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Five Tip Friday – Facebook for BlackBerry smartphones

Brian S. — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 18:04:59 +0000

If you have a BlackBerry® smartphone and a Facebook® page, chances are you also use the Facebook for BlackBerry smartphones app. (It even got an awesome new upgrade yesterday!) After talking with my friends, most of them tell me it’s the most frequently-used app on their device and the primary way they access Facebook. Today I’ve put together some of my favorite tips that I share with friends when I’m asked about the Facebook for BlackBerry smartphones app.

Before we begin, if you don’t have Facebook for BlackBerry smartphones installed currently, open the BlackBerry App World™ storefront on your device, press the Menu key, select “Scan a Barcode” and scan this code to get it installed:

1. Receive Notifications in the Messages App

Let’s get things started with my favorite tip: integrating your Facebook notifications with the Message app on your BlackBerry smartphone. Having my Facebook notifications appear in the messages app allows me to check them, send them via email, share them using BlackBerry® Messenger (BBM™) and more all in one place. If I have a Facebook notification I want to read, I can simply select it and Facebook for BlackBerry smartphones opens to display the content.

Five Tip Friday – Securing personal information on a BlackBerry smartphone

Brian S. — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 19:47:48 +0000

For today’s Five Tip Friday, I thought I would provide some tips for keeping my personal information secure on my BlackBerry® smartphone. I’ll be covering everything from using a secure password to encryption of your documents stored on an inserted media card.

1. Use the Password Keeper app

BlackBerry Password Keeper allows you to securely store passwords or banking PINs on your BlackBerry smartphone. If you have never used the Password Keeper app, check out our blog post on how to set up and use BlackBerry Password Keeper to learn more.

On top of securely storing your information, you can use the Password Keeper app to generate a secure random password for you. To try out this feature, complete the following steps.

Five Tip Friday – Setting up a new BlackBerry smartphone

Brian S. — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 15:39:10 +0000

Last week I had a chance to experience the joy one feels while un-boxing a new gadget or electronic device. For those of you who aren’t familiar with the notion of “un-boxing,” it’s a term used by those gadget lovers in your life when they get a new device and are removing it from factory packaging.

My un-boxing last week was a new BlackBerry® Bold™ 9900 smartphone for my wife, and while going through the setup, I thought it would be a good idea to share my BlackBerry® smartphone and BlackBerry® PlayBook™ tablet post-power up steps with you. So if you are about to get a BlackBerry device or have just received one, then this is the Five Tip Friday for you.

Five Tip Friday – Five Tips for Unleashing the Power of BlackBerry Messenger

Brian S. — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 19:58:21 +0000

Happy Friday #TeamBlackBerry! Today I’m going to provide you with some tips for using a few BlackBerry® Messenger (BBM™) features you might or might not be familiar with. Simply put, I don’t know what I would do without BlackBerry Messenger — I’m sure there are days I say more to my wife over BBM™ than I do face to face! Meet me after the break for some tips to further cement BBM into your life.

1. BBM Connected Apps

Many apps and games available from the BlackBerry App World™ storefront have the ability to connect to BBM. This means you can update your BBM profile, chat with your contacts from within apps, or post high scores from your favorite game to your BBM status. You can view BBM-connected apps for download by pressing the Menu Key and selecting Explore BBM Connected Apps.