Change is an inevitable part of life. Given that fact, your contact information
is sure to change as well. To keep current the information you diligently put
in Contacts, you have to do some updating now and then. To update a contact, follow these steps:
1. On the BlackBerry Home screen, select Contacts.
2. In Contacts, scroll to and highlight a contact name, press the Menu
key, and then select Edit.
The Edit Contact screen for that contact makes an appearance.
In Contacts (or any BlackBerry application, for that matter), displaying
a menu involves a simple press of the Menu key. You see the Edit option
on the menu right below View.
3. Scroll through the various fields of the Edit Contact screen, editing
the contact information as you see fit.
If you want to edit only a few words or letters in a field (instead of
replacing all the text), scroll the trackball while pressing and holding the
Alt key (located to the left of the Z key) to position your cursor precisely
on the text you want to change. Then make your desired changes.
4. Press the Menu key, and then select Save.
The edit you made for this contact is saved.
When you’re editing information and you want to totally replace the entry with a new one, it’s much faster to first clear the contents, especially if you have a lot of old data. When you are in an editable field (as opposed to a selectable field), just press the Menu key, and then select Clear Field. This feature is available in all text-entry fields and for most BlackBerry applications.
2012年4月22日星期日
Adding contacts from other BlackBerry applications
When you get an e-mail message or a call, that person’s contact information
is in Messages or Phone. It’s just logical to add the information. You may have
noticed that Phone lists only outgoing numbers. That’s half of what you need.
You can access incoming phone calls in Messages:
1. On the BlackBerry Home screen, select Messages.
2. In Messages, press the Menu key, and then select View Folder.
3. Select Phone Call Logs.
A phone log entry stays only as long as you have free space on your BlackBerry Bold. When BlackBerry runs out of space (which could take years, depending on how you use it), it deletes read e-mails and phone logs, starting from the oldest.
You can view your device memory information by going to Options from the Home screen and selecting Memory. The next screen shows you two types of memory, Application Memory and Media Card. Pay close attention to Application Memory. This is where your applications are installed, including data from out of the box applications like Contacts, Messages, and Calendar. Your Bold has 128MB total Application Memory, and you should see how much is free from this screen.
Creating a contact from an existing e-mail address or phone number in Messages is easy:
1. On the BlackBerry Home screen, select Messages.
2. In Messages, select the e-mail address or the phone number.
3. From the menu that appears, select Add to Contacts.
A New Contact screen appears, filled with that particular piece of information.
4. Enter the rest of the information you know.
5. Press the Menu key, and then select Save.
The best solution for capturing contact information from e-mail is an application called gwabbit. The app has the intelligence of detecting any contact information and gives you a quick and easy way to add them to Contacts.
1. On the BlackBerry Home screen, select Messages.
2. In Messages, press the Menu key, and then select View Folder.
3. Select Phone Call Logs.
A phone log entry stays only as long as you have free space on your BlackBerry Bold. When BlackBerry runs out of space (which could take years, depending on how you use it), it deletes read e-mails and phone logs, starting from the oldest.
You can view your device memory information by going to Options from the Home screen and selecting Memory. The next screen shows you two types of memory, Application Memory and Media Card. Pay close attention to Application Memory. This is where your applications are installed, including data from out of the box applications like Contacts, Messages, and Calendar. Your Bold has 128MB total Application Memory, and you should see how much is free from this screen.
Creating a contact from an existing e-mail address or phone number in Messages is easy:
1. On the BlackBerry Home screen, select Messages.
2. In Messages, select the e-mail address or the phone number.
3. From the menu that appears, select Add to Contacts.
A New Contact screen appears, filled with that particular piece of information.
4. Enter the rest of the information you know.
5. Press the Menu key, and then select Save.
The best solution for capturing contact information from e-mail is an application called gwabbit. The app has the intelligence of detecting any contact information and gives you a quick and easy way to add them to Contacts.
2012年4月13日星期五
Assigning a tone on Blackberry Bold
Oh, no, your ringing Bold has woken you. Ring tones help you decide whether to ignore the call or get up. Hopefully, you can easily switch to Sleep mode if you decide to ignore the call.
