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Feb 4, 2010 Tips & Tricks
I came across this little doozy of gem online on the CIO website. Al Sacco covers six good tips about using the BBM on your device that you might not have considered. Perhaps my favorite is the “Do not abuse the broadcast message feature”.
I was surprised to see the part about not broadcasting your PIN on public forums like twitter and FB, as thats a common way to hook up with your friends, but he does have a good point. Its all about keeping the spam down (much like you don’t post your full email address in public either). Anyway, take a look at the Post and let me know if you have anything you’d like to add to the list.
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Feb 1, 2010 Technology, Tips & Tricks
The service account used by BES is known as BESAdmin. BESAdmin required Send As permissions on all of the mailboxes within the organization. Once these permissions are setup; service account can forward emails to the devices as if the email was sent by the original sender. There is a complex algorithm in the form of MDS, Mailbox agents and so on runs in background which takes care of it fine.
Since Exchange Server 2007 started grabbing production environments people started implementing BES along with it too. I have always been observing an issue with most of the people that they complain, when they send a meeting request to someone using their BB handheld they are notified that their message was forwarded by BESAdmin or whatever is the name of their BES Service account. This notification looks like:
Your meeting was forwarded
besadmin has forwarded your meeting request to additional recipients.
Meeting
M
Meeting Time
Monday, March 30, 2009 3:00 PM-4:00 PM.
Recipients
‘someone@domain.com’
This is not a non delivery report or an error report either. This is just a notification like other MDNs in Exchange Server 2007.
To resolve this issue. You simply need to disable the forwarded meeting notification on the service account. In my environment I call it, BESAdmin. So here you go with the commandlet.
Get-MailboxCalendarSettings –Identity “BESAdmin” | Select RemoveForwardedMeetingNotifications
Ideally, above command should return the status of the RemoveForwardedMeetingNotifications as $False
Now, you have to set it to true. Run the following cmdlet.
Set-MailboxCalendarSettings –Identity “BESAdmin” -RemoveForwardedMeetingNotifications $True
And that should be it. It should stop all those forwarded meeting notifications.
Jan 21, 2010 Deals
Thats right! Today is the last day for up to 25% off of your favorite apps at Handango. What do you need to do? Its easy. Visit Handango for the apps you want, add them all to your cart and when you check out use the coupon code EXCLUSIVE25. Get 25% off. If it were any easier, a preschooler could do it. So what are you waiting for? Hit Handango today to get Tether for Blackberry, BBAlerts or anything else at 25% off!
Jan 15, 2010 Berry, Carriers, Deals, Devices
Wirefly is at it again with an AMAZING deal on one of the best devices that Rim has put out yet. FREE Blackberry Bold 9700 for new or current customers on AT&T plus, FREE shipping and FREE activation. Its insane, but thats almost a $500 savings (as opposed to just walking in and buying one in the store).
You get one of the fastest 3G phones for nothing. nada. zip. So what are you waiting for? I would have ordered one already myself, but I already have the bold, I may however, upgrade my wife’s 9000….
Jan 5, 2010 Accessories
This is a Sponsored Post written by me on behalf of Pexagon Technology. All opinions are 100% mine.
I’m always on the look out for a good way to protect my blackberry. I had an otterbox case on my last one and it server well (too well infact, I went through two cases!). I’ve looked at cases from Casemate, I’ve looked at otterbox, I’ve checked out the cheap cases I can get at wal-mart or target. None of them have made a big impression on me. Yet. Enter Pexagon.
Pexagon wants to make my device a little more personal by adding a bit of personality to it for a mere $5. Yea. Five Bucks. BlackBerry cases come in the silicone design for most popular models! The backside of the case can be engraved with BOTH a logo and two lines of text. Again, let us repeat … you can engrave a logo for ONE piece … AND engrave text. Absolutely no setup charge and no order minimums. Order one case, engrave a logo, engrave your name and have it shipped for $5!
Thats a pretty good deal and one thats hard to beat anywhere else. You can get personalized Apple & BlackBerry cases with your name and school logo or your company name and logo.
You can get cases for the following BlackBerry Smartphones:
- BlackBerry® Curve™ 8300
- BlackBerry® Curve™ 8900
- BlackBerry® Bold™ 9000
- BlackBerry® Tour™ 9630
So why not check them out today?
Jan 5, 2010 Berry, Hack, Tips & Tricks
There are a few things that you can do to significantly increase the speed of the BlackBerry Browser.
1. Turn Off Show Images: Downloading images takes a lot of bandwidth, and strains your BlackBerry when loading them. From the Browser Options –> Browser Configuration screen, set Show Images = no, and uncheck “Use Background Images”.
