FaceChat - Free Facebook Chat App

As you know RIM official Facebook app doesn’t support Facebook chat, therefore here I would like to introduce an app that allow you to chat in Facebook while you on the go.

With JaredCo’s FaceChat you’re always hooked in and in touch with your facebook friends. Very important is totally……..Free !

Detail features:
• Chat simply, easily, seamlessly on Facebook from your BlackBerry. Anyone can do it.
• See who’s on line after logging on to your FB account.
• See on-line friends’ Facebook avatars so you know who’s on the grid at a glance.
• Carry on multiple chats simultaneously with a clean interface so you know who’s talking.
• Once logged in faceChat will give you a vibrating notification letting you know one of your Facebook friends sent you a message.


*** IMPORTANT*** PLEASE READ CAREFULLY:
You will need to have your Facebook Username to log in NOT your email address. If you don't have Username at your Facebook, please sign into Facebook on your computer go to account and choose help center! Then type in the searchfield 'username' then its the top answer that comes up! Follow the link and set your username! Sign out of facebook and sign back in! Now just open up FaceChat and use that username and your normal Facebook Password

To download FaceChat please click here.

BlackBerry Tablet - Playbook

RIM has finally unveiled its tablet PC- BlackBerry Playbook. Just with only 10 mm, thickness, 7-inch WSVGA capacitive multi-touch screen support, the Playbook runs the BlackBerry Tablet OS that support for symmetric multiprocessing. We can see that RIM is really plan to challenge it competitor Apple Ipad. I think RIM is aims to take over the enterprise segment with their new gadget- Playbook.

RIM President and co-CEO Mike Lazardis presenting the new gadget Playbook at the BlackBerry Developer's Conference

In hardware specification, Playbook definitely seems to be a powerful device. Armed with a 1 GHz dual-core processor and 1 GB RAM, and one more thing I’m really appreciated is the web browser support Adobe Flash Player. Beside Playbook, none of any handheld device that support Flash player yet.

Here are the details of Playbook (Subject to change by RIM)
• 7-inch LCD, 1024 x 600, WSVGA, capacitive touch screen with full multi-touch and gesture support
• BlackBerry Tablet OS with support for symmetric multiprocessing
• 1 GHz dual-core processor
• 1 GB RAM
• Video playback: 1080p HD Video, H.264, MPEG, DivX, WMV
• Audio playback: MP3, AAC, WMA
• HDMI video output
• Wi-Fi - 802.11 a/b/g/n
• Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR
• Connectors: microHDMI, microUSB, charging contacts
• Open, flexible application platform with support for WebKit/HTML-5, Adobe Flash Player 10.1, Adobe Mobile AIR, Adobe Reader, POSIX, OpenGL, Java
• Ultra thin and portable: Measures 130mm x 193mm x 10mm
• Weighs less than a pound (approximately 400g)

Playbook official website:

http://www.blackberry.com/playbook

Big avatar in BBM

Just share you a trick to enlarge avatar in BBM. All you need to do is copy the following code then paste into your BBM contact profile.

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Really cool..... have fun!!!

How to remove uninstalled App in Blackberry App World

When you uninstall an app from BlackBerry AppWorld, the particular app will fall into Uninstalled/Archive category in My world. Although it provides the fastest way to get it back if needed. The problem is, the uninstalled apps still show up in My World. And also the uninstalled apps will be getting more from time to time if you keep on installing and uninstalling new apps.

There is a simple fix to remove those uninstall app in My World. Just open BlackBerry AppWorld, hold down the "ALT" key while typing the letters “RST”. If you successful, BlackBerry AppWorld will exit automatically. You need to re-open back BlackBerry AppWorld and those uninstalled app will disappear now.

Please take note above method is not apply to BlackBerry AppWorld 2.0 or above. In BlackBerry AppWorld 2.0, the app list will forever contain all apps that you have ever installed, whether free or paid. It will grouped by installed or uninstalled apps. Furthermore, each group can be collapsed, so you don't actually have to see your uninstalled apps at all.





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Download OTA link to Desktop

When you found a great app or theme but its only available at OTA, then "BlackBerry OTA Downloader" is come into place to assist you download the OTA files to your desktop.

Instead of enter the full URL of the download on your BlackBerry smartphone, you can just enter the OTA link into BlackBerry OTA Downloader and click download, the program will now download all the required files to your desktop.


Here are the benefits using BlackBerry OTA Downloader

• Backup OTA downloads on disk.
• No BlackBerry Internet Services required.
• Install blackberry OTA themes using your desktop software.

How to use BlackBerry OTA Downloader

• Download the program and unzip it
• Run the program by double click the exe file
• Go to whatever website that's consist of OTA link
• Right click on the link where you can download the .JAD file, and click "Copy Shortcut”
• Paste the address in the OTA Downloader and click "Download".
• At this point, OTA Downloader should download all the necessary files and save into a folder.
  

How to install the downloaded OTA file into BlackBerry smartphone

• Connect BlackBerry smartphone to PC with USB cable
• Copy those downloaded files into the "documents" folder on your BlackBerry Memory Card.
• Disconnect USB cable
• At your BlackBerry smartphone, using file explorer to browse into that “documents” folder.
• Open the .JAD file.
• Click "download" and it will install the app into your BlackBerry smartphone.