If you have OS 4.6, follow these steps to assign a ring tone to one of your contacts:
1. While editing a contact, press the trackball, and then select Add Custom Ring Tone from the menu.
2. Press the trackball.
From this screen, you can select a ring tone; set the volume; and control whether to make the LED blink, the phone vibrate, and the settings work while on a call.
3. Select the ring tone you want.
4. Press the Menu key, and then select Save.
If you have OS 5.0, follow these steps to assign a ring tone to one of your contacts:
1. While editing a contact, scroll to the Ring Tones/Alerts section. Under the Ring Tones/Alerts section, you should see Phone and Messages. You can customize the ring tone when you receive a call and when you have a new message such as e-mail or SMS.
2. Select Phone.
Customize the ring tone on the screen that follows. You will see and be able to change the following options:
• Ring Tone: You select from a list of ring tones here.
• Volume: Allows you to control the volume. The default is set to use the Active Profile settings. Other values are from 1 to 10; 10 is the loudest.
• Play Sound: Lets you control in what state to play the tone. Values are Active Profile, In holster, Out of holster, and Always; the default is set to Active Profile, which uses the settings on the Active Profile.
• LED: Allows you to use LED to indicate a call. Displays only if you have work address information filled up. This allows you to map the location using Maps.
• Vibration: Allows you to enable vibration as a way of notification.
Choices are Active Profile, Off, On, and Custom. The default is Active Profile. Choosing Custom allows you to control how long you want the vibration to last.
• Vibrate with Ring Tone: Allows you to choose between vibration and play the tone. Choices are Active Profile, On, and Off. The default value is Active Profile.
3. Press the Escape key.
You’re back to the Edit Contact screen.
4. Select Messages.
You’ll be presented with the Messages screen, allowing you to customize the ring tone when you receive a message.
All the customization that you can do is the same as in Step 2 except for this addition:
• Notify Me During calls: Allows you toggle notification while you are actively on a call. Your choices are Yes or No, and it defaults to No.
5. Press the Escape key.
6. Press the Menu key, and then select Save.
Spend a little bit of time adding your own contact record(s). We recommend adding at least one record for your business contact info and one for your personal contact info. This saves you time having to type your own contact information every time you want to give it to someone. You can share your contact record by sending it as an attachment to an e-mail.
If you have OS 4.6, follow these steps to assign a ring tone to one of your contacts:
1. While editing a contact, press the trackball, and then select Add Custom Ring Tone from the menu.
2. Press the trackball.
From this screen, you can select a ring tone; set the volume; and control whether to make the LED blink, the phone vibrate, and the settings work while on a call.
3. Select the ring tone you want.
4. Press the Menu key, and then select Save.
If you have OS 5.0, follow these steps to assign a ring tone to one of your contacts:
1. While editing a contact, scroll to the Ring Tones/Alerts section. Under the Ring Tones/Alerts section, you should see Phone and Messages. You can customize the ring tone when you receive a call and when you have a new message such as e-mail or SMS.
2. Select Phone.
Customize the ring tone on the screen that follows. You will see and be able to change the following options:
• Ring Tone: You select from a list of ring tones here.
• Volume: Allows you to control the volume. The default is set to use the Active Profile settings. Other values are from 1 to 10; 10 is the loudest.
• Play Sound: Lets you control in what state to play the tone. Values are Active Profile, In holster, Out of holster, and Always; the default is set to Active Profile, which uses the settings on the Active Profile.
• LED: Allows you to use LED to indicate a call. Displays only if you have work address information filled up. This allows you to map the location using Maps.
• Vibration: Allows you to enable vibration as a way of notification.
Choices are Active Profile, Off, On, and Custom. The default is Active Profile. Choosing Custom allows you to control how long you want the vibration to last.
• Vibrate with Ring Tone: Allows you to choose between vibration and play the tone. Choices are Active Profile, On, and Off. The default value is Active Profile.
3. Press the Escape key.
You’re back to the Edit Contact screen.
4. Select Messages.
You’ll be presented with the Messages screen, allowing you to customize the ring tone when you receive a message.
