Phone Find your phone number Find your phone number • In the phone, the My Number field displays your Make a call • phone number. Make an emergency call • Make a call Use speed dial • On the Home screen, type a phone number. Check your voice mail •...
Hearing damage can occur. For current call on hold and answer the incoming more information on using the speaker safely, call. BlackBerry Safety Information Booklet. refer to the Click Answer - Drop All to end all current •...
Assign speed dial to a contact in Note: your address book When you type a letter in a phone number, your handheld dials the number that is associated with In the phone, click the trackwheel. the letter on a conventional phone keypad. Click View Speed Dial List.
Related topic Click the trackwheel. Can I set the phone to display frequently • Related topic called numbers? Can I block calls? • Use call logs Forward calls In the phone, or in the messages list, open a call In the phone options, click Call Forwarding. log.
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Add a call forwarding phone number About smart dialing In a call forwarding profile, click Do Not You can specify default country and area codes so Forward. that any numbers specified as links, or any numbers in your address book that do not contain Click Edit Numbers.
Note: also send SMS messages to contacts on your FDN The TTY option is only available with certain list. BlackBerry Wireless Handhelds. Use fixed dialing Set the TTY option In the phone options, click FDN Phone List. In the phone options, click TTY.
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Click the trackwheel. Related topics About fixed dialing • Add a contact to the FDN list • Change fixed dialing entries • Can I use FDN mode on my handheld? • Add a contact to the FDN list In the phone options, click FDN Phone List. Click the trackwheel.
Email messages Click the trackwheel. Open a message • 10. Click Send. Send an email message • Save draft messages • Notes: Add contacts to a message If you have added contacts to the address book, • you can select a contact from the list after you Set the importance level •...
To change the recipient of a sent message and To view messages within a specific folder, in the resend it, open the message. Click the trackwheel. messages list, click the trackwheel. Click View Click Edit. Select a contact. Click the trackwheel. Folder.
A personal identification number (PIN) uniquely identifies each BlackBerry handheld on the network. If you know the PIN of another BlackBerry handheld user, you can send a PIN message to that person. PIN messages are not routed through an existing email account.
SMS messages Type an SMS number About SMS messages • When you type an SMS-compatible number, Find your SMS number • include the country code and the area code. Type an SMS number • Note: Open an SMS message • In the phone, set your smart-dialing options to Send an SMS message •...
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Manage messages Manage cell broadcast channels Open a message. Click the trackwheel. Perform The cell broadcast channels that you subscribe to one of the following actions: determine the kind of information messages that you receive. In the handheld options, click SMS. Save •...
MMS messages Manage MMS messages About MMS messages • Open an MMS message. Click the trackwheel. Find your MMS number • Perform one of the following actions: Open an MMS message • Save • Manage MMS messages • Forward • Delete multiple messages at one time •...
Search About search Search for a specific contact • • Search the messages list Search for a subject • • Search the handheld • Use saved searches About search To view your saved searches, in the messages list, click the trackwheel. Click Search. Click the You can search the messages list using criteria trackwheel.
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Notes: If you type more than one word in the Text or Name field, all the words must appear in the same field for the search to be successful. File attachments are not searched when you search across the handheld programs. To expand a folder, click a folder with a plus sign (+) beside it.
Attachments To update contact information, when viewing an About attachments • address book attachment, click the trackwheel. Use address book attachments • Click Update Address. Open a file attachment • Open a file attachment Open an image attachment • Place your cursor in the name of the file Navigate attachments •...
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To display the contents of a specific cell in a spreadsheet, click the trackwheel. Click View Cell. To switch to a different worksheet in a spreadsheet, click the trackwheel. Click Select Worksheet. Click a worksheet. To view the previous worksheet in a spreadsheet, click the trackwheel.
About PIM synchronization support wireless email reconciliation, changes are You can synchronize personal information reconciled using the BlackBerry Desktop Software. management (PIM) items such as tasks, memos, For more information on manual email contacts, and calendar entries so that the entries...
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Set wireless PIM synchronization You can set wireless calendar synchronization using the BlackBerry Desktop Software. For more BlackBerry Desktop information, refer to the Software Online Help...
