How To: Applications - Blackberry Bold 9900 User Manual

User Guide
About instant messaging applications
You can download instant messaging applications for your BlackBerry® device from the BlackBerry App World™ storefront. By
default, your BlackBerry device comes with BlackBerry® Messenger. You can use BBM™ to chat with people who have a
BlackBerry device by sending and receiving messages and files. You can also change your status and display picture. With the
BlackBerry® Groups feature of BBM, you can share pictures, lists, appointments, and more.
You must have a wireless service data plan to use these applications. Depending on your wireless service provider or
organization, some applications or features might not be supported.
For more information about BBM and other instant messaging applications, visit www.blackberry.com/support. If you need
help using an instant messaging application, you can find answers in the application by pressing the Menu key and clicking Help
on your device.

How to: Applications

About multitasking
Your BlackBerry® device supports multitasking, which allows you to run more than one application at a time. During a call, for
example, you might want to switch to the calendar application to view your appointments or switch to the contacts application
to look up a contact. While you are playing a song, you might want to switch to the messages application to reply to a message.
There are also shortcuts for most applications that can help you to perform common tasks quickly.
Note: The more applications that you have running, the more memory and battery power your device uses. To optimize the
performance of your device, try to close applications when you are finished with them.
Related topics
Tips and shortcuts, 31
Keep an application running in the background and switch to another application, 273
Close an application so that it is not running in the background, 274
Keep an application running in the background and switch to another
application
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To switch to another application, press and hold the
icon. If the application icon that you want does not appear, click the Home screen icon and navigate to the application icon
that you are looking for.
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To return to the Home screen if you are not on a call, press the
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To return to the Home screen if you are on call, press and hold the
the Home screen icon.
Note: If you press the key while you are on a call, you will end the call even if you have switched to another application.
key until the application switcher appears. Click an application
key.
key until the application switcher appears. Click
Applications
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