All the customization that you can do is the same as in Step 2 except for this addition:
• Notify Me During calls: Allows you toggle notification while you are actively on a call. Your choices are Yes or No, and it defaults to No.
5. Press the Escape key.
6. Press the Menu key, and then select Save.
Spend a little bit of time adding your own contact record(s). We recommend adding at least one record for your business contact info and one for your personal contact info. This saves you time having to type your own contact information every time you want to give it to someone. You can share your contact record by sending it as an attachment to an e-mail.
Adding a picture for a contact on Blackberry Bold
Like most phones, your BlackBerry Bold can display a picture of the caller. Here’s how to add a photo for a contact:
1. Have access to a digital picture of the person.
2. Get the photo to your BlackBerry Bold.
You can send it via e-mail, copy it to the microSD card, or copy it to the built-in memory of Bold. If you don’t know how to use the microSD,
3. From the Home screen, select the Contacts icon.
4. Highlight a contact.
5. Press the Menu key, and then select Add Picture.
6. Use the trackball to navigate to the drive and folder that contain the picture.
You can use multiple locations for storing media files, such as pictures.
7. Select the picture. The picture you choose is displayed in full onscreen with a rectangle on it.
8. Scroll the trackball to position the rectangle on the face.
Contacts uses a tiny image, just enough to show the face of a person. The rectangle you see here indicates how the application crops the image.
9. Press the trackball, and then select Crop and Save. You’re all set. Just save this contact to keep your changes.
10. Press the Menu key, and then select Save.
1. Have access to a digital picture of the person.
2. Get the photo to your BlackBerry Bold.
You can send it via e-mail, copy it to the microSD card, or copy it to the built-in memory of Bold. If you don’t know how to use the microSD,
3. From the Home screen, select the Contacts icon.
4. Highlight a contact.
5. Press the Menu key, and then select Add Picture.
6. Use the trackball to navigate to the drive and folder that contain the picture.
You can use multiple locations for storing media files, such as pictures.
7. Select the picture. The picture you choose is displayed in full onscreen with a rectangle on it.
8. Scroll the trackball to position the rectangle on the face.
Contacts uses a tiny image, just enough to show the face of a person. The rectangle you see here indicates how the application crops the image.
9. Press the trackball, and then select Crop and Save. You’re all set. Just save this contact to keep your changes.
10. Press the Menu key, and then select Save.
2012年4月7日星期六
Creating a contact on Blackberry.Bold
Imagine that you just ran into Jane Doe, an old high school friend whom you
haven’t seen in years. Jane is about to give you her number, but you don’t
have a pen or pencil handy to write down her information. Are you then
forced to chant her phone number to yourself until you can scare up a writing implement? Not if you have your handy BlackBerry Bold on you.
With BlackBerry in hand, follow these steps to create a new contact:
1. On the BlackBerry Home screen, select the Contacts application.
As we mention earlier, you can also access Contacts from different applications.
2. In Contacts, highlight Add Contact, and then press the trackball.
The New Contact screen appears, as shown in Figure 4-2.
3. Enter the contact information in the appropriate fields.
Use your BlackBerry Bold keyboard to enter this information. Scroll down to see more of the contact fields. When entering an e-mail address, press the Space key to insert an at symbol (@) or a period (.). BlackBerry is smart enough to figure out that you need an @ or a period. We don’t think you can overdo it when entering a person’s contact information. Enter as much info as you possibly can. Maybe the benefit won’t be obvious now, but when your memory fails you or your boss needs a critical piece of info that you happen to have, you’ll thank us for this advice.
4. (Optional) For those contacts who have more than one e-mail address — say, work and home — just create another new, blank E-mail field for the same contact.
You can have up to three e-mail addresses per contact.
a. Press the Menu key.
b. Select Add Email Address.
5. Press the trackball, and then select Save. You should see your new contact added to the list.
Here’s something slick to know when you’re entering phone information for a contact: BlackBerry Bold can also dial an extra number after the initial phone number. That extra number can be someone’s extension, or a participant code on a conference number, or simply your voice mail PIN. When you’re entering the contact’s phone number, type the primary phone number, press the Alt key and press X, and then add the extension number. Say you enter 11112345678X1111; when you tell your Bold to call that number, it will dial 11112345678 first. Then you’ll see a prompt asking you to continue or skip dialing the extension.
