BlackBerry Storm2 Made Simple: Written for the Storm 9500 and 9530; and the Storm2 9520, 9530, and 9550 (Made Simple (Apress))

Prelim......Page 1
Contents......Page 7
About the Authors......Page 24
Acknowledgments......Page 25
Quick Start Guide......Page 26
Quick Start......Page 28
Overview of Your Storm......Page 29
Inside Your Storm......Page 31
The Mute Key......Page 32
The Menu Key (BlackBerry Button)......Page 33
The Red Phone Key......Page 34
Touch Screen Gestures......Page 35
Basic Touch Screen Gestures......Page 36
Starting and Exiting an App......Page 37
Opening Folders......Page 38
Two Types of Menus: Full and Short......Page 39
Hover for Pop-Up Information......Page 41
Scrolling Up or Down......Page 42
Scrolling Menus and Showing Soft Keys......Page 43
Save Time with the Space Key......Page 44
Copy and Paste......Page 45
Multitasking (Application Switching)......Page 46
Hiding and Showing the Virtual Keyboards......Page 47
SureType Keyboard Typing (Vertical)......Page 49
Full Keyboard (Vertical or Horizontal)......Page 50
Working with the Wireless Network......Page 51
Reading Your Wireless Network Status......Page 52
Traveling with Your Storm: Airplane Mode......Page 53
Getting Set Up......Page 54
Staying in Touch......Page 55
Staying Organized......Page 57
Being Productive......Page 58
Being Entertained......Page 59
Personalizing Your Storm......Page 60
Adding and Removing Apps......Page 61
Introduction......Page 62
Unique Features on the BlackBerry Storm......Page 64
Always on, Always Connected......Page 65
How This Book Is Organized......Page 66
Free BlackBerry Email Tips and Free Videos......Page 68
You and Your Storm......Page 70
Email Setup......Page 72
The Setup Wizard......Page 73
Personal or Internet Email Setup......Page 75
Setting Up Your Corporate Email......Page 78
Hiding Extra Email Account Icons......Page 81
Editing and Deleting an Email Account (Signature and Advanced Settings)......Page 82
Wireless Email Reconciliation......Page 85
Syncing Google Contacts Using Email Setup......Page 86
Setting Up Google Wireless Contacts Syncing......Page 87
Turning Wireless Contact Syncing On and Off......Page 88
Verifying Usernames and Passwords......Page 89
Solving a Gmail Enabled IMAP Error Message......Page 90
Why Is Some Email Missing?......Page 92
Correcting the ‘‘Invalid Account. Please Validate’’ Message......Page 94
Setting Up BlackBerry Email from Your Computer......Page 96
Advanced Email Settings from Your Computer......Page 102
How to Get the BES Express Software......Page 103
Benefits of Being Connected to a BlackBerry Server......Page 104
Windows PC Setup......Page 106
Checking Your Current Version......Page 107
Installing BlackBerry Desktop Manager......Page 108
Overview of BlackBerry Desktop Manager......Page 109
Entering Your Device Password......Page 110
Moving from another BlackBerry......Page 111
Moving from a Palm or Windows Mobile Device......Page 112
Setting Up the Sync......Page 113
Running the Sync......Page 123
Troubleshooting Your Sync......Page 125
Application Loader......Page 130
Adding and Removing Applications......Page 131
Updating Device Software......Page 135
Backup and Restore......Page 137
Backing Up Your BlackBerry......Page 139
Restoring Your BlackBerry......Page 141
Advanced Backup and Restore......Page 142
IP Modem......Page 146
Windows PC Media and File Transfer......Page 148
Scanning Your Computer for Media Files......Page 149
Entering Your Password......Page 150
Media on your Computer Media on your BlackBerry......Page 151
Copying Music to Your BlackBerry......Page 152
Copying Pictures......Page 154
Deleting Media from Your Media Card......Page 155
Troubleshooting Media Manager......Page 156
BlackBerry Media Sync......Page 157
Starting Media Sync from Desktop Manager......Page 158
Media Sync Setup......Page 159
Media Sync: Syncing Music......Page 160