BlackBerry OTA Downloader link:
http://rapidshare.com/files/418416924/OTA_downloader__2_.zip
http://www.blackberrysoftwarelist.net/ota_files/ota.zip
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=0HBKFV0B

Know your BlackBerry PIN

Every BlackBerry smartphone has an unique “PIN number”. This PIN number is hardcoded in BlackBerry smartphone. Thus, it can’t be changed even if you switch the SIM card. My advice when you bought a new BlackBerry smartphone, the very first thing you should do is find out the PIN number.

How to find out BlackBerry PIN
At home screen, press menu button -> Options -> Status

BlackBerry PIN is playing important role when everytime signal in or out, browsing the internet, sending and receiving emails, instant message and etc. Knowing your friend's PINs, you can actually compose a PIN message to them directly. Compare to email, that email signal must travel thru their dedicated mail server, but PIN Message is travel straight from your BlackBerry to your friend’s BlackBerry instantly. As I can say this is the fastest method of BlackBerry-to-BlackBerry communication.

How to send PIN Message
Open new compose email, insert your friend’s PIN number into To field instead of their email address.

There is another BlackBerry-to-BlackBerry communication with native IM – BlackBerry Messenger (BBM). Adding your friend’s PIN into BBM will link up both BlackBerry smartphones together. With BBM, both of you can have instant message chatting or file sharing without paying single cent to carrier. (Provided you must have BIS services enabled, and depend on which BIS package you have taken from carrier. Carrier will only charge on BIS package accordingly) Just to share that latest BBM 5.0.1.38 currently officially available at BlackBerry App World for download.

Key features include:

■New chat UI
■Updated picture posting feature
■Easier main contact menu
■Updated menu options for ease of use
■Add any text messaging contact and have them show up with other BBM contacts
■Overall movement between chats and group chat has been greatly improved

BlackBerry Facebook 1.8

After the lot of issues reported in previous BlackBerry Facebook, finally RIM has release the latest version 1.8.0.49 to rectify the current issue.

Here's what you need to know about the new version:
Improved News Feed, loading and scrolling
Better performing Friend List
Enhanced Photo Viewing, loading and navigation
Improved Photo uploading

The new Facebook 1.8.0.49 are now available for download. You may visit BlackBerry home page or download via BlackBerry App World.

Blackberry Tips – Share BlackBerry contact via Windows Live Messenger

How you share your BlackBerry contact to others? Of course there are many way to share BlackBerry contact to other, but I found one of the easiest way via instant messaging.

Send Blackberry contact via Windows Live Messenger:

1. In Windows Live Messenger, click on your friend to open up the chat windows
2. Press menu button, select “send file”
3. Popup windows will display in middle of screen, click “Contact” button
4. Select you desire contact which will send to your friend
5. Finish
   

Above steps is just an idea sharing. You may apply the same idea in BlackBerry Messenger or other IM application in Blackberry. Please try!

BlackBerry Shortcut Key while typing message

For BlackBerry newbie, the following BlackBerry shortcut key should be very useful for you.

To insert a period
Press Space key twice

To capitalize a letter
Hold letter key until capitalized letter appears

To type an alternate character on a keypad
Hold Alt key and press character key

To type a number
Hold Alt key and press a number key

To turn on NUM lock
Press Alt key + Left Shift key

To turn on CAP lock
Press Alt key + Right Shift key

To turn off NUM lock or CAP lock
Press Shift key

To switch typing input languages
Press Alt key + Enter key

To type a symbol
Press Symbol key and type the letter that appears below the symbol

To highlight a line or character
Press Shift key and roll Trackball

To cancel a text selection
Press the Escape key

To cut highlighted text when typing
Press Shift key + Backspace/Delete key

To copy highlighted text when typing
Press Alt key + click Trackball

To paste highlighted text when typing
Press Shift key + click Trackball

Remove IT Policy in BlackBerry

Some users have a BlackBerry which previously used to connect to BES and BlackBerry had been placed a restrictive IT Policy into it. Once the IT policy is enabled, you will not able to change certain settings, or install Third Party Applications.

This is common issue especially for those people bought BlackBerry on EBay and are unable to make changes to the settings or install Third Party Applications. A quick check to your IT Policy, just go to Options -> Status, then key in command code “buyr”

There are many methods in the internet to remove IT policy, but no one is 100% guaranty successful. I found myself the following method is most workable with higher successful rate. So, please do not ask me for support if you have tried on my method but still not working.

Note: This method can only be used on a BlackBerry smartphone running OS 4.3 to 5.0. Following procedure will delete all data and applications on the BlackBerry smartphone. Please backup the data before performing this procedure.

• Make sure you have Blackberry Desktop Manager installed into your computer.
• Connect the BlackBerry smartphone to the computer (Windows XP).
Press Start > Run, type “CMD” to bring out Windows command prompt
• Navigate to the Apploader folder by typing cd C:\Program Files\Common Files\Research In Motion\Apploader and then pressing the Enter key.
• Type loader.exe /resettofactory
Enter you BlackBerry smartphone password if prompted.
• Wait until reset process is completed. Check the IT policy again.

Good luck and hope you can successfully remove IT policy.