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Someone above remarked that many included programs "trash the whole look of the blackberry or any phone." That's well said, and I agree. But, on the Blackberry
, it doesn't have to be that way. My own school of thought is that even one's most favored features don't have to be "in one's face" so long as they can be accessed conveniently. That's why I have three "tiers" of accessibility for my own "most useful" features.
The first tier consists of the features I use the most. They are accessible from the home screen via keyboard shortcuts. I have no clickable icons on the home screen:
Features accessible from this clutter-free home screen are: the phone and call log (green button) and/or speed dial; the BlackBerry menu button; turn off phone (red button); address book (A); compose (C); profiles (f); AIM (I); YIM (Y); msn (X); messages (M); browser (B); options (O); lock phone (k); alarm (r); memo pad (d); calendar (l); calculator (u); saved messaged (v); BBM (n); tasks (though I have not needed it) (T), and search and help, should I ever decide to use them (up until now, I have not needed them) (s/h). Although the dialing from home screen feature has to be disabled for these keyboard shortcuts to work, I don't see any need to dial from the home screen when I have at least three other convenient options for placing calls: speed dial, the green button, and my address book.
The second tier consists of features I use less often which are still very useful to me. For these, I don't have shortcuts. Therefore, they are stored as hidden icons, and I access them by hitting the menu key and selecting "show all":
They are: the camera; the video camera; the voice recorder (yes, I do use the voice recorder to record thoughts and ideas for poems); navigation; password keeper ... and my folder for unused features along with their icons and the unused icons for my "Tier 1" features. This folder itself is the third tier.
Also stored in this third, least conveniently accessible tier are the features I will never use: all games (including BrickBreaker), Google Talk, Sprint Music Store, Sprint TV, Facebook, Pocket Express, MySpace, Word To Go, and Slideshow To Go. I will also NEVER use voice dialing ... unless I become blind.Last edited by T�nis; 08-21-09 at 12:22 AM.
08-21-09 12:15 AM - Ok. After reading some of the posts in here, I REALLY have to wonder why some of you even have a Blackberry. It would appear from some of these lists that there are people out there that only use the phone for pete's sake. WHAT is the point of havnig a BB if you don't use some of these apps??? Someone said they don't use E-mail. What is THAT all about? GMAIL? A lot of phones can do that so why a Blackberry? I have one precidely FOR the e-mail and about the only thing I don't make any effort to use are the games. There are a number of apps I rarely use but I try to remember they are there because I paid for them and I'm going touse them darn it!09-03-09 01:22 PM
- I see your point, but I think it is a testament to the versatility of the BBs. You can use it for so many things and still not reach its full potential. To be honest with you, I was mainly a caller and texter when I first got my BB. It took me almost three years to to use most of what it has to offer. And I am still trying new ways to get my money's woth from my device. There are just so $any things you can do with it now and more features and applications are coming out all the time.Ok. After reading some of the posts in here, I REALLY have to wonder why some of you even have a Blackberry. It would appear from some of these lists that there are people out there that only use the phone for pete's sake. WHAT is the point of havnig a BB if you don't use some of these apps??? Someone said they don't use E-mail. What is THAT all about? GMAIL? A lot of phones can do that so why a Blackberry? I have one precidely FOR the e-mail and about the only thing I don't make any effort to use are the games. There are a number of apps I rarely use but I try to remember they are there because I paid for them and I'm going touse them darn it!
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