Media Sync: Syncing Pictures......Page 162
Some Songs Could Not Be Synchronized......Page 164
Media Sync Options Screen......Page 165
Mass Storage Mode Transfer......Page 167
BlackBerry Desktop Manager for Mac......Page 168
Downloading and Installing Desktop Manager for Mac......Page 169
Starting Desktop Manager for the First Time......Page 173
Using Desktop Manager for Mac......Page 175
Backup Options......Page 176
Setting Up Your Sync Options......Page 177
Syncing Contacts, Calendar, Notes, and Tasks......Page 179
Backup and Restore......Page 180
Adding and Removing Applications......Page 182
Automating Synchronization with Desktop Manager for Mac......Page 183
Syncing Media with Desktop Manager for Mac......Page 184
Syncing Music......Page 185
Mass Storage Mode Transfer for Your Media Card......Page 187
Exploring the Drive......Page 188
Copying Files Using Mass Storage Mode......Page 189
Typing, Spelling, and Help......Page 192
Landscape or Portrait Full Keyboard......Page 193
Portrait Multitap Keyboard......Page 194
Wait to Select Corrections in SureType Mode......Page 195
Pop-Ups of Soft Keys or Buttons......Page 197
Hide the Keyboard and View Soft Keys......Page 198
Tips for Typing and Editing Text......Page 199
Deleting Characters with the Backspace Key......Page 200
Positioning the Cursor......Page 201
Automatic Period and Cap at End of Sentence......Page 202
Quickly Changing Drop-Down Lists......Page 203
Using Letter Keys for Drop-Down Lists and More......Page 204
Using Your Spell Checker......Page 205
Using the Spelling Custom Dictionary......Page 207
Enabling Spell Check for Outbound Email......Page 208
Using the Help Menus......Page 209
Overall Help Contents and Finding Help Text......Page 210
Save Time with AutoText......Page 212
Creating a New AutoText Entry......Page 213
Advanced AutoText Features -Macros -Time Stamp -......Page 215
Changing Your Wallpaper......Page 218
Adding More Rows of Icons or Showing the Today Layout......Page 220
Changing Your Download Folder for New Apps......Page 221
Resetting Your Home Screen Preferences......Page 222
Moving Your Icons within a Folder......Page 223
Hiding and Showing Icons......Page 224
Moving Your Icons between Folders......Page 226
Setting Your Home Screen Top Icons......Page 227
Working with Folders......Page 229
Setting the Date, Time, and Time Zone......Page 231
Changing Your Font Size and Type......Page 233
Changing Your Theme: The Look and Feel......Page 234
Downloading New Themes......Page 235
Download Themes, Wallpaper, and Ringtones from Other Web Sites......Page 238
Changing Your Convenience Keys......Page 239
The Blinking Light Repeat Notification......Page 240
Red Flashing Message or Alert LED......Page 241
Green Flashing Coverage LED......Page 242
Preloaded Sound Profiles......Page 244
Customizing a Sound Profile......Page 245
Downloading a New Ring Tone......Page 248
Using the Sound Profile App......Page 251
Using the Contact List......Page 252
Three Main Phone Screens......Page 254
Placing a Call......Page 255
Answering a Call......Page 258
Ignoring Phone Calls......Page 259
Using the Mute Button to Turn Off the Ringing Phone......Page 260
Dialing Numbers, Taking Notes, and Jumping to Other Apps......Page 261
Taking Notes While On a Call......Page 262
What’s My Phone Number?......Page 264
Changing Your Ring Tone......Page 265
Calling Voice Mail......Page 266
Checking Your Call Logs......Page 267
Add New Contact Entries from Call Logs......Page 268
To Show Your Call Logs in the Messages App (Inbox)......Page 270
Speed Dial on Your Storm......Page 271
Set Up Speed Dial from Call Logs......Page 272
Set Up Speed Dial from Dial Pad......Page 273
Moving a Speed Dial Number......Page 274
Changing Your Voice Dialing Language......Page 275
Voice Dialing a Contact......Page 276
Voice Dialing a Number......Page 277
Setting the Ring Tone from Sounds App......Page 278
