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Description of BlackBerry Bold For Dummies®

Making Everything Easier!

BlackBerry® Bold for Dummies

Learn to:

• Navigate the Bold and use the keyboard

• Send and receive PIN to PIN messages

• Sync with your desktop and manage your appointments and to–do list

• Check e–mail, take photos, listen to music, and download and install apps

Dante Sarigumba

Robert Kao

Authors of all previous editions of BlackBerry For Dummies

Boldly go wherever you choose, with your calendar, media, data, and the Web on your BlackBerry!

It′s a personal organizer, Web–surfing device, camera, music player — oh, and a phone, too. Since your BlackBerry Bold has all those capabilities, you′ll want to find out how to use each one. This friendly guide covers set–up and security, managing your appointments, sending and receiving e–mail, having fun with media, syncing your data, and more.

• Make the switch safely — find out how to move files to your BlackBerry from a Palm® or Windows Mobile® device

• Get the message — and send one, too, using text, PIN to PIN, and BlackBerry Messenger

• Where am I? — use the GPS feature with BlackBerry Maps, Google Maps, Garmin Mobile®, or TeleNav GPS Navigator

• Be Bold about having fun — learn to take photos and video, play music, and manage your media files

• If you′re on a Mac — discover how to sync your Mac with your Bold using PocketMac

• Calling the shots — make conference calls, hands–free calls, and calls from your contact list

• Surf′s up — roam the Internet using BlackBerry′s own browser, configured to your liking

• It′s just business — know what to expect when your BlackBerry is furnished by your company

Open the book and find:

• A glossary of SMS shorthand

• Valuable advice for trouble–free IMing

• How to install and manage third–party apps

• Tricks for faster Web browsing

• GPS tips

• A list of useful BlackBerry accessories

• How to back up and restore your data

• Ten applications you can′t live without

Title Information

ISBN:

9780470525401

Pages:

360 pages

Format:

Paperback

Product Code:

414223

Publisher:

John Wiley & Sons Ltd

Published:

16/10/2009

About Dante Sarigumba and Robert Kao

Dante Sarigumba has more than 12 years of experience in developing software on an array of environments, and cohosts a biweekly podcast called Mobile Computing Authority.

Robert Kao has been developing extensively on the BlackBerry handheld platform for an investment bank in New York City.