcuts" tips.

There are tips for various keys and key combinations that allow for quick switching between apps, assigning a Speed Dial to a letter, applying bookmarks, as well as multiply or divide two numbers.

You probably already know some of these shortcuts. But could it be that you"don't know what you don't know?"

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Meet the BB Kings

Russell Shaw — 2005-03-22T13:48:58+00:00

Filed under: Stories, 7100r, 7780, 7280, 7290, 6710, Rogers Communications

Do you use your BlackBerry 6710, 7100r, 7280, 7290 or 7780 through your Rogers Communications wireless Internet account?

Do you exceed 25 megabytes of data use each month?

If your answers are "yes" and "yes," you might want to check out, and perhaps even post to, the Over 25 Megabyte Data Club on Howard Forums. We're talkin' some real serious users here. Some posters routinely exceed 50 megabytes of BlackBerry use a month - and have CrackBerry addiction stories and scanned in copies of their bills to prove it.

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