Other Commands......Page 280
Adapt Voice in Voice Dialing......Page 281
Call Waiting -Handling a Second Caller -......Page 283
Join a Conference Call or Swap......Page 284
Call Forwarding......Page 285
Conference Calling......Page 287
Advanced Dialing (Letters, Pauses, and Waits)......Page 289
Dialing Letters on a Phone Call......Page 290
Adding Pauses and Waits in Phone Numbers......Page 291
More Phone Tips and Tricks......Page 293
Downloading Social Networking Apps......Page 294
Logging In to the Apps......Page 295
Facebook......Page 296
Facebook Intro Messages......Page 297
Status Update and News Feed......Page 298
Communicating with Facebook Friends......Page 299
Uploading Pictures in Facebook......Page 300
Flickr Uploader......Page 301
Twitter......Page 302
Create a Twitter Account......Page 303
Using Twitter for BlackBerry......Page 304
Twitter Icons......Page 305
LinkedIn......Page 308
Navigating around LinkedIn......Page 310
YouTube......Page 312
Send Email from Your Messages App......Page 314
Send Email from Your Contacts App......Page 316
Selecting a Different Email Address to Send From......Page 317
Replying to Messages......Page 318
Navigating Around Messages and Other Tidbits......Page 319
Email Soft Keys......Page 320
Setting the Importance Level of the Email......Page 321
Flag for Follow Up......Page 322
Setting a New Flag......Page 323
Finding Flagged Items......Page 324
Attaching a Contact Entry......Page 325
Attaching a File or Picture......Page 326
Working with Email Attachments......Page 327
Supported Email Attachment Formats......Page 328
Opening Attachments......Page 329
Editing Attachments with Documents to Go......Page 330
Using the Standard Document Viewer......Page 331
Using Sheet to Go or Slideshow to Go......Page 332
To Open a Picture......Page 333
Searching for Messages (Email, SMS, MMS)......Page 334
The General Messages Search Command......Page 335
Search Subject......Page 336
Search Sender or Recipient Menu Command......Page 337
Search Subject Menu Command......Page 338
The Heart of Your BlackBerry......Page 340
How Do You Get Your Addresses on Your BlackBerry?......Page 341
Option #1: Adding an Address into Contacts......Page 342
Option #4: Adding an Address from an Underlined Email Address or Phone Number Anywhere (Web Browser, Email, Tasks, MemoPad, Etc.......Page 345
Option #1: Using the Find Feature in Contacts......Page 347
Option #2: Finding and Calling Someone......Page 348
Basic Contact Menu Commands......Page 349
F o r F a c e b o o k U s e r s-----Cool Things You Can Do from Your Contact List......Page 350
Adding a Picture to the Contact for Caller ID......Page 351
Changing the Way Contacts Are Sorted......Page 352
Using Categories......Page 353
Filtering Your Contacts by Category......Page 354
Using Groups as Mailing Lists......Page 355
Creating and Using a Group Mailing or SMS List......Page 356
Sending an Email to the Group......Page 357
How Do You Get Your Calendar from Your Computer to Your BlackBerry?......Page 358
Switching Views and Days in the Calendar......Page 359
Swiping to Move Between Days......Page 360
Scheduling Appointments......Page 361
Detailed Scheduling (Use When You Need Advanced Options)......Page 362
Customizing Your Calendar with Options......Page 365
Changing Your Start and End of Day Time on Day View......Page 366
Scheduling Conference Calls on Your BlackBerry......Page 367
Copying and Pasting Information into Your Calendar......Page 369
Alarms and Recurring Appointments......Page 371
Changing the Calendar Alarm to Ring, Vibrate, or Mute......Page 372
Setting a Recurring (Daily, Weekly, Monthly, or Yearly) Appointment......Page 373
Snoozing a Ringing Calendar or Task Alarm......Page 374
Respond to a Meeting Invitation......Page 375
Using Google Sync to Sync with BlackBerry Calendar and Contacts......Page 376
