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1. faces an extra risk of being hacked or becoming infected by a computer virus intent on simply annoying the heck out of you or even worse wreaking havoc on your computer Fortunately security is one of the strong points of the BlackBerry RIM has built into its software features that allow companies to curtail activities for their BlackBerry users that they deem risky such as installing or running a third party application Data transmitted on and from the device are encrypted so that possible snooping is prevented RIM also has a Signature process for application developers which forces developers to identify themselves and their programs if they are developing any applica tions running on the BlackBerry platform that need to integrate with either BlackBerry core applications or the OS The security measures RIM implemented on the BlackBerry plat form have gained the trust of the U S government as well as many of the Forbes Top 500 enterprises in the financial and health industries Remember the J love you and Anna Kournikova viruses These are virtual evils transmitted through e mail a script or sets of instruc tions in the e mail body or attachment that can be executed either by the host e mail program or in the case of an attachment by the program associated with the attached file Fortunately BlackBerry s Messages does not support scripting languages As for attachments out of the box BlackBerry supports few file types mostly
2. info Generally speaking you can receive and send e mails just like when you re at home Although e mail is Pearl s strength that s not the only thing it can do This section goes beyond e mail to point out some of the other major benefits you can get from your device All in one multimedia center Before the BlackBerry Pearl arrived on the scene many consumers were hesitant about purchasing a BlackBerry due to the lack of multimedia functions such as a camera and audio playback The Pearl changed all that with more features than a typical consumer might expect Not only does the Pearl have a high resolution 1 3 mega pixel camera see Chapter 11 but it also has a memory slot for a microSD chip see Chapter 15 That means your Pearl can function as an mp3 player a portal video player a portable flash drive and your personal photo collection see Chapter 11 It s like having an iPod and then some Can your iPod do the following Internet at your fingertips Yup you can browse the Web with your Pearl Even better you can continue chatting with your friends through Instant Messenger just as though you never left your desktop computer see Chapter 8 You can also get up to the minute information when you want it when you need it Imagine getting an alert when your stock is tank ing True that s not a good thing to happen but this information is critical if you want to act in a timely manner If you re not into sto
3. Chapter 1 Your BlackBerry Is Not an Edible Fruit In This Chapter A berry berry long time ago Checking out your BlackBerry behind the scenes Seeing what your BlackBerry can do Managing memory Bes you re reading this book you probably have a BlackBerry Pearl um and we re pretty sure that you re not eating it We re just curious though what convinced you to buy this particular handheld mobile device Was it the always connected e mail Or the 1 3 mega pixel camera Or the microSD slot capabil ity Or was it the really good sales pitch We know the list could go on and on and we might never hit on the exact reason why you got yours For whatever reason you bought your BlackBerry Pearl congratulations you made an intelligent choice The same smarts that made you buy your Pearl are clearly at it again This time your native intelligence led you to pick up this book perhaps because your intuition is telling you that there s more to this whole BlackBerry than meets the eye Your hunch is right Your BlackBerry can help you do more things than you could ever think of For example your BlackBerry is a whiz at making phone calls but it s also a computer that you can use to check your e mail as well as surf the Web We re talking World Wide Web here so the sky s the limit Help is always at your fingertips rather than sitting on some desk at home or at the office Need to check out the reviews of that restaurant o
4. cks how about getting sports and weather information Or maybe traffic alerts Say you want to know the best restaurants in town for that special evening birthday anniversary first date Many services that are available on the Internet are available to you also on your Pearl Chapter 1 Your BlackBerry Is Not an Edible Fruit 13 With the growing popularity of the device software developers outside RIM are taking advantage of this growing market which means literally hundreds of applications are now out there for you to download Download Absolutely BlackBerry supports the downloading of applications and games through the BlackBerry Browser And of course it s wireless For example you can download more produc tivity tools such as spreadsheet applications or an exciting game of Texas Hold em The number of BlackBerry applications and games is growing and growing fast To be honest there s no way to foresee how many applications will be on the market when this book is published And the price of an application varies depending on how sophisticated the program is so we can t give firm numbers But if you re curious check out Part V where we describe some of the best applications and games out there Intrigued Your questions about how your Pearl can take advan tage of the Web and wireless download are answered in due time in Chapter 9 to be precise Me and my great personal assistant You might be say
5. dering how your BlackBerry actually works you might also be wondering why you didn t get your BlackBerry from RIM instead of a network service provider such as Cingular or T Mobile Why did you need to go through a middle person After all RIM makes BlackBerry Those are excellent questions and here s a quick and dirty answer RIM needs a delivery system a communication medium as it were for its technology to work Not in a position to come up with such a delivery system all by its lonesome RIM partnered and built alliances across the globe with what developed into its network service providers the usual suspects meaning the big cellphone companies These middle providers support the wireless network for your BlackBerry so that you have signals to connect to the BlackBerry Internet Service which means you can get all those wonderful e mails and waste so much valuable time surfing the Internet See Figure 1 1 for a schematic overview of this process Network service providers don t build alliances for nothing right In return RIM gave them the right to brand their names on the BlackBerry they offer for sale For example a T Mobile Pearl may look different from a similar model you would get from Vodafone Which leads to another question Do BlackBerry functionalities differ from phone model to phone model Quick answer In the core BlackBerry applications such as Tasks and Address Book you find no major di