About restoring handheld data • About backing up handheld data If you are using the BlackBerry Desktop Software with your handheld, you can back up your handheld data using the Backup and Restore tool. For more information on manual handheld data...
Typing Type text Press the Backspace key to delete letters that • • you have typed. Cut or copy text • Related topic Paste text • Typing • Use AutoText • Create an AutoText entry • Cut or copy text Change AutoText entries •...
In the Using field, set whether the entry is Click the trackwheel. capitalized exactly as typed (Specified Case) Click Custom word list. or whether the entry is capitalized according Click the trackwheel. to its context (SmartCase). Click New. Set the language. Type a word or letter combination.
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Can I change the input method for Can I change the input method for my • my handheld? handheld? Yes. Your handheld uses the SureType™ input What is the Insert Macro menu item? • method in most text fields and the multi-tap input How do I undo an AutoText change? •...
Click Stop. for viewing WML web pages. To view the previous web page in the history, click The BlackBerry Browser is optimized for viewing the trackwheel. Click Back. HTML web pages. If your handheld is integrated with an email account using the BlackBerry...
Click More Images. To load The Save Image field is only available for all the images, click the trackwheel. Click All BlackBerry Wireless Handhelds with color screens. Images. Depending on your service provider, you might not be able to save images.
BlackBerry Browser. Create a bookmark If you are using the BlackBerry Desktop Software, Navigate to the web page that you want to you can load TLS using the Application Loader bookmark.
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Wireless Transport Layer Security (WTLS) is the WAP Browser security layer that provides security for WAP services. If you are using the BlackBerry Desktop Software, you can load WTLS using the Application Loader tool. For more information on loading optional...
Manage applications You can enable browser push for your WAP To view a list of applications, in the handheld Browser, your BlackBerry Browser, or both browser options, click Applications. types. You can also set which hosts provide this view details for any third-party applications, information to you.
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If the program still does not load and your you receive no additional notification. handheld is integrated with an email account using a BlackBerry Enterprise Server, certain Enable browser push programs might not be available to you. For more information, contact your system administrator.
Contacts Type a name for the mailing list. Add a contact • Click the trackwheel. Manage contacts • Click Add Member. Create a mailing list • Click a contact. Manage mailing lists • Click Continue. Create a category • Click the trackwheel. Apply categories to contacts •...
To find and add contacts from your company Click the trackwheel. address book, your handheld must be integrated Related topic with an email account using the BlackBerry Enterprise Server version 3.5 or later for About categories • Microsoft® Exchange, or BlackBerry Enterprise Server version 2.2 or later for IBM®...
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Related topics About remote address book search • Manage remote address book search results • Manage remote address book search results To view information for a contact, in the search results, click a contact. Click View. To delete a contact from the search results, click the trackwheel.
Calendar To move forward or back by a time period, click About the calendar • the trackwheel. Click Prev or Next. Change the calendar view • Use the calendar Schedule an appointment • Schedule an appointment In the calendar, click the trackwheel. •...
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Type a location in parentheses. Select the Relative Date check box for the appointment to recur on a relative date. For To change the start and end times, hold the example, set an appointment to recur on the last Right Shift key and roll the trackwheel. Friday of each month, or on the 28th of each Click the trackwheel.
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Note: If you delete a meeting invitation from the messages list before you accept or decline it, the appointment is deleted from your desktop calendar. Change meeting participants Open the meeting. In an Accepted or Declined field, click a contact. Perform one of the following actions: Invite Attendee •...
Tasks Use tasks Create a task • Click a task. Perform one of the following actions: Use tasks • Open Change task status • • Mark Completed • Create a category • Mark In Progress • Apply categories to tasks •...
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Click the trackwheel. Related topic About categories • Apply categories to tasks When creating or editing a task, click the trackwheel. Click Categories. To select the categories that apply to the task, press the Space key. Save your changes. View tasks by category To view all tasks within a category, in the task list, click the trackwheel.
Memos Click the trackwheel. Write a memo • Click New. Use memos • Type a name for the category. Create a category • Click the trackwheel. Apply categories to memos • View memos by category • Related topic About categories Delete categories •...
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How do I know how many contacts, calendar • entries, tasks, or memos I have saved?
