Tips: How to Write SMS Without Autotext

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Often our typing style when writing SMS is different than our usual writing or when writing BBM or chat as 160 chars limitation on SMS and with autotext on writing our "abbreviation" style is a bit difficult as some of it will be interpreted as autotext. Here is short tip how to turn it off

1. Go to Options>SMS Text
2. Change Disable AutoText to Yes
3. Hit Save

Now you can type your way when writing SMS

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Tips: Wipe Clean Your Blackberry Before You Sell It

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Here is a simple thing you want to do before you swap for new Blackberry (more Blackberry with bigger memory and OS 6 is coming this year :D ) or resell it:

1. Go to Options>Security Options>Security Wipe
2. Check all options
   
   
   
   1. Emails, Contacts, etc
   2. User Installed Applications
   3. Media Card - if you sell out your memory card too, make sure you have backup your multimedia and other important documents you put in your card
   
   
3. Type "blackberry" and click Wipe. Wait until the process finish
4. You are ready to sell your Blackberry now 

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Tips: How to Setup Blackberry Email Filters

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Blackberry Email filter is used for a lot of purposes, you can use it to send certain email with level 1 notification, not push certain emails to your Blackberry, push only important emails etc. Hence, it can help you to organize your inbox to your taste.
Here is how to set filter from your Blackberry:

1. Go to your Email Settings (Setup > Email Settings)
2. Login to your Email Settings, if you already have username
3. Choose which email you want to put filter on
4. Press button  to go to filter wizard
5. First screen is list out all filters applied to the email and also what to do when no filters apply. The default is forward messages to the device. Click Add Filter to enter new filter.
   
   
   
6. Enter filter name, for example "email from colleague"
   
   
   
7. Next, choose what field to filter on:
   
   
   1. CC address
   2. From address
   3. High priority email
   4. New email
   5. Subject
   6. To address
8. After you choose what field, then you put what kind of content it has to be filtered. For example: I choose Field Subject that contains "project update"
9. Click Add. You can add more conditions if you want to. For example: I want to be notified with level 1 notification for Subject contains "project update" that comes From address "ferdinand@drifesolution.com"
10. Next you choose the action, whether to forward the messages or not. If you choose to forward then you have 2 options: header only (means you need to Get More to read the content, this is very unlikely used if you have unlimited plan) and level 1 notification (you can set level 1 notification on your profile)
11. Click Save

For this tip, I setup 2 filters on my email:

1. Do not forward me any emails that the subject contains "oot". OOT stands for "Out of Topic"
2. Give me level 1 notification for email with subject contains "project update" and comes from "ferdinand@drifesolution.com"

Note: here is some notes to be considered when designing filter for your Blackberry

1. the contains is case-insensitive and uses wildcard characters (*). So filter email with subject "project update" and "Project Update" will catch email with subject "Project Update", "PROJECT UPDATE", "this month prOject Update", "latest project update of this week" and other combinations
2. if you put more than 1 condition, like in my example; subject "project update" or from "ferdinand@drifesolution.com". It will be read like this: Forward messages to this device with level 1 notification if the subject contains "project update" or "ferdinand@drifesolution.com". Means any condition results true, the filter will be applied
3. Filters on each email is read with precedence from top to bottom and applied immediately. For example if I create my above example filters in this order:
   
   
   1. Forward messages with subject "project update" or from "ferdinand@drifesolution.com"
   2. Do not forward messages with subject "oot"
   Filter no 2 will be failed if I receive email from "ferdinand@drifesolution.com" with subject "oot" because when it reads filter no 1 and results true, it will carry out the action immediately. So put more general filter on top then less general to the bottom.
4. You can set filter from your PC as well by going to http://.blackberry.com

That's all. Happy trying :)

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iPhone 4 Antenna Issue, Steve Jobs Claims of Blackberry 9700 Antenna to RIM Official Statement

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If you guys have been following the news about the launch of the new iPhone 4, the euphoria of the users who got their hands the first iPhone 4 until the negative feedback of them because of the iPhone 4 antenna issue from Steve Jobs, the latest news about this iPhone 4 antenna issue is Apple explained that all smartphones have the same issue as iPhone 4. For those who are not following the news, the new iPhone 4 has a critical where gripping the phone at the lower left corner, where the external antenna is located. Gripping the phone while covering that part will cause signal loss as the human hand can cause greater attenuation compare to other materials, according to Apple.