6. e Pearl still has a 15 day standby time and close to 4 hours talk time So when the salesperson offers you a special deal on a second bat tery simply tell him or her that you ll think about it With the Pearl s standard battery you ll have more than enough power Chapter 1 Your BlackBerry Is Not an Edible Fruit 15 Memory management When you first receive your BlackBerry Pearl the device definitely has ample free memory However that memory which is used for applications that come with your Pearl and for other applica tions you download does not grow as you use BlackBerry You re stuck with a fixed amount of memory which can prove limit ing over time As you install more and more applications this free memory gets used up In fact you could eventually run out of memory altogether Ro i Joe amp Don t confuse this fixed amount of memory with the memory avail able through the microSD slot A microSD chip can store mp3s port able videos and pictures that you download or load from your PC Does your device die when you run out of memory No thank good ness Your BlackBerry is capable of monitoring the free memory on your device If you re ever in danger of reaching your upper limits the BlackBerry has a memory management tool that cleans house to free this limited resource BlackBerry applications right out of the box are capable of figuring out what data isn t that important For example the BlackBerr
7. en you travel Chapter 1 Your BlackBerry Is Not an Edible Fruit to say London or Beijing All you need to worry about is turning on your Pear and maybe the extra roaming charges Because your BlackBerry Pearl is quad band it will work in more than 90 different countries What is quad band Basically different cellphone networks in dif ferent countries operate in different frequencies For example the United States operates two frequencies 850 and 1900 MHz Canada 850 and 1900 MHz Europe and Asia Pacific 900 and 1800 MHz Your Pear is designed to work in these four frequencies 850 900 1800 1900 MHz so you are covered no matter where you go Well almost Check with your network service provider before you hop on a plane just to be sure Two dominant technologies compete in the worldwide cellphone industry today Code Division Multiple Access CDMA This is available in the United States through Verizon Wireless Global System for Mobile Communication GSM This is a tad older than its CDMA rival This is available in the United States through Cingular and T Mobile Nothing stands still in this world and this saying is proven by the fact that GSM has spawned Global Packet Radio Service GPRS and EDGE a second generation technology that has been growing in popularity because it works on the same GSM phone infrastruc ture This combo GSM GPRS is also available in the United States through most of the major n
8. etwork service providers As you might have guessed GSM GPRS competes in the marketplace against CDMA Why is this a factor Or to put this more bluntly what s it to you Well because CDMA and GSM GPRS aren t compatible which is what happens when you have competing technologies going for all the marbles in the marketplace your phone works on only one technology When you travel outside North America you face the burning question CDMA or GSM GPRS The non acronym ver sion of this question is Will my BlackBerry work on this country s network or won t it If you currently work with GSM GPRS you should be okay because most non North American countries are on GSM GPRS networks If you re a CDMA kind of person you might have some issues as they say When in doubt talk to your net work service provider 2 Part Meet and Greet Your BlackBerry Pearl Oh MBER we amp the Things Vou Can Do Unlike the traditional BlackBerry your Pearl is a work of art when it comes to smart phones But besides its looks the always connected e mail is likely first in the long list of reasons why you got your Pearl in the first place And if you need to go global you can use your BlackBerry in 90 countries Just hop off your flight turn on your Pearl and voila e mails on your Pearl while you re 6000 miles away from home See the earlier Doing the BlackBerry world traveler thing section for more
9. fferences However some BlackBerry features such as Instant Messaging might or might not be supported by the network service provider See Chapter 8 for more details on Instant Messaging 0 Part Meet and Greet Your BlackBerry Pearl BlackBerry Internet Service BIS Wireless network E mail servers personal and Enterprise Figure 1 1 Your e mail travels to your BlackBerry via service providers Connecting to your personal computer Nowadays a personal computer is a household necessity We spend so much time on them and so much information is stored in them It should come as no surprise that BlackBerry works hand in hand with your PC The USB cable that comes with your BlackBerry does more than just charge your device All the chap ters in Part IV are dedicated to guiding you in making use of this important connection with the help of the BlackBerry Desktop Manager and all the utilities that come with it You find discussions in Chapter 13 on how to sync your device with the Personal Infor mation Manager data that you keep in your PC Chapter 14 guides you on how to back up almost anything in your BlackBerry down to your desktop Lastly Chapter 15 shows you how to use the Pearl and its microSD slot as storage that goes where you go Doing the BlackBerry world traveler thing If you purchased your Pearl from T Mobile or Cingular chances are that your BlackBerry Pearl will continue to work wh
10. images and text documents BlackBerry s viewer for such files doesn t sup port scripting either so you won t be facing threats from e mails having these attachments