Alarm Alarm — frequently asked questions Set the alarm • Why didn’t my alarm notify me on a Saturday Set the alarm volume • • or Sunday? Silence the alarm • What is the escalating volume level? • Turn off the alarm •...
Calculator Use the calculator memory • Convert measurements • Use the calculator memory To store a number in the memory, type a number. Click M+. To recall the memory, click MR. To delete the memory, click MC. To replace the memory, type a number. Click MS. Convert measurements In the calculator, type a number.
Bluetooth® After you pair with a device, you can set your About Bluetooth® • handheld to connect with that device without Turn the Bluetooth® radio on and off • prompting you. Pair with another Bluetooth® device • Pair with another Bluetooth® device Manage paired devices •...
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Set whether Bluetooth® connections with • your handheld are encrypted. Set handheld Bluetooth® identification You can set how your handheld is represented on devices with which it is paired. In the Bluetooth options, perform one of the following actions: In the Device Name field, type the name of •...
Date and time Set the date and time • Can I set the time automatically on my • handheld? Set the date and time In the handheld options, click Date/Time. Set the date and time. Save your changes. Note: To set the date and time in the alarm, click the trackwheel.
Profiles Set how you want to be notified for that Set profiles • item. Create a notification profile • Click the trackwheel. Use notification profiles • Click Save. Manage downloaded ring tones • Click the trackwheel. Silence your handheld • 10.
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What is the escalating volume level? If you use the escalating volume level, the notification volume level consistently increases until the handheld reaches the loudest volume level.
• Set the Home screen background image • Note: Set the font • The screen saver is only available for BlackBerry Wireless Handhelds with color screens. Set a theme for your handheld • Delete themes Related topic • Save an image •...
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Click Save. Note: Setting a specific font family is only available for BlackBerry Wireless Handhelds with color screens. Set a theme for your handheld On some BlackBerry Wireless Handhelds with color screens, you set themes to control the appearance of items such as applications, indicators, words, and icons.
Add or remove a display language • using the Application Loader tool in the BlackBerry Desktop Software. For more Set the display language information on adding and removing handheld In the handheld options, click Language.
Power and battery Set the Weekend field to Enabled. Turn the handheld on and off automatically • Specify the times that the handheld should Keep the battery at a full charge • turn on and off on weekends. Check the battery level •...
Network coverage Note: Turn the wireless radio on and off • You might not be able to create a list of preferred Add a network to the preferred network list • networks. For more information, contact your Scan for a network to add to the preferred •...
Scan for a network to add to the How do I select a network when preferred network list traveling? In the handheld options, click Network. In most cases when you are traveling, your handheld automatically roams to an appropriate Click the trackwheel. network.
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How do I change the order of the networks in the preferred network list? To change the order of the networks listed in your preferred network list, select the network that you want to move higher in the list. Click the trackwheel.
SIM card Click the trackwheel. About the SIM card phone book • Click Save. Add a SIM card contact • Add SIM card contacts to your address book • Add SIM card contacts to your address book Manage SIM card contacts •...
In the handheld options, click SMS. Set the Leave messages on SIM card field to Yes. Click the trackwheel. Click Save. Set SIM card security In the handheld options, click SIM Card. Click the trackwheel. Click Enable Security. Type your SIM card PIN code. Click the trackwheel.
Related topics If you type your handheld password incorrectly About the handheld password • five times, you must type blackberry before you can continue. On subsequent password attempts, Change the handheld password • the characters that you type are displayed.
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Type a new handheld password. To unlock the keyboard, double-click the trackwheel. Click the trackwheel. Retype the new handheld password. Related topic About keyboard lock • Click the trackwheel. Related topics About content protection and compression About the handheld password •...
BlackBerry Desktop Redirector, encryption keys handheld. While the password is copied on the protect data as it travels between your BlackBerry clipboard, it is not encrypted. Enterprise Server or BlackBerry Desktop Redirector and the handheld.
The tests run automatically when your In the handheld options, click Security. handheld restarts. Click the trackwheel. Verify security software Click Wipe Handheld. In the handheld options, click Security. Click the Click Continue. trackwheel. Click Verify Security Software. Type blackberry.
Related topic How do I restore my handheld after clearing • Set owner information In the handheld options, click Owner. Type your contact information. Click the trackwheel. Click Save. Note: Owner information appears on the screen when you lock your handheld.