The menu is always available through the Menu key, but just for convenience, we prefer to use the trackball, which displays a shortened menu list based on where you are.
With BlackBerry in hand, follow these steps to create a new contact:
1. On the BlackBerry Home screen, select the Contacts application.
As we mention earlier, you can also access Contacts from different applications.
2. In Contacts, highlight Add Contact, and then press the trackball.
The New Contact screen appears, as shown in Figure 4-2.
3. Enter the contact information in the appropriate fields.
Use your BlackBerry Bold keyboard to enter this information. Scroll down to see more of the contact fields. When entering an e-mail address, press the Space key to insert an at symbol (@) or a period (.). BlackBerry is smart enough to figure out that you need an @ or a period. We don’t think you can overdo it when entering a person’s contact information. Enter as much info as you possibly can. Maybe the benefit won’t be obvious now, but when your memory fails you or your boss needs a critical piece of info that you happen to have, you’ll thank us for this advice.
4. (Optional) For those contacts who have more than one e-mail address — say, work and home — just create another new, blank E-mail field for the same contact.
You can have up to three e-mail addresses per contact.
a. Press the Menu key.
b. Select Add Email Address.
5. Press the trackball, and then select Save. You should see your new contact added to the list.
Here’s something slick to know when you’re entering phone information for a contact: BlackBerry Bold can also dial an extra number after the initial phone number. That extra number can be someone’s extension, or a participant code on a conference number, or simply your voice mail PIN. When you’re entering the contact’s phone number, type the primary phone number, press the Alt key and press X, and then add the extension number. Say you enter 11112345678X1111; when you tell your Bold to call that number, it will dial 11112345678 first. Then you’ll see a prompt asking you to continue or skip dialing the extension.
The menu is always available through the Menu key, but just for convenience, we prefer to use the trackball, which displays a shortened menu list based on where you are.
Block That Spam - Blackberry.Bold
With your BlackBerry Bold, you can block certain e-mails, SMS numbers, or BlackBerry PINs from getting to your inbox. It’s like having your own spam blocker on your BlackBerry Bold!
To set up your personal spam blocker, follow these steps:
1. From the BlackBerry Bold Home screen, select the Options icon.
2. Select the Security option.
3. Highlight the Firewall option and press the trackball.
This opens the Firewall screen.
4. Highlight the Status field and select Enable.
This enables the spam blocker.
5. Under Block Incoming Message, make sure what you want to block is
selected:
• SMS: Blocks SMS messages.
• PIN: Blocks BlackBerry PIN messages.
• BlackBerry Internet Service: Blocks e-mail messages (for example,
the e-mail account that you set up from Google or Yahoo! Mail).
• Enterprise Email: Blocks enterprise e-mail (if you’re in a corporate
e-mail network).
6. In the Except Messages From area, select the desired options:
• Contact: Blocks everything except the e-mails and phone numbers
in your Contacts.
• Specific Address: Blocks everything specified by you (you can set
up the list below).
7. Press the Menu key and select Configure Exception.
This opens the Firewall exception screen.
8. Press the Menu key and select the desired options:
• Add Email: Specify the e-mail you want to block by selecting this
check box.
• Add PIN: Specify the BlackBerry Bold PIN you want to block by
selecting this check box.
• Add Phone Number: Specify the SMS number you want to block by
selecting this check box.
To set up your personal spam blocker, follow these steps:
1. From the BlackBerry Bold Home screen, select the Options icon.
2. Select the Security option.
3. Highlight the Firewall option and press the trackball.
This opens the Firewall screen.
4. Highlight the Status field and select Enable.
This enables the spam blocker.
5. Under Block Incoming Message, make sure what you want to block is
selected:
• SMS: Blocks SMS messages.
• PIN: Blocks BlackBerry PIN messages.
• BlackBerry Internet Service: Blocks e-mail messages (for example,
the e-mail account that you set up from Google or Yahoo! Mail).