Installing the Google Sync Program on Your BlackBerry......Page 377
Looking at the Results of a Successful Google Sync (Calendar and Contacts)......Page 380
How Do You Get Your Tasks from Your Computer to Your BlackBerry?......Page 382
Adding a New Task......Page 383
Categorizing Your Tasks......Page 384
Finding Tasks......Page 385
Managing or Checking Off Your Tasks......Page 386
Sorting Your Tasks and Task Options......Page 387
How Do You Get Your MemoPad Items from Your Computer to Your BlackBerry?......Page 388
Adding or Editing Memos on the BlackBerry......Page 389
Viewing Your Memos......Page 391
Filing a Memo in a New or Existing Category......Page 392
Switching Applications / Multitasking......Page 393
Forwarding Memos via Email, SMS, or BlackBerry Messenger......Page 395
Other Memo Menu Commands......Page 396
Putting Numbers at the Beginning of Your Memo Names......Page 397
Text and Multimedia Messaging......Page 398
Composing SMS Text Messages......Page 399
Basic SMS Menu Commands......Page 401
Opening and Replying to SMS Messages......Page 403
Sending MMS from the Message List......Page 404
Sending a Media File As an MMS from the Media Icon......Page 405
Basic MMS Menu Commands......Page 406
Advanced MMS Commands......Page 407
M M S a n d S M S T e x t T r o u b l e s h o o t i n g -----Host Routing Table ‘‘Register Now’’......Page 408
PIN Messaging and Sending Your PIN with the ‘‘Mypin’’ Shortcut......Page 410
Adding Someone’s PIN to Your Address Book......Page 412
BlackBerry Messenger......Page 414
Setting Up BlackBerry Messenger......Page 415
Adding Contacts to Your BlackBerry Messenger Group......Page 416
Joining a Fellow User’s BlackBerry Messenger Group......Page 417
BlackBerry Messenger Options Screen......Page 418
Starting or Continuing Conversations and Emoticons......Page 419
Pinging a Contact......Page 421
Using the ‘‘My Status’’ Options (Your Availability to Others)......Page 422
Conferencing with BlackBerry Messenger......Page 423
Using Groups in BlackBerry Messenger......Page 424
Using AIM, Yahoo, and Google Talk Messaging......Page 426
Installing More Instant Messenger Applications on the BlackBerry......Page 427
Installing Your Memory Card / Media Card......Page 430
Verifying the Media Card Installation and Free Memory......Page 431
Transferring Content to Your Storm Using Mass Storage Mode (for Mac and Windows)......Page 432
Getting Your Music and Playlists on Your BlackBerry......Page 438
Playing Your Music......Page 439
Finding and Playing an Individual Song......Page 440
Doing Other Things While Listening to Music......Page 441
Setting a New Song or Ring Tone As Your Phone Ring Tone......Page 442
Playing All Your Music......Page 443
Playing One of Your Playlists......Page 444
Creating Playlists on Your BlackBerry......Page 445
Supported Music Types......Page 448
Pandora Internet Radio......Page 449
Slacker Radio......Page 452
Slacker Controls......Page 454
Starting the Camera Application......Page 456
Icons in the Camera Screen......Page 457
Setting the Flash Mode......Page 459
Changing the Default Flash Mode......Page 460
Geotagging Your Pictures (Adding a GPS Location)......Page 461
Adjusting the Picture Quality......Page 463
Using the Zoom......Page 464
Using the Optional Media Card......Page 465
Viewing Pictures Stored in Memory......Page 466
Picture Soft Keys......Page 467
Viewing a Slide Show......Page 468
Transferring Pictures to or from Your BlackBerry......Page 469
Your Video Recorder......Page 472
Starting the Video Recorder......Page 473
Supported Video Formats on the BlackBerry......Page 475
Playing a Video......Page 476
Showing or Hiding controls......Page 477
The Wi-Fi Advantage......Page 480
Setting Up Wi-Fi on Your BlackBerry......Page 481
Scan for Networks......Page 482
Manually Add Network......Page 483
Push Button Setup......Page 484
Connecting to a Wireless Hotspot......Page 487