BrickBreaker Play BrickBreaker • How do I set the speed of the paddle? • How do I set the paddle to accelerate as I roll • the trackwheel? Play BrickBreaker The object of this game is to destroy bricks using a paddle and a ball.
Click Undelete. available on your handheld. If your handheld is integrated with an email account using a BlackBerry Enterprise Server, your system administrator can send service books that determine whether features such as remote address lookup and wireless calendar synchronization are available.
Frequently asked questions Why are some of the features Why are some of the features described not • described not available on my available on my handheld? handheld? What software version do I have on my • Depending on your service provider plan or the handheld? type of email account that you are using, some Phone —...
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Phone — frequently asked questions Why am I no longer receiving calls? Why can I not make calls? • Verify that your handheld radio is turned on and Why am I no longer receiving calls? • that you are in an area of sufficient wireless How do I hide my handheld phone number •...
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TTY device to your handheld. You can block either all incoming calls or incoming calls only when you are roaming. TTY is only available on some BlackBerry Wireless Handhelds. You can also block all outgoing calls, all international outgoing calls, or all international Can I set the phone to display outgoing calls when you are roaming.
How do I stop my handheld from answering or ending calls automatically? If you use a holster with your handheld, you can set how calls are handled when you insert or remove your handheld from the holster. To stop your handheld from answering calls automatically when you remove it from the holster, in the phone options, click General Options.
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Verify that email redirection to your handheld is How do I show more of a subject line for my • enabled. If you are using the BlackBerry Desktop email and PIN messages? Software, in the Redirector Settings tool, verify How do I identify received PIN messages as •...
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If your handheld is not enabled for wireless email reconciliation, your handheld must be integrated When you first receive your handheld and every with an email account using the BlackBerry time that you update the software, several Desktop Redirector or BlackBerry Enterprise Server welcome messages appear.
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Why can’t I see a new message in the Why were some of my messages messages list even though I received deleted from the handheld? notification? If your handheld memory is full, your handheld If email messages are sent to your handheld from deletes the oldest messages from the messages specific mailbox folders and, in the general list to accommodate new ones.
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Software Intellisync Online Help How do I stop email messages from being sent to my handheld? If you are using the BlackBerry Desktop Software, in the Redirector Settings tool, clear the Redirect incoming messages to your handheld check box.
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SMS messages — frequently asked questions If you still cannot send SMS messages, verify that Why can’t I send SMS messages? • your plan supports sending and receiving SMS Can I verify that my SMS message has • messages. For more information, contact your reached its recipients? service provider.
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To send a message in the conversational SMS view, type text at the bottom of the SMS screen and press the Enter key to send the message. You can also click the trackwheel to view more options in the menu. Why were some of my messages deleted from the handheld? If your handheld memory is full, your handheld...
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MMS messages — frequently asked questions You can also set delivery reports, which notify the Can I send MMS messages? • sender when you have received or read an MMS Can I set whether I receive MMS messages? • message. To set delivery reports, in the handheld Can I filter unwanted MMS messages? options, click MMS.
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Can I view file attachments on my handheld? handheld? If your BlackBerry Wireless Handheld has 8 MB of Yes, if attachment viewing is enabled for your memory, some image attachment viewing features handheld. When you receive a message with an are not available.
General Options. Set the Auto More field to No. the Font Family and Font Size fields. You can only The next time that you receive a long attachment, set the Font Family field on BlackBerry Wireless More available appears at the bottom. To request Handhelds with color screens.
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What does skipped content mean? The skipped content bar appears in a document attachment when more content is available but has not been retrieved. To retrieve skipped content, click the skipped content bar. Click More. Can I see tracked changes in document attachments? Some document formats enable editors to track changes in a document.
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If you enable wireless email reconciliation, you If your handheld is integrated with an email can set whether the handheld or mailbox takes account using the BlackBerry Web Client, and your precedence when a conflict occurs. In the service provider supports wireless email messages options, click Email Reconciliation.
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Deleted Items. Click Yes. To use this feature, your handheld must be integrated with an email account using the BlackBerry Enterprise Server version 3.6 or later for Microsoft® Exchange, and wireless email reconciliation must be enabled. Verify that your handheld radio is turned on and that you are in an area of sufficient wireless coverage.
