Kelly C. posted an article on My BlackBerry Pearl 8130 - Dec 31, 1969, 7:00 pm
Please read this article at its new location: newBBie.com. I want to thank all of you who have visited my blog and helped it just reach the milestone of 250,000 page views. Many of you have become regular visitors, so I like to think we’ve become a burgeoning Internet community. Times change, and...
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Kelly C. posted an article on My BlackBerry Pearl 8130 - Dec 31, 1969, 7:00 pm
Please read this article at its new location: newBBie.com. Overall, I have loved Verizon Wireless as my service provider, but I am very disappointed with their decision to disable the internal GPS of the BlackBerry Pearl 8130. VZW did that, of course, because it saw a way to generate more revenue b...
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Kelly C. posted an article on My BlackBerry Pearl 8130 - Dec 31, 1969, 7:00 pm
Please read this article at its new location: newBBie.com. Your BlackBerry Pearl has GPS (built-in or external Bluetooth), so you know where you are. But what if you want others to know where you are? Here is just the application you need: Blip by BlackLine GPS. In this article, I’ll review how ...
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Kelly C. posted an article on My BlackBerry Pearl 8130 - Dec 31, 1969, 7:00 pm
Please read this article at its new location: newBBie.com. A unique theme or wallpaper expresses who you are or what you’re about. Having trouble finding one that fits you? Well, let me introduce you to an artist who defies a simple description: she’s Texas-born but a California hippie at heart...
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Kelly C. posted an article on My BlackBerry Pearl 8130 - Dec 31, 1969, 7:00 pm
Please read this article at its new location: newBBie.com. In folklore, a silver bullet can kill all kinds of nasty things like werewolves, witches, and vampires. We BlackBerry owners need a silver bullet to kill problems like: low memory frozen applications email malfunctions sluggish or quirky p...
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Kelly C. posted an article on My BlackBerry Pearl 8130 - Dec 31, 1969, 7:00 pm
Please read this article at its new location: newBBie.com. Check out this YouTube video on the evolution of mobile phones. You’ll see the BlackBerry Pearl 8100 momentarily at time marker 2:04. Leave a comment on what you’d like in a future mobile phone (or whatever we end up calling it).
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Kelly C. posted an article on My BlackBerry Pearl 8130 - Dec 31, 1969, 7:00 pm
Please read this article at its new location: newBBie.com.  Before you got a BlackBerry, it was so simple to set ring or vibrate options, even a kid could do it. But now…it seems like you need, well, … a web site to explain how to control the bewildering array of “notification profile” set...
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Kelly C. posted an article on My BlackBerry Pearl 8130 - Dec 31, 1969, 7:00 pm
Please read this article at its new location: newBBie.com.  In Part 1 of this 3-part tutorial, we learned the most basic ring settings (ring/vibrate, default and personalized ringtones, unique tone for text messages). In Part 2, we’ll learn the more elaborate settings normally found only on smar...
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Kelly C. posted an article on My BlackBerry Pearl 8130 - Dec 31, 1969, 7:00 pm
Please read this article at its new location: newBBie.com. In Parts 1 and 2 of this 3-part tutorial, we covered basic and intermediate configuration of notification profiles. In Part 3 we will cover the most advanced features: How to create custom profiles How to create exceptions to profiles How ...
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Kelly C. posted an article on My BlackBerry Pearl 8130 - Dec 31, 1969, 7:00 pm
Please read this article at its new location: newBBie.com. Learning SureType (continued) In Part 2, we introduced some basics of SureType® with the objective of learning to ignore the screen while we type. If you haven’t mastered that skill, go back to Part 2 and practice that first. In Part 3,...
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