Prioritizing Your Networks......Page 488
Using Wi-Fi Diagnostics......Page 489
Downloading the App World Program......Page 492
Featured Programs......Page 494
Categories......Page 495
Top Paid Downloads......Page 496
Downloading Apps......Page 497
Downloading and Purchasing an App......Page 498
Using the My World Area......Page 499
Removing or Uninstalling Programs......Page 500
Tethering (Usually) Costs Extra......Page 502
Your Tethering Options......Page 503
Option 2: Using Your Wireless Carrier’s Software......Page 504
Using the Desktop Manager for Windows......Page 505
Re-Enabling the IP Modem Program......Page 507
Using the Desktop Manager on the Mac......Page 508
Network Preferences......Page 509
Resolving Issues When Trying to Get Online......Page 512
The History of Bluetooth......Page 514
Turning On Bluetooth......Page 515
Configuring Bluetooth......Page 516
Prepping Your BlackBerry for Bluetooth......Page 517
Pairing with a Bluetooth Device......Page 518
Answering and Making Calls with a Headset......Page 520
The Bluetooth Menu Options......Page 521
Sending and Receiving Media Files......Page 523
Problem 1: The Device Refuses Your Passkey......Page 524
Problem 3: You Cannot Share Your Address Book......Page 525
Using Alternative Web Browsers......Page 526
Using the Browser Menu......Page 527
Exploring the Browser Program’s Menu Options......Page 528
Using Your Address Bar......Page 530
Setting and Naming Bookmarks......Page 532
Naming Bookmarks for Easy Retrieval......Page 533
Viewing the Bookmark List or Home Page......Page 535
Using Your Bookmarks to Browse the Web......Page 536
Searching with Google......Page 537
Viewing a Google Result’s Location......Page 538
Web Browser Tips and Tricks......Page 539
Adding Push Content......Page 540
Downloading and Installing Games......Page 543
Finding More Software......Page 544
Reviews of Software, Services, and More......Page 545
Removing Software from Your BlackBerry......Page 546
Option 2: Deleting Apps from the Options Icon......Page 547
Deleting Apps with the Windows Application Loader......Page 548
Avoiding a Shockingly Large Bill......Page 550
Before Your Trip......Page 551
Getting Your BlackBerry Ready......Page 552
Step 1: Check Your BlackBerry’s Time zone......Page 553
Enabling GPS on Your BlackBerry......Page 554
Using BlackBerry Maps......Page 555
Viewing a Contact’s Map......Page 556
Getting Directions with BlackBerry Maps......Page 557
BlackBerry Maps Menu Commands......Page 559
Google Maps: Downloading & Installing......Page 560
Google Maps Search Finding an Address or Business......Page 562
Getting Directions......Page 564
Google Latitude......Page 565
Layers -Seeing Transit Lines......Page 566
Viewing Current Traffic......Page 567
The Calculator......Page 568
The Clock......Page 569
Voice Notes Recorder......Page 572
The Password Keeper......Page 573
Understanding How Search Works......Page 576
Searching across Several Apps......Page 577
Searching for Names or Text......Page 578
Improving Your Search Quality......Page 579
Preparing for the Worst Case Scenario......Page 582
Web Browsing Security Tips......Page 585
Adjusting the SIM Card Security Options......Page 586
Clearing the Event Log......Page 588
Managing Connections Manually (Airplane Mode)......Page 590
Registering with the Host Routing Table......Page 591
Checking the Status or Help Screen......Page 592
Saving Battery Life......Page 593
Performing a Hard Reset......Page 594
Sending Service Books......Page 595
If the Problem Persists.........Page 597
Low Battery Warnings......Page 598
Recharging in a Car......Page 599
Extending Your Battery Life......Page 600
The BlackBerry Technical Solution Center......Page 602
Accessing Resources from Your BlackBerry......Page 603
BlackBerry Forums and Discussion Groups......Page 604
Thanks Again!......Page 605
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