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October 31st, 2009

BizTrackIt 2.3 Released

Install Links

Over-The-Air Install

Important Notes

  • Requires BlackBerry OS 4.2.1 - 5.0 (smartphone models with a trackwheel are NOT supported)
  • For upgrade instructions see “How to upgrade to the latest release
  • This release is free for purchasers of previous versions

This release contains new functionality, some bug fixes and minor user interface changes. We recommend BizTrackIt 2.2.1 users upgrade to this release.

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October 30th, 2009

How to send an application to run in the background

When using an application you may want to send it to run in the background and switch to the Home screen in order to run another application. The easiest way to do this is to briefly press the red End/Power key (the key immediately to the right of the Escape key). Some applications may also support a Hide menu item or button on some of their screens which you can select to send the application to the background.

Warning If the Phone application is in the foreground and a call is in progress then pressing the red End/Power key will disconnect the phone call. The Phone application supports a Hide menu item in this case, but if you’ve enabled Password Security then you will need to select the Unlock menu item first and enter your password before the Hide menu item will be displayed on the Phone application menu.

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October 30th, 2009

Launching Applications using Hotkeys on QWERTY keyboard Smartphones

All our applications support hotkeys so you can easily launch them using a single keypress from your BlackBerry Home screen. Many applications from RIM and others also support this. Unfortunately, by default, application launching via hotkeys is not enabled. To enable it:

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