If you love your Blackberry smart phone but hate having to dial in numbers along with their tedious extensions (including your voicemail’s password extension), here’s an easy way to do it so you won’t have to decide how you’re going to deal with that extension your new business contact just gave you:

Step1: Enter the new contact number requiring an extension to get through or edit the existing contact number in your Blackberry.

Step2: After you enter the last digit in the number sequence (555-123-1234, etc) press the Menu key and choose Add wait (on some models its Add Pause).

Step3: Substitute or add a pause for every estimated second that lapses before the voice prompt of the number you're dialing chimes in requesting an extension or password.

Step4: Then tag the extension to the end of this sequence. This should work!

If you own a Blackberry and are still clueless when it comes to the convenience an RSS feed reader can give you--you're too inexperienced to know the suicide you're committing (and as far as being informed in a Web 2.0 digital culture you'll be struggling to stay afloat). Or maybe not, at viigo.com you can download Viigo a free RSS reader for your Blackberry that'll let you subscribe and get your favorite RSS feeds delivered straight to your smartphone--isn't that amazing? Wow!

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Looking for an easy way to convert all your computer's video files into a viewable format so you can enjoy watching your video library on your Blackberry? Well consider your search over because thePickApp's Blackberry video converter will convert all your avi, asf, mov, mpg, wmv, mpeg, ogg, mp4, divx, avc, flv, aac, ifo files (along with many others) and output them into a Blackberry compatible file format for smartphone viewing. This Blackberry video converter is extremely easy to use (and is in no way complicated or technical). It also allows you to customize a file's bit rate, resolution, frame rate and more (requires Windows 95/98/NT/ME/2000/XP/Net Framework 1.1). There's no reason to pay full price for another video converter--this one's yours free!

It's torture whenever we're caught off guard and a function gets flatly rejected by our Blackberry. It's easy to get a bit fed up when you can't go forward with an image, video, or music file transfer due to a stubborn Media Manager snafu. Argh! It's no secret troubleshooting a Blackberry smartphone can burn a lot of our time. Here's an excellent work around for systems where you do not have administrator access to (so many of the cool options on your system has been disabled) or you're simply having problems using Media Manager for image, video and music file transfers.

• Step 1: Connect your Blackberry smartphone to your computer via USB.
• Step 2: When you receive a display message prompting you whether you wish to use your Blackberry as a mass storage device it is in your best interest to reply yes.
• Step 3: Enter password.
• Step 4: From the Explorer window copy the files you want over to applicable folders such as Video, Pictures, Music, etc.
  

Note: If possible, it is always great to use the latest version of Desktop Manager's Media Manager to accomplish this. If you are having difficulties with your Desktop Manager you may want to try uninstalling previous versions and installing the latest Desktop Manager software. Nine out of ten reasons why you may encounter setbacks using Destop Manager is usually directly as a result of not having administrator rights to your machine and your company's policy may have disabled a fair number of features.

If you've purchased a Blackberry smartphone you already know you've hit on a winner. The problem is with SMS messages and emails popping-up and auto-opening during daily routines. There's nothing wrong with incoming messages out there waiting to discover you, it's with finding a method for picking precisely the time in which you want to get eyeball to eyeball with your email messages--especially with so many spammers afoot. To hinder your Blackberry from auto-opening messages do not un-holster your Blackberry as soon as a notification comes in. Instead, wait about 45 seconds. Now there's an excellent problem solver!

Ever try throwing your Blackberry against a wall in order to resolve calendar sync issues--a lesson learned the hard way? Guarantee few of us will be happy with the way things turn out. Look no further--only The Fonz could throw something against a wall back when it was cool and make it work. For the rest of us who want to resolve our calendar sync issues we must learn by doing:

• Step 1: Log on to your Blackberry network provider's web site.
• Step 2: Locate the link (or button) which reads send service books and click it.
• Step 3: Reboot and you should be back in business.