11. ing But I m really a busy person and I don t have time to browse the Web What I do need is an assistant to help me better organize my day to day tasks If you can afford one by all means go ahead and hire a personal assistant If not the next best thing is a personal digital assistant PDA Many PDAs are on the market today the most popular ones are marketed by Palm and WinCE Getting a PDA can be a big help and much less expensive than hiring a secretary So are we telling you to go out and buy a PDA No way Put away that credit card because you don t need to go that route Whip out your Pear and take a closer look That s right your Pearl is also a full fledged PDA able to help you remember all your acquaintances see Chapter 4 manage your appointments Chapter 5 keep a to do list Chapter 6 and much more Me and my chatty self With all the features just described above your Pearl is also a full featured phone With voice dialing and the ability to carry out 14 Part Meet and Greet Your BlackBerry Pearl conference calls with you as the moderator your Pearl isn t like other cellphones out there To learn more about your Pear Phone see Chapter 10 Look Dad no hands Your BlackBerry comes equipped with an earphone that doubles as a mike for hands free talking This accessory is your doctor s prescription for preventing the stiff neck that comes from wedging your BlackBerry with your shou
12. lder against your ear At the very minimum it helps free your hands so you can eat Chinese takeout And if you happen to be a New York resident you re required by law to use an earphone while driving when you use a cellphone Not that we recommend using your cellphone while driving but if you really need to make that call going hands free is better and safer But RIM didn t stop with just your standard wired earphones BlackBerry also supports cool new wireless earphones mikes the ones based on Bluetooth technology But how could a bizarrely colored tooth help me here you might ask Fooled you Bluetooth is a codename for a very short distance wireless technology first used to connect simple devices such as computer accessories but that is now becoming more common on cellphones specifically on wireless earphones mikes Final BlackBerry Tidbits The main concerns most of us have when buying a product are quality and reliability Will the product last Will it perform as the flier says Will I regret having bought this item six months down the road This section looks at some of the hardware features that make buying the BlackBerry Pearl a wise purchase Power efficiency Now anyone who has had an ear to the ground regarding BlackBerry knows its reputation as a highly efficient little machine when it comes to power consumption Even with the addition of colored and high resolution screens the power consumption of th
13. n the corner Need to see right now what s showing in your local movie the aters or what the weather will be like later tonight or the best place to shop Need to get directions to that cozy bed and break fast or news headlines or stock quotes Want to do some online 8 MBER we Part I Meet and Greet Your BlackBerry Pearl chatting or view some pictures online and download them You can do all these things and more by using your BlackBerry BlackBerry Pearl is also a full fledged personal digital assistant PDA Out of the box it provides you with the organizational tools you need to set up to do lists manage your appointments take care of your address books and more Being armed with a device that s a sleek phone a camera a portal flash drive an Internet connection and a PDA all built into one makes you a power person With your BlackBerry along with this resourceful book you really can improve your productivity better organize yourself and increase your cool factor Watch out world Person bearing a BlackBerry Pearl coming through If you stick with us throughout this book you ll find out all you need to get the most out of your device or maybe even stave off or save a troubled relationship Well the last one is a bit of an exaggeration but we got your attention right Knowing Vour BlackBerry History Your BlackBerry Pearl is truly a wondrous device boasting many features beyond your ordinar
14. y Browser caches data to enhance your experience when browsing the Web Caches use local copies of Web pages to speed up the reloading of previously visited Web sites so they are generally good things to have around However this cache also takes up space When the OS tells Browser that the device is reaching its upper memory limit and that it needs to do some house cleaning Browser deletes this cache This is also true for Message which deletes e mails you ve already read starting from the oldest and working its way backward Curious about how much available space your device has From the Home screen press the Menu key scroll to highlight Options in the list of applications and press the trackball Scroll through the list and click Status In the Status screen File Free is the field that tells you how much available space is left A sentry is always on duty Throughout the history of human existence we ve seen some nasty things that human beings are capable of doing Unfortunately the virtual world is not exempt in fact every day a battle is fought between those who are trying to attack a system and those who 16 Part Meet and Greet Your BlackBerry Pearl EMBER D are trying to protect it Included among those attacking the system are those who are trying to steal corporate data for their advan tage as well as individuals trying to steal personal data to carry out identity theft A computer connected to the Internet
15. y mobile phone And its sudden popularity didn t happen overnight Like any other good product out there BlackBerry Pearl has come a long way from its rela tively humble beginnings In the days when the Palm Pilot ruled the PDA world Research in Motion RIM the maker of the BlackBerry was busy in its lab ignoring the then popular graffiti input method to design its own device with the QWERTY keyboard the kind of keyboard people were already used to from working on their PCs RIM didn t stop there however It also added an always connected e mail capabil ity making this device a must have among government officials as well as professionals in the finance and health industries To meet the needs of government officials and industry profession als RIM made reliability security and durability the priorities when manufacturing its devices Today the BlackBerry Pearl comes from the same line of RIM family products inheriting all the good genes while boosting usability and especially multimedia capabilities As a result BlackBerry Pearl has become the hippest smart phone and no longer just for big corporate hot shots and government officials Chapter 1 Your BlackBerry Is Not an Edible Fruit 9 How It Works The Schematic Approach For those of you who always ask How do they do that you don t have to go far this little section is just for you The role of the network service provider Along with won
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