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RIM will begin a campaign with US carriers this week to entice consumers to try its latest BlackBerry 7 devices.

H­eins said in an interview with Bloomberg “The promotions won’t be about just simply money, they will also involve mobile apps”. “We have to do something dramatically different in the US to get our market share back”.

The company missed the shift in the US to more consumer-oriented features like web browsing and apps. It’s now focused on BB10, which the CEO said has already attracted licensing interest. The company has held discussions with interested handset makers and personal-computer makers, he said, declining to name them.

Safe mode is designed to allow troubleshooting or remove any unwanted applications and can also be used to prevent third-party applications from running automatically when starting the BlackBerry® smartphone. continue

“BlackBerry PlayBook is already recognized for delivering powerful performance, true multi-tasking, advanced web browsing and HD multimedia in an ultra-portable design,” said Mike Lazaridis, President and Co-CEO at Research In Motion. “With BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0 we are building on this strong foundation, as well as leveraging our strengths in communications, social integration and productivity, to allow people to use their BlackBerry PlayBook in new ways throughout the day.” continue

BlackBerry 7.1 will begin rolling out from carriers around the world beginning today and over the coming weeks. The new releases of BBM, BlackBerry Traffic and BlackBerry Travel will be available on BlackBerry® App World™ beginning today.

“BlackBerry 7 delivered a next-generation platform for our customers around the world and the range of software updates announced today build upon the strengths of that platform to further enhance the mobile experience and make life easier, from managing daily tasks to planning big adventures,” said Mike Lazaridis, President and Co-CEO at Research In Motion. continue

This article explains how to locate and change the SRP ID and SRP Authentication Key using the BlackBerry® Administration Service or BlackBerry® Manager.

To locate the SRP ID and SRP Authentication Key in the BlackBerry Configuration Database and the Cached Property file see KB02632.

To locate the SRP ID on the BlackBerry® smartphone, see KB05508.

During an SRP ID and SRP Authentication Key change the BlackBerry® Enterprise Server must successfully send a switch service command to all devices, resend IT Policy to all devices, and resend all Desktop Service Books to all devices.  This process can take up to 4 hours to complete and the BlackBerry Enterprise Server should not be restarted for at least 4 hours after the SRP ID and SRP Authentication key have been changed. continue

This process will walk through the process of upgrading and migrating an existing BlackBerry® Internet Service account to use BlackBerry® ID via e-mail settings.

1.Once the SIM card has been moved over to the new BlackBerry smartphone running BlackBerry® 7 software and booted up go to the Email setup icon
2.Once the email settings application starts it will go through the following process:

• Checking for updates
• Prompt to enter the BlackBerry ID and Password
• Next there will be a prompt stating what will occur upon logging in
• Click the Ok button and it will verify the BlackBerry ID
• Next it will prompt to activate all email addresses currently integrated on the BlackBerry Internet Service account. The password will need to be entered for each integration to activate them and complete the migration a.Note If the password or secret question for their hosted email account is unknown follow the Hosted password reset process listed under CSO Process KB24162
• Once all email integration’s are activated the normal E-mail settings screen will be presented

3.After the BlackBerry Internet Service account has completed the migration the username in the BIS administration tool will simply state BlackBerry ID.

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If your BlackBerry becomes sluggish, is low on memory or additional data is not being received, the best way to handle this is to reinsert the battery. continue

Here are simple tips to help you optimise and prolong battery life for your handset. Especially for the new OS7 BlackBerry 9900 which has just been released.

In the history of the BlackBerry, previous Bolds were considered to have the best battery life. In comparison the Bold 9900 has a very low battery life. For example: the BlackBerry Bold 9900 battery capacity has dropped from the Bold 9700’s 1500mAh to 1230mAh. With a larger display, touch screen and faster processor, this will result in quicker battery consumption. continue

The BlackBerry Internet Service (BIS) is designed to provide BlackBerry smartphone users with access to email messaging, instant messaging, Internet browsing, and more. BlackBerry Internet Service subscribers can receive automatic delivery of email messages from up to ten email accounts on their BlackBerry smartphones. continue

BBM Music is an easy-to-use cloud-based service that enables social and viral music discovery by allowing users to build an evolving, community-based music library that is shared amongst their BBM Music friends. The size of the music library continues to grow as new friends join the community and each user can select music from a catalog with millions of songs from leading music companies – Universal Music Group, Sony Music Entertainment, Warner Music Group and EMI. continue