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3.5 or later for Microsoft® Exchange or the Can I override the character set encoding of • BlackBerry Enterprise Server version 2.2 or later for web pages? IBM® Lotus® Domino®. For more information on What is the Available Offline check box that •...
You are prompted before browser To apply TLS to the connection from your scripts are run. BlackBerry Enterprise Server to a web server, set the TLS Default field to Proxy. Set the Allow HTTPS Redirections field and the Trusted Hosts...
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To apply TLS to the entire connection from your handheld to a web server, set the TLS Default field to Handheld. Set the Algorithm, Server Authentication, and Client Authentication fields. In the Algorithm field, set the type of algorithm, the encryption strength, and whether only Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS)-approved key algorithms are supported.
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These fields are extra fields where you can add information for your contacts, such as birthdays or anniversaries. You can edit the name of the field for all your contacts and set up your BlackBerry Desktop Software to synchronize with the corresponding field in your desktop email program.
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Calendar — frequently asked questions How do I change the day of the week Can I synchronize PIM items over the wireless • that is shown first when viewing the network? calendar in Week view? Are there any restrictions for using the •...
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Appointments in your handheld calendar that are older than the number of days that you specify in the Keep Appointments field are removed from your handheld. The appointments can be restored, however, if you set the Keep Appointments field to a longer period of time. When you increase the amount of time in this field, any appointments in your calendar during that period of time appear in your handheld calendar.
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Bluetooth® — frequently asked questions Why does my list of paired devices How do I connect my handheld with another • not appear? Bluetooth® device? Verify that your handheld Bluetooth® radio is How do I know when my handheld • turned on and that you have added devices to Bluetooth®...
How do I restore my handheld after password keeper? clearing it? In the password keeper options, set the Show If you are using the BlackBerry Desktop Software, Password field to False. restore handheld data and services using the Backup and Restore tool. For more information,...
Tips To move an icon on the Home screen, select an Home screen • icon. Hold the Alt key and click the trackwheel. Searching • Click Move Application. Place the icon. Click the Options and fields trackwheel. • Navigating screens •...
To clear a field, click the trackwheel. Click Clear To choose a selected item in the list that appears Field. when you type, press the Enter key or click the trackwheel. Navigating screens To insert a period, press the Space key twice. The To move the cursor, roll the trackwheel.
To switch between NUM lock and the multi-tap To search for text within a message, press AS. To input method in a number or password field, hold search for the next occurrence of the text, press AS the Shift key. again.
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To change the column size, press QW. To turn mute on and off during a call, press QW. To move to a specific cell, press GH. To switch between the speaker and earpiece during a call, press OP. To display the contents of a specific cell, press the Space key.
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To move down a page, press the Space key. To move up a page, press the Shift key + the Space key. To stop a web page from loading, press the Escape button. To move to a specific web page, press GH. To move between full-screen mode and normal mode, press UI.
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endorsement by RIM of the third party in any way. Any dealings with third parties, including, without limitation, compliance with applicable licenses, and terms and conditions are solely between you and the third party. RIM shall not be responsible or liable for any part of such dealings. You are solely responsible for the selection, implementation, and performance of any third- party applications that you use with the handheld...
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registering with the wireless network, 68 ring tones reminders adding, 37, 38 calendar, 44 deleting, 59 power off, 65 downloading, 37 remote address book search, 40 listening, 59 removing previewing, 38 display language, 63 showing, 59 meeting invitees, 45 testing, 59 See also paired Bluetooth device, 55 profiles...
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searching sending about, 21 address book attachments, 13 across the handheld, 21 email messages, 13 by recipient, 21 email messages from a specific service, 13 by sender, 21 images in email messages, 34 by subject, 21 links in email messages, 34 remote address book, 40 PIN messages, 15 set search criteria, 21...
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SureType time tips, 116 setting, 57 typing, 29 setting automatically, 57 using word list, 29 timers, resetting, 11 switching tasks, 115 tips synchronization for attachments, 117 frequently asked questions, 101 for calculator, 119 over the wireless network, 26 for calendar, 119 synchronizing for changing options, 115 calendar, 25...
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