Note: You can easily download the images for any page by pressing “M” for more images, or “Q” for all images. These options are also available from the menu.
2. Turn Off JavaScript Support: Some JavaScripts are very large and can’t be processed by your BlackBerry anyways, so turning off JavaScript support will not only save on bandwidth, but on processing time by your BlackBerry.
Dec 28, 2009 Apps, Deals
Thats right! Now you can have the CIA World Factbook 2009 in the palm of your hand for ONLY $0.90!! That’s an insane deal considering this gem from SBB4 usually sells for $29.99. Maybe its because they’re hard at work on the 2010 version already (and with the way things change in this world, its probably a good thing) but now you can have all the information the CIA has on rouge nations at your fingertips!
The following categories of information are covered for over 270 countries:
- Flag Graphic
- Map Image
- Background
- Geography
- People
- Government
- Economy
- Communications
- Transportation
- Military
- Transnational Issues
The cool thing is that this is a native app! Nothing else required! It’s on sale through midnight tonight, so grab it while you can!
Thanks to GoMan who sent this tip in!
Dec 18, 2009 Devices, Hack, Tips & Tricks
There are several things you can do to extend the life of your battery between charges.
- Set Email Filters. Yes that’s right, set some email filters to block unnecessary messages received on your handheld. The fewer wireless transmissions your BlackBerry makes, the longer your battery will last.
- Decrease the backlight timeout and/or brightness. This is especially true for the newer 7100, and 7290 handhelds. Go to Options –> Screen/Keyboard to set the backlight options.
- Disable wireless sync on applications that you do not use, e.g. Memopad. Is it really necessary to transmit memopad data over the air? If not, then just disable Wireless Synchronization from the Memopad Options.
- Turn Wireless Off when you are in areas of poor coverage. The BlackBerry will greatly increase it’s output in poor coverage, and this can be very draining on your battery.
- Set the Auto On/Off. Unless you’re on call 24 hours a day, chances are you won’t be using your BlackBerry late at night. So set the Auto On/Off to shut your BlackBerry off.
- Set your profiles to have the BlackBerry vibrate and ring less often. Even just reducing the number of beeps can give you a little extra battery life.
As a last resort, if your BlackBerry battery simply doesn’t last long enough, you can buy an extra battery. If you have any tips or tricks you’d like to share with us, leave a comment or hit us on Twitter
Dec 18, 2009 Storm, Themes
Well, ok, one is for the storm only (though I bet if you check out CoolBlackBerryThemes you can find it for other devices there) and the second one is for the Storm, 9000, 9630 and the 9700.
First up is the “Disney” theme for the Storm with OS 5.0 ONLY. Its a pretty cool theme with your favorite Disney Characters making an appearance on the screens. It also features some custom Christmas icons that help add to the flair of the theme. Rock out the Christmas Week with the Disney Theme by grabbing it OTA.
Up next is a theme designed for the Storm, the Bold 9000, the Bold 9700 and the Tour (9630). Its a simple and elegant theme that reminds the user of the Reason for the Season as we see two travelers (on on a donkey) headed towards the location of a bright star. It looks to be a today theme with movable icons. Like I said, its a really nice theme. You can grab it OTA:
Dec 18, 2009 Apps
This is a Sponsored Post written by me on behalf of 123 Media Max. All opinions are 100% mine.
Usually I don’t talk too much about computer software on this site (as its a Blackberry site) but this one is actually of use to Blackberry users (actually, any Smartphone user) and could prove to be a valuable addition to your desktop. 123mediamax as come up with a Blu-Ray Copy Breakthrough that will allow you to copy your blu-ray discs and burn them on DVD’s in HD format. Now you can convert your blu-Rays to play on any dvd player that can read DVDRW+ discs (and these days, try finding one that can’t!).
In addition to being able to copy the discs you can also convert DVD’s and Blu-Rays to DivX, AVI, Windows Media Video (WMV), and MPEG4 meaning you can now rip your favorite movies/tv shows with one software and then move them to your blackberry for viewing and with the holidays being here, and long travel lines everywhere who wouldn’t like to have the Latest Dr. Who releases in the palm of your hand?
123mediamax has a Trial of the software available which lets you copy DVD’s, Blu-Rays, video files to disc and more. Its actually a pretty good piece of software which will let you back up your video collection to discs that are playable on ANY Blu-Ray or DVD players and PS3’s as well. Can’t beat that with a stick can you? So check out the Blu-Ray Copy Breakthrough that the masterminds at 123mediamax have come up with and pick up a copy for yourself or the mediaphile in your life today.
