Smart Tags - Blackberry Curve 9360 User Manual

User Guide

Smart tags

About smart tags
Organizations might add smart tags to items such as posters, flyers, or t-shirts. When you tap the smart tag reader on the back
of your BlackBerry® smartphone against a smart tag, your smartphone views the smart tag and presents you with the options
to view or delete the smart tag. Smart tags can contain a range of information including web addresses, telephone numbers,
email addresses, coupons, graphics, media files, event details, and more.
View, save, or delete a smart tag
When you tap the smart tag reader on the back of your BlackBerry® smartphone against a smart tag, your smartphone
automatically saves the smart tag in the Smart Tags application along with the date, time, and location of where you saved the
smart tag from.
Do one of the following:
• To view and save a new smart tag, tap the smart tag reader on the back of your smartphone against a smart tag. Click
View.
• To view a saved smart tag, in the Applications folder, click the Smart Tags icon. Click a smart tag.
• To delete a saved smart tag, in the Applications folder, click the Smart Tags icon. Highlight a smart tag. Press the
key > Delete.
Create a smart tag
You can create a smart tag so that you can quickly share information with other NFC-enabled device users. When you create a
smart tag, depending on the information that you include, the smart tag provides the option to open a webpage, call a phone
number, send a text or email message, open an application, or view a location on a map.
1. In the Applications folder, click the Smart Tags icon.
2. Press the key > Create Tag.
• To create a smart tag that presents the option to call a phone number, send a text message, or add a phone number to
a contact list, in the URL field, type tel: and a phone number.
• To create a smart tag that presents the option to send a text message, in the URL field, type sms: and a phone number.
• To create a smart tag that presents the option to send an email, view a contact's information, or send a text message
with an attachment , in the URL field, type mailto: and an email address.
• To create a smart tag that presents the option to visit a webpage, open an application, or view a map location, in the
URL field, type http:// or https:// and a web address.
3. Press the key > Save.
Share a smart tag
To perform this task, NFC technology must be turned on and the
Smart Tags application.
1. In the Applications folder, click the Smart Tags icon.
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indicator must appear on the screen when you open the
NFC technology