off the Hook

Everyone knows the iPhone is great. Almost everyone wants one. But  for a business email user such as myself, you just can't beat the Blackberry for best-in-class messaging, calendar, and contact synchronization, and the J2ME model for custom applications is pretty powerful too.  The iPhone has some PIM options, but they all pale in comparison to the Blackberry. Why reinvent the wheel? In this world of increasing virtualization, how hard would it be to add Blackberry functionality to an iPhone, or at least emulate a Blackberry on an iPhone? Really? Both already run on the AT&T network, so that's conquered. Maybe I'm oversimplifying. It is late after all .

 There are times when I want to include my detailed contact info at the bottom of an email and other times when I don't. In Notes, I can just turn the auto-signature off and use Tools / Insert Signature, but I probably send more than half my email from my Blackberry. So here is the tip:

If you type in sig and then hit the space bar on your blackberry, it will insert the text that you have stored into the Information field of the "Owner" page on your Blackberry (under Options from the main menu).

Got any other useful Blackberry tips? Please share in the comments.

Even with a satellite internet connection, 10 people on the same uplink gets congested. BUT, we all have Blackberries too, most of us on the Edge network. Sooooooo, I just connected my blackberry via USB cable, fired up Blackberry Desktop (which I don't use for any other purpose now that its all wireless), and created a dial-up network connection. BAM,  I'm on the web at 460 kpbs, which ain't bad.

Here's a link to setup the network connection:
http://www.blackberryforums.com/blackberry-guides/2019-user-howto-use-blackberry-modem-laptop.html

Note: This won't work on GPRS.