Don’t You Just Love The Auto Unzipper!
August 19, 2009
I love the feature whereby, when someone sends some files that are zipped up (in a .zip format) and you click the “show attachments” link at the bottom of the message, before it downloads the file, it shows you what’s actually in the zip file.
Handy little things like that make having a BlackBerry a must for me!
Just had to share 
David
BlackBerry Curve 8520 – Gemini – Hits The Uk
August 11, 2009
The long awaited 8520 has finally landed in the UK.
Similar to the 8900 Curve it has a sleek design, full QWERTY keypad and part rubberized housing for extra protection.
A major new feature though is the brand new navigation controller. Replacing the rollerball is an optical trackpad and word is, it works a treat. This is the equivalent to the PC mouse going from rollerball to optical so you can expect no more clogging up and sticking that you sometimes get with the ball – way to go RIM!
There are also music control buttons embedded within the rubber housing (as well as a few other familiar shortcut keys).
The camera is only 2MP which is a step down from the 8900′s 3.2 MP but for taking pictures to upload to Facebook or email direct from your BlackBerry then 2.0Mp is more than adequate.
All in all this is a very nice looking unit with some brilliant features and will further RIM’s headway in to the mobile market.
Solution For SpeakerBlast On BlackBerry Curve
June 30, 2009
A couple of clients were complaining about a problem on their BlackBerry 8900 devices whereby when a call is answered it goes to SpeakerPhone for the first 5 to 10 seconds of the call.
I have searched high and low for a solution and the general consensus was to upgrade the device software. This is not recommended for beginners though and so I had a play about.
On both devices I discovered that their profile was set to “Loud” and changing it to “Normal” cured the problem, even when the volumes were set to max in the “Normal” profile.
If you have this annoying problem, before sending it away or attempting to upgrade it yourself then just try changing the Profile and see if it fixes it.
Please leave comments below if this does (or does not) work.
David