This is Apple response to the customer complaints about the signal loss from Engadget. That is last month.

Recent news is Steve Jobs claim at Apple press conference on Friday that many popular smartphones suffer attenuation as iPhone 4 and one of them is Blackberry 9700. Apple also has put a dedicated page to educate the customers about antenna and signal loss http://www.apple.com/antenna/.

Here is statement from Research In Motion Co-CEOs about the iPhone 4 and Blackberry 9700.

"Apple's attempt to draw RIM into Apple's self-made debacle is unacceptable. Apple's claims about RIM products appear to be deliberate attempts to distort the public's understanding of an antenna design issue and to deflect attention from Apple's difficult situation. RIM is a global leader in antenna design and has been successfully designing industry-leading wireless data products with efficient and effective radio performance for over 20 years. During that time, RIM has avoided designs like the one Apple used in the iPhone 4 and instead has used innovative designs which reduce the risk for dropped calls, especially in areas of lower coverage. One thing is for certain, RIM's customers don't need to use a case for their BlackBerry smartphone to maintain proper connectivity. Apple clearly made certain design decisions and it should take responsibility for these decisions rather than trying to draw RIM and others into a situation that relates specifically to Apple."

- Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie

And this is from Blackberry 9700 users that do testing about Jobs's claim. If you have one, go on and test it out, to see whether it is right or not :)

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Tips: Optimize Blackberry's Battery Life

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There are several opinions of how to optimize Blackberry's battery life, and here I present easy tips that I do and they work for me. Here are the tips:

1. Switch to 2G Network
   yup if your Blackberry is capable to be in 3G network, the 3G speed is very tempting but it sucks more power from your battery at the same time. 2G network (GPRS/EDGE) will save more your battery life so if you use your Blackberry for merely chats and idle switch to 2G. When you need more speed to do more multitasking things, to download updates, to browse then you switch to 3G. 
2. Turn off Wireless Connection
   always remember to turn off your wireless connection when you do not need it. When switched on, it will draw more power as it keeps searching for available wifi around
3. Turn off Bluetooth
   turning off Bluetooth will help to save more your battery life. After done transferring or receiving files, do not forget to turn it off. 
4. Recharge your Battery Often
   yup you read it correctly, recharge your Blackberry whenever you have the time to full. The battery technology has grown a lot, with lithium and lithium-polymer you do not need to wait until the battery to completely drain to charge. You only need to drain completely and recharge when you use nickel-cadmium battery. All blackberry phones or even all phones available in the market use lithium or lithium-polymer, only old technology still use nickel-cadmium.
   No need to wait until the battery indicator turns red, just recharge and overcharge for few hours is ok. I normally charge my Blackberry from 11PM to 8AM everyday and my battery is still in good condition.
   
5. Change Your Brightness Setting
   Change your brightness setting to lower setting (Options > Screen/Keyboard). I set mine to the lowest. Make sure the setting Automatically Dim Backlight is On.
   Turn off LED Coverage Indicator will help to save more battery life as well.
   
6. Turn Notification Off for High-traffic Email
   If you subscribe to mailing list that has high-traffic or your email is high-traffic turning off notification for that particular email will help.

If you have more useful tips to optimize battery's life just share in the comments

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Blackberry 6 Teaser

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RIM just launched a new teaser for its Blackberry 6 and it's definitely going to be a new level of experience. The video shows the biggest new features like, the new webkit browser (hit here to see overview of webkit browser), aggregation of social network, and universal search. Enjoy

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Blackberry Webkit Browser Hands-on Review

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Just received news from driphter.com, that the owner willyboy6 did a review with webkit browser on Blackberry 9800. The browser is still under development but you can see a lot of new features and according to willyboy6, it has the chance to put this new webkit browser into older Blackberry devices. We'll see :)
For now, enjoy the review. Here is the link to the original post driphter.com

If you want to check the blackberry 9800 review, check my older post here

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