• Enterprise Email: Blocks enterprise e-mail (if you’re in a corporate
e-mail network).
6. In the Except Messages From area, select the desired options:
• Contact: Blocks everything except the e-mails and phone numbers
in your Contacts.
• Specific Address: Blocks everything specified by you (you can set
up the list below).
7. Press the Menu key and select Configure Exception.
This opens the Firewall exception screen.
8. Press the Menu key and select the desired options:
• Add Email: Specify the e-mail you want to block by selecting this
check box.
• Add PIN: Specify the BlackBerry Bold PIN you want to block by
selecting this check box.
• Add Phone Number: Specify the SMS number you want to block by
selecting this check box.
2012年3月28日星期三
Keeping Your BlackBerry Bold Safe
The folks at RIM take security seriously, and so should you. Always set up a
password on your BlackBerry Bold. If your BlackBerry Bold hasn’t prompted
you to set up a password, you should immediately do so. Here’s how it’s
done:
1. From the BlackBerry Bold Home screen, select the Options (wrench) icon.
2. Select the Password option.
3. Highlight the Password field, and then select Enabled. All this does for now is enable the Password feature. You won’t be prompted to type a password until you save the changes you just made.
4. Click the Set Password button. At this time, you should be prompted to enter a new password.
If you have set a password before, the button will be called Change Password.
5. Type a password, and then type it again for verification.
From this point on, whenever you lock your BlackBerry Bold and want to use it again, you have to type the password. How do you lock your BlackBerry Bold? Good question. Keep reading.
When you set your password on a BlackBerry Bold, you must make sure that you know what letters your password uses and not just which keys you pressed. You need the same password if you link your BlackBerry Bold with BlackBerry Bold Desktop Manager for synchronization.
Setting up your password is a good first step, but just having a password won’t help much if you don’t take the further step of locking your BlackBerry Bold when you aren’t using it. (You don’t want people at the office or sitting at the next table at the coffee shop checking out your e-mails or phone history when you take a bathroom break, do you?) So, how do you lock your BlackBerry Bold? Let us count the ways. . . . we came up with two.
You can go the Autolock after Timeout (also known as Security Timeout) route by following these steps:
1. From the BlackBerry Bold Home screen, select the Options icon.
2. Select the Password option.
The Password screen appears.
3. Highlight the Security Timeout field, and then select the desired minutes.
The preset times range from 1 minute to 1 hour.
4. Press the Menu key, and then select Save.
1. From the BlackBerry Bold Home screen, select the Options (wrench) icon.
2. Select the Password option.
3. Highlight the Password field, and then select Enabled. All this does for now is enable the Password feature. You won’t be prompted to type a password until you save the changes you just made.
4. Click the Set Password button. At this time, you should be prompted to enter a new password.
If you have set a password before, the button will be called Change Password.
5. Type a password, and then type it again for verification.
From this point on, whenever you lock your BlackBerry Bold and want to use it again, you have to type the password. How do you lock your BlackBerry Bold? Good question. Keep reading.
When you set your password on a BlackBerry Bold, you must make sure that you know what letters your password uses and not just which keys you pressed. You need the same password if you link your BlackBerry Bold with BlackBerry Bold Desktop Manager for synchronization.
Setting up your password is a good first step, but just having a password won’t help much if you don’t take the further step of locking your BlackBerry Bold when you aren’t using it. (You don’t want people at the office or sitting at the next table at the coffee shop checking out your e-mails or phone history when you take a bathroom break, do you?) So, how do you lock your BlackBerry Bold? Let us count the ways. . . . we came up with two.
You can go the Autolock after Timeout (also known as Security Timeout) route by following these steps:
1. From the BlackBerry Bold Home screen, select the Options icon.
2. Select the Password option.
The Password screen appears.
3. Highlight the Security Timeout field, and then select the desired minutes.
The preset times range from 1 minute to 1 hour.
4. Press the Menu key, and then select Save.
If you’re more the hands-on kind of person, you can go the Manual Lockout route by scrolling to the keyboard Lock icon on your Home screen and pressing the trackball. (Pressing K while at the Home screen does the same thing.Make sure to turn off the Dial from Home Screen option.
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