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To get started with Universal Search, all you need to do is start typing the search term on the home screen, or tap on the magnifying glass icon that appears on the home screen and enter the search term. As you are typing your search term you’ll notice that results start showing up right away.
In addition to search results found on your BlackBerry smartphone, you will also be given the ability to perform an extended search, which allows you to search across other apps and services (such as the BlackBerry App World™ storefront). To stop a Universal Search, press the call end key, or press the escape key twice to remove the search results and take you back to the home screen.
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With social media becoming so popular nowadays, some of us use more than one social media platforms. However, sometimes it gets difficult to manage all of them. To solve this problem, RIM has put in a native free application for all it’s BlackBerry 7 OS users – Social Feeds 2.0. A single app that aggregates content such as Twitter, Facebook, RSS feeds and podcast. Some of the features I really like include the ability to mark items for follow-up, searching within Social Feeds 2.0 for specific feed content, and enhanced feed integration to let me perform Facebook or Twitter actions right from the Social Feeds 2.0 app.
If you’ve been following my How To articles, you’ll know that I really like the how to articles that Ty.W from Inside BlackBerry has produced and I share with you guys. This time, he did an article about How to use Social Feeds 2.0. Let us begin.
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How To: Hide/Unhide pictures from BlackBerry Smartphone
By Benzoon | September 7th, 2011 | No Comments »
If you want to take BlackBerry security up a notch and protect your files, such as your pictures, you can actually hide them in your BlackBerry device. In this tutorial, I am going to teach you how to hide/unhide pictures on your BlackBerry Smartphone through the device memory.
BlackBerry Device Software 5.0 and BlackBerry 6:
Follow these steps to hide a picture on the BlackBerry smartphone:
- On the Home screen of the BlackBerry smartphone, click Media.
- Go to Pictures.
- Open the picture desired to hide.
- Press the Menu key and click Properties.
- Select the Hidden check box and click Close.
Follow these steps to unhide a picture on the BlackBerry smartphone:
If the picture is in Device Memory,
- Click Device Memory.
- Click home.
- Click user.
- Click pictures.
- Press the Menu key and click Show Hidden.
- Hidden pictures will display dimmed.
- Highlight the hidden picture.
- Press the Menu key and click Properties.
- Uncheck the Hidden check box and click Close.
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Back up and restore your BBM contacts
BBM provides you with a few ways to back up and restore your BBM information, which can include your contacts, profile, and group membership. By default, BBM saves a backup file of your BBM information to your smartphone when your contact list changes. However, you can save a backup file to your smartphone or media card manually at any time. You may also be able to set BBM to automatically back up and restore your contact list over the wireless network to a BBM server that is operated by or on behalf of Research In Motion® (RIM®) (this is my preferred method).
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Link BBM contacts with the Contacts app
You can now link a BBM contact with a contact in the Contacts (Address Book) app. When you have a linked contact between BBM and your Contacts (Address Book), you may be able to perform additional tasks using BlackBerry Messenger. For example, during a chat, you may be able to quickly call or send an email message to the same contact from the BlackBerry Messenger menu as per the screenshot below instead of having to open the Contacts (Address Book) app. If a contact does not have a display picture in their BBM profile, the profile picture from their Contacts application will appear in BBM instead.
Inside BlackBerry has posted a BlackBerry 7 tip article. Something worth sharing with all of you.
- Add Music, Pictures and Videos to the Home Screen
On top of being able to add a shortcut on your home screen to get quick access to websites, contacts and files, you also have the ability to add shortcuts to music, pictures and videos. For example, you can create a new folder on your home screen and add some of your favorite albums or playlists. Before we start, add a new folder – while on the home screen, press the Menu key and select Add Folder.
- Browse to a website, or highlight the item (i.e. Playlist) that you want to create a shortcut for.
- Press the Menu key and select Add to Home Screen.
- To change the name of the shortcut, type a new name.
- To change the location where the shortcut appears, change the Location field.
- To add the shortcut to your Favorites panel, select the Mark as Favorite checkbox.
- Click Add.
Last week, I told you guys about the Facebook update to version 2.0, integrated with a number of great features. One of which is the Facebook Chat feature. That’s why today, I am going to teach you how to get started with Facebook Chat, so you can start chatting with your Facebook friends right away.
To enable Facebook Chat, follow these easy steps:
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How To: Fix network WiFi sharing problem after OS upgrade
By Benzoon | July 24th, 2011 | No Comments »
Some BlackBerry PlayBook users have experienced problems after updating the BlackBerry PlayBook OS update. The biggest problem was that the WiFi network sharing function isn’t displaying or is no longer there. This isn’t an extremely hard problem to fix, just follow the simple steps below. But keep in mind, this is only if you had your PlayBook on the WiFi network already.
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While your PlayBook is connected to your WiFi, get your PlayBook and swipe down from the top to see your device settings screen.
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Tap on WiFi on the left side of the screen.
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You will now see at the bottom a WiFi icon with a question mark. Tap on it.
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Now you are on the WiFi status screen and you want to open the drop down and select Internet Connection.
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The first thing you see is the IP Address, and this is what you want to remember.
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Staples US giving out $100 coupons for BlackBerry PlayBook
If you haven’t picked up your BlackBerry PlayBook yet, that’s alright. But it’s now time to buy it from Staples US. You can download a $100 coupon for the BlackBerry PlayBook. That’s some huge savings!
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How To: Take nice pictures with your BlackBerry PlayBook
By Benzoon | July 23rd, 2011 | No Comments »
In continuation to our last article about How To: Take pictures with your BlackBerry 6 smartphone, we are going to talk about how to take nice pictures with your BlackBerry PlayBook. The BlackBerry PlayBook tablet has a 5 megapixel rear-facing camera that you can use to capture great pictures. The 3 megapixel front-facing camera is perfect for quickly taking a self-portrait or creating a profile picture.
With that being said, when you tap the Camera icon on a BlackBerry PlayBook tablet, you’ll be presented with the following screen. To help explain the options, I’ve numbered them in the screenshot in red so you can see what they mean below:
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Current Scene Mode – If you swipe down from the top bezel while using the camera, you’ll be able to set the scene mode to one of the following options: Auto, Sports & Whiteboard (which is great for capturing images text on white backgrounds). In the screenshot, A denotes Auto has been selected.
Useful Tips for Multi-tasking on the BlackBerry PlayBook
By Benzoon | June 1st, 2011 | No Comments »
Seems like a lot of you were interested in our How To: Personalize your BlackBerry PlayBook articles. Today, we have more BlackBerry PlayBook HowTos and tips for you – Tips for multi-tasking on the BlackBerry PlayBook. This article will go over viewing notifications, switching to another song or changing settings on the fly, as well as my favorite gesture, and full screen application switching.
Take your PlayBook out and let us begin.
Peeking at the Status Bar
After becoming familiar with this gesture, I started to use it every time I pick up my BlackBerry PlayBook tablet. This feature allows you to quickly display the status bar while using another application, which means you can do things like lock your screen orientation or switch to another song – really handy!
All you need to do is swipe in from the top left or top right while using another application. To get back to your application, just tap the center of your BlackBerry PlayBook tablet. For a visual overview, check out the screenshots below showing the before and after effects of using this feature.
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