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How to use BlackBerry 10 gestures

Ty Williams — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 20:43:50 +0000

To help you interact with a BlackBerry 10 smartphone, you’ll need to learn several gestures that I’ve listed below. For a visual overview, check out the BlackBerry Z10 How To Demos Touch Screen Gestures Overview

Peek and/or Access BlackBerry Hub – All of your email, text messages, social networking notifications, missed calls, and voice mail messages can be found in the BlackBerry Hub. To peek at notifications, from the bottom of the screen, slide your finger up just a little bit and the view shrinks to show your notifications. To get to the BlackBerry Hub continue sliding your finger to the right. To return to what you were doing originally, slide your finger back to the left.

Three Tips for Multi-tasking on the BlackBerry PlayBook

Ty Williams — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 14:22:10 +0000

Since I’ve been using my BlackBerry® PlayBook™ tablet for a while now, I wanted to highlight some tips to help you multi-task – because, let’s face it, the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet is built for this! I’ll show you a nice tip for viewing notifications, switching to another song or changing settings on the fly, as well as my favorite gesture, full screen application switching. I’ll also share some insight into how you can customize the way your BlackBerry PlayBook tablet applications respond when you are switching between applications.

Grab your BlackBerry PlayBook tablet so you can try these tips out yourself, and let’s get started.

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.

How to Use the BlackBerry PlayBook Gestures

Ty Williams — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 21:18:10 +0000

In order to get the most out of your BlackBerry® PlayBook™ tablet, you’ll want to know about each gesture that allows you to control and access various features. Today I’ll be providing an overview of the various gestures, so if you plan on purchasing a BlackBerry PlayBook tablet – or have already got one – this would be a good post to bookmark.

Let’s dive in!