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December 12th, 2006

The trick to typing on the BlackBerry Pearl 8100 (and 71xx devices)

I’ve been an 8700 user since it first shipped so when I received my Pearl I figured I would force myself to try it for a week and then go back to my 8700 and its nice full QWERTY keyboard.

Well it’s been a couple of months now and I’m still using my Pearl. Why? Read the rest of this entry »

December 12th, 2006

Quickly switch notification profiles on the BlackBerry Pearl 8100 (and 71xx devices)

Not many people know the following … 

you can switch between the Vibrate and your Default notification profile (i.e. your last notification profile other than Vibrate) just by holding the # key while at the Home screen until the profile changes. If your BlackBerry is password protected you do not need to enter your password - just dismiss the password prompt if it is displayed by pressing the Escape key (ie. the key immediately to the right of the trackball) before holding the # key. Read the rest of this entry »