Smart Tags - Blackberry Curve 9380 User Manual

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Smart tags

About smart tags
Organisations 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.
Change a smart tag
You can change smart tags that you have created or smart tags that you have saved on your BlackBerry smartphone.
1. In the Applications folder, click the Smart Tags icon.
2. Highlight a smart tag.
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