If you've ever had to grapple with a stubborn Blackberry smartphone that wouldn't clear marked messages from its Today's screen, maybe you've worried about which painkillers were best for your sudden brain overload. Try the following prescription instead--it's one of the easiest ways for dealing with misbehaving smartphones:

• Step 1: Power off your Blackberry.
• Step 2: Slide the battery cover off  your Blackberry.
• Step 3: Remove then reinsert the battery into your Blackberry.
• Step 4: Replace the Battery cover onto your Blackberry.
• Step 5: Power on your Blackberry.

It's not uncommon for  Blackberry smartphone users to have a strong desire  to develop a better relationship with their Blackberry. Differentiating whether your Blackberry is receiving an incoming call or email as opposed to randomizing your guessing can improve this relationship. Here's how you can communicate better with your Blackberry by manipulating your Blackberry's profile settings:

• Step 1: On your Blackberry, access your Profiles icon. Here you can manipulate settings such as Quiet, Normal, Loud, Vibrate, etc.
• Step 2: Roll the trackball and go to the option you wish to edit (in some Blackberry models you may need to select Advance in order to access then edit these features).
• Step3: Assign attributes to your SMS messages, emails, incoming calls by selecting the number of vibrations, LED flashes, volume options, tones, or combination of vibrate plus a tone, etc. You can choose one buzz to notify you of an SMS message, 2 buzzes to notify you of incoming email, and three buzzes to inform you of an incoming call. The word Active will appear beside the active settings you have chosen.

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We all know owning a Blackberry smartphone can be reputation enhancing. The impression that it creates will appeal to more than just the owner. If you already own a Blackberry, it can be worthwhile to laser into beamberry.com.

Beamberry is a free software for your Blackberry that allows you to view email attachments--including but not limited to--Office documents, PDF documents, Zip attachments, RTF documents--all in their original format. Beamberry also lets you print and store these documents, reinforcing the benefit of handling a Blackberry each day.

One of the nice things about owning a Blackberry is that you can keep a controlling interest on your work wherever you go. If you frequently travel overseas for business and need a lifeline, those who own a Blackberry have first hand knowledge of how a Blackberry phone will improve your leaps and bounds. Ideally though, when you travel abroad you will want to save roaming expenses on a daily basis seeing usage fees will be higher and will accrue over time. To give yourself these kind of savings, you will need to swap your Blackberry's SIM card with a much cheaper carrier's SIM card, and should notice a usage price improvement. SIM (Subscriber Identity Module) card, simply means service information is stored on a removable plastic card that virtually lives inside of your Blackberry phone.

GSM carriers such as T-Mobile and AT&T usually load their Blackberry's device software to a locked SIM card for use on their network only. This means locked Blackberry's keep you from switching services by of course swapping SIM cards. To unlock your Blackberry, an unlock code is necessary. Some carriers such as T-Mobile will issue you an unlock code only after 90 days. You simply call up the customer service department, provide them with your IMEI number, and an unlock code will be issued. You might even be able to find an unlock code over the internet by doing a web search. It may take a little scouring. However, that's one of the least expensive places to begin. Simply enter your phone model along with the words unlock code. For instance "Blackberry 8830 unlock code", per say. Other third party players will unlock your Blackberry for a fee. Ever get the growing feeling that unlock codes are kept behind a paid wall?

If you were fortunate enough to come across an unlock code for your Blackberry per say over the internet, you simply turn off your Blackberry, place the new SIM card into your phone, turn your Blackberry back on and turn wireless option off. You will need to access your blackberry's "MEPD" mode.

On the home screen, roll trackball select options click trackball, roll trackball scroll to Advanced Options click trackball, roll trackball to SIM Card click trackball- hold the Alt key, type MEPD then MEPPD (characters will not appear while being entered--this is normal--the device will now open the Network MEP mode), wait for prompt to tell you to enter network MEP code.

• Type in the unlock code
• Click trackball (or tap enter key then reboot).

Voila! Your Blackberry is now unlocked!

TIP: Some Blackberry Curves from AT&T may not allow MEPD menu access without an AT&T or Cingular SIM card, but not all. Some Blackberry phones will even allow you to access MEPD menu without a SIM card.

It never hurts to call your carrier for an unlock code even before 90 days or whatever specified time period is needed to be reached. They might agree to do it.

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