Friday, April 2, 2010

Blackberry How to Take Notes While on a Call​​

How to Take Notes While on a Call​​

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​​​1. ​Head to Your Phone App​​
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​​​2.​ Before we call, we need to make sure that call logging is turned on.​​
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​​3.​ Hit your menu key, and go to Options​
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​​4.​ Go to Call Logging​
​​5.​ Ensure All Calls is checked. This will put your call history into your "Messages Inbox" and is how we view the Notes you take during calls after the fact. ​Tip:​ If you don't want to enable call logging within your inbox of messages, you can also view your saved notes by looking at your call history within the phone application, gonig to the call you took notes on, hitting menu and View History.​​
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​​6.​ Go ahead and dial your call.​
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​​7.​ Talking to someone and decide you need to take some notes? No Problem!​​
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​​8.​ Activate Speakerphone - you can hit the dollar sign on the keyboard (aka speakerphone button) or use the menu key. Keep in mind, if you start taking notes first and then decide you want to use the speakersphone, at that point the keyboard shortcut will be inactive and you will have to activate it from menu.​​

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​​9.​ Now you're talking over the speakerphone and can view your phone better.  ​

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​​10.​ Hit the menu key and select Notes. ​

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​​11.​ A text field will appear and you can take all the notes you like! Keep in mind you don't HAVE to turn on speakerphone - but if you don't you'll have to at least pull the phone away from your ear so you can get your thumbs on the keyboard. Or use a Bluetooth headset!​​

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​​12.​ Keep on typing till you're done. Tip: Try and type quietly... the phone's mic can/may/will pickup your thumbing on the keyboard and you don't want to give your listener too much of an ear full.​​

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​​13. ​When you're done, hang up the phone (you can use the end call key). Because you are taking notes, you won't close down to the homescreen - you'll stay right here with the notes open. ​

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​​14. ​Hit the menu key, and Save your Note. ​

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​​15. ​Want to view the note you just took? Go to your Messages...​​

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​​16.​ And you'll see the call you placed. Open it up...​​

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​​​17.​ And there you go - the notes you took during that ohhh soo important phone call are stored in your messages...AND because they are in your messages now you can work with them like messages - edit them, FORWARD THEM (send them to the person you were on the call with if you want). Just hit the menu key.

Blackberry Block incoming PIN, SMS,

Block incoming PIN, SMS, and MMS messages by going OPTIONS > SECURITY OPTIONS > FIREWALL ... then check off all or one box.

Sometimes we don't want to be disturbed by our friends and relatives and turning off your data would only stop emails from coming. So use wisely :-) otherwise you would miss your important messages.

Blackberry Calendar Shortcuts​​

Blackberry Calendar Shortcuts​​

C - schedule an appointment

A - Change to Agenda view

D - Change to Day view

W - Change to Week view

M - Change to Month view

Space - Move to the next day/week/month

Shift+Space - Move to the previous day/week/month

T - Move to the current date

G - Move to a specific date

An easy way to access the default applications is through keyboard shortcuts as well.  To use these, you must have Dial From Home Screen set to "Off".  (Phone > Options > General Options).  You will now have to use the Send key to access your phone and make a call, but you will have the following shortcuts available:

W - WAP Browser

R - Alarm

T - Tasks

U - Calculator

O - Options

A - Address Book

S - Search

D - Notes

F - Profiles

H - Help

K - Lock keypad

L - Calendar

M - Messages

B - Browser

N - BlackBerry Messenger

V - Saved messages

C - Compose


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Blackberry Media Shortcuts​​

Blackberry Media Shortcuts​​

Mute Key - Pause/Resume a video/song

R - Rotate pictures

I - Zoom In

O - Zoom Out

W - Original Size

Blackberry Browser Shortcuts​​

Blackberry Browser Shortcuts​​

To insert a period in the Go To dialog box, press the Space key

To insert a slash mark (/) in the Go To dialog box, press Shift+Space

To open the browser options, in the browser, press O

To stop loading a web page, press the Escape key

To hide the browser, press D

To close the browser, hold the Escape key

To view the address for a link, highlight a link. Press L

To move forward a screen, press the Shift key and the Space key

To move to a previous screen, press the Space key

G - Move to a specific page

H - Return to the home page

K - Open bookmarks

A - Add a bookmark

I - View recent web pages

R - Refresh page

P - View page address

S - Save web page

U - Hide browser banner

X - Veiw thumbnail version of a page

T - Move to the top of a page

B - Move to the bottom of a page

Blackberry Typing Shortcuts​​

Blackberry Typing Shortcuts​​

To insert a period, press the Space key twice. The next letter is capitalized

To capitalize a letter, hold the letter key until the capitalized letter appears

Alt + Left Shift - NUM Lock

Alt + Right Shift - CAPS Lock

To turn off NUM lock or CAP lock, press the Shift key

To insert an at sign (@) or a period (.) in an email address field, press the Space key

To highlight a line of text, press the Shift key and roll the trackball

To highlight text character by character, hold the Shift key and roll the trackball left or right

To cancel a text selection, press the Escape key

To cut highlighted text when typing, press the Shift + Backspace/Delete key

To copy highlighted text when typing, press the Alt key and click the trackball

To paste highlighted text when typing, press the Shift key and click the trackball

Blackberry Message Shortcuts​​

Message Shortcuts​​

In a message:

R - Reply To Message

L - Reply To All

F - Forward Message

I - File Highlighted Message

To view the email address of a contact, in a message, highlight the contact. Press Q. To view the display name again, press Q.

In a message list:

C - Compose Message

ALT+U - Mark Message As Opened/Unopened

ALT+I - View Inbox

ALT+O - View Outbox

ALT+V - View Voicemail

ALT+S - View SMS

ALT+P - View Call Log

To view all your messages again, press the Escape key

SHIFT+SPACE - Move to the top of a screen

SPACE - Move to the bottom of a screen

T - Go to top of a message

B - Go to bottom of a message

N - Move to the next date

P - Move to the previous date

U - Move to the next unopened item

J - Move to the next related item

K - Move to the previous realted item

F - Search for text in an attachment/web page

G - Move to the last cursor position in a message after closing and reopening an attachment

Blackberry Basic Shortcuts​​

Blackberry Basic Shortcuts​​

The following shortcuts can be used in many applications:

To exit a screen (or to move to a previous page in a browser) press the Escape key

To select or clear a check box, press the Space key  

To switch applications, hold the Alt key and press the Escape key. Continue holding the Alt key and select an application, then release the Alt key

To return to the Home screen, press the End key  

Blackberry Standby Mode​​​

Standby Mode​​​
Best ways to keep from calling people with your device in your pocket (hey, we've all done it) is to put your device into standby mode.  To do this, simply hold the Mute key on top of your device for 3 seconds.  Your Bezzel(blackberry) will go into standby mode, where you will be prevented from accidentally pressing any keys, but all your alerts and calls will still come in.  To exit standby mode, just tap the Mute key.

Creating multiple signature aliases for emails or when texting (SMS). 

Creating multiple signature aliases
for emails or when texting (SMS).
The best way is to create an AutoText
entry with your desired alias or signature. 
To do this, go to Options > AutoText.
  Select "New". 
Under "Replace", type a shortuct (ie. sb, ss - something quick and easy).  Under "With" type your desired signature ("Sent by snoopbizzle, snoopshizzle") then choose save and you're set!  Now in your SMS just type your shortcut and hit Space and like magic you're signature will appear.