Microsd Card; Full Keyboards; Stereo Headsets - Blackberry dummies 2 Manual

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Part V: The Part of Tens

microSD Card

Full Keyboards

Stereo Headsets

Your new BlackBerry normally comes with external memory: a microSD card.
But if you're not satisfied with its capacity, go hunt for a much bigger one.
After all, you want to carry with you a boatload of music and video files,
right? Many electronic gadgets use microSD cards, so they're easy to find.
A normal price range at this writing is $45 for 16GB capacity and $85 for 32GB
capacity. Special promotions come and go, but you can always find a good
deal somewhere on the Internet. For any Internet purchase, take into consid-
eration the shipping and handling costs plus the vendor's return policy (or
lack thereof).
Any brand will do, as long as you make sure that you're buying a microSD card.
As netbooks become more popular, people forget that the BlackBerry they
already carry is a mininetbook. Internet? Check! E-mail? Check! Microsoft
Word docs and Microsoft Excel spreadsheets? Check! Sure, the screen is a
bit smaller and the keyboard is small, but with a little help from a Bluetooth
keyboard, your BlackBerry will save you the cost of a netbook and still do the
things a netbook can do.
You have the choice of Bluetooth and non-Bluetooth connection options.
We recommend Bluetooth to minimize the clutter. A Bluetooth keyboard is
the most convenient option for the obvious reasons: You don't have to carry
cables, and you can position your BlackBerry any way you want.
For less than $100, you can own the cool iGo Stowaway Ultra-Slim Bluetooth
keyboard, available at www.amazon.com. Or you can buy the ThinkOutside
Stowaway Shasta Bluetooth keyboard for BlackBerry, available at http://
yahooshopping.com for $45. We also recommend the Freedom Universal
Bluetooth keyboard, which you can find under Bluetooth keyboards at
http://shop.crackberry.com or Amazon.com.
Although your new BlackBerry is a stereo music player, it doesn't come with
stereo headphones. You will definitely yearn for stereo sound the moment
you listen to music or watch video clips. A quick search on the Internet for
BlackBerry + stereo headphones yields many results. But you want to be able
to talk, too.