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Ah ya correct, I do use space bar scroll and speed dial was the best on the 99Yeah, obviously "i" & "o" zoom are my faves. Even more so as eyes age. Lol. T & B are great. Also spacebar scroll works nicely when riding a bumpy bus. "n" for next and "p" for previous are great for browsing photos. Of course there's "r" for reload browser page. "y" for browsing history. "H" for home page. "W" for tabs.... etc.
Don't forget speed dial, also... long press dials assigned #. I set "p" to my most frequently called # and find it easiest by feel. "5" (D) is also easily found by feel.
Mobile communications technology has become integrated into our culture and lives and livelihoods. It's something most of us will spend a big part of our lives doing. Just as well learn to do it efficiently, imo. No better place to optimize communications efficiency than our 9900s, imo.
10-18-17 07:18 PM - I was about to complain but you remembered some more shortcuts in your later post.Well they might have found me but I'm "not all there"
Man the only shortcuts I think I ever use on the 99 is T for too and B for Bottom when page scrolling. There is an entire world I am missing.
Welcome back Ralph.
Posted via CB1010-18-17 08:47 PM - If it does I don't see it. My only explanation is I must've made an old extra profile with my name but when I couldn't login on the 9900 app I tried different emails to make sure I was using the right one and this just popped up.
Sukz that I can't get it working on the 99 app tho but I'll be testing more in here, so if you see weird shiz just ignore it
10-18-17 11:57 PM - Just saw one in a small cellphone case shop, they wanted $125.00 and 200 for a new Q10. Q was nice, wish it had the track pad and quick launch button.Quite the shame watching their self destruction inflicted with such systematic proficiency over these years. It's as if their every
chromosome is dedicated to the proposition that they'll achieve Apple-droid success if they can achieve adequate amateurism. Lol.
I'm doing my best to wrap my mind (and HAND lol) around my new K1. Started to post this on it but wanted to finish this late breakfast so... back on "Ol' lefty" 99. Lol. Omelet was getting cold occupying fork hand with that two handed K. K1 is NOT single handed friendly, imo. Do people designing these things ever USE them? Idk.
I DO know BB set a professional grade standard with 99 that, 6 yrs later, has yet to be challenged, much less surpassed. It's not for lack of technology. I'm convinced it's a conscious choice. To what motive? Mass insanity?? Lol. Idk. Ya know what they say when you start thinking everyone else is nuts... lol.
All I know is, i'd have to be nuts to convince myself I'm getting half as much of what I need to accomplish with this K as I get done with 99. The shame is that they've had 6 years to improve on their PROVEN success. They've shown no interest in even matching it. Imo.
Fortunately, 99 can still function as a typing terminal so... the adolescent "size envy" thing can manifest as secondary phablets. A reasonable, if not preferred, "two handed and a table top" solution.
Posted via CB1010-19-17 01:40 AM - Yep, original Porsche P9981 was based on 9900. They went for $2k. Goes to show the flagship status 9900 commanded. I used a borrowed 9981 for a few hrs once. Decided good old 9900 was more comfortable. Imo.
Also, here's a link to hybrid forums. Great fun over there... my fave was RC22 on 9900. Few quirks on 9930 led me back to good old 1066. A few around here remember the days... true enthusiasts WILL play! Lol.
https://forums.crackberry.com/hybrid-os-f224/
Careful...!!10-19-17 06:25 AM - Interesting. Interesting and encouraging that they even wrote the story. Even more interesting is what parts of the story they omitted... like what happens to ANY business when you thoroughly infuriate and disgust your biggest customer... as RIM did to Verizon over Storm fiasco... especially an "all powerful" customer that dwarfs your business and commands the sales floor AND marketing message on that floor... lol. . OR what happens to ANY business when when a CEO publicly declares virtually all current products as "obsolete" nearly two years before the replacement is even partly ready... Duh... lol.
Instead, the author (probably wisely) stuck with the tired narrative that RIM products "got left behind". When, in fact, our 6 year old 99s, focused like a laser, are STILL waiting for the distracted herd to catch up, imo. A herd that, rather than surpassing 99 on the highway of productive efficiency, simply took a sharp left onto a nicely scenic highway of perpetual distraction. Rather than sticking with their smaller highway they had originally trail blazed, RIM's belated response was to take a slight left with a "tool less" Q. Problem was, that "slight left" steered them straight off ANY highway! Where they found themselves crashing blindly thru the uncharted countryside with no goal other than to just keep going. Lol. I guess "when you're going thru Satan's Oven, ... Keep going!!". Lol
Meanwhile, we 99ers can still, thankfully, enjoy a handset designed to contribute collaboratively with OUR life's pursuits, rather than distract. Imo. Fwiw.10-20-17 07:37 AM - Yep, "hard wired" into muscle memory promotes effective efficiency by co-processing activities that would otherwise distract the cognitive main processor... lol. It perpetually befuddles me how so many folks are ok with dedicating both hands, both eyes and both sides of their brain to their two handed "hand"sets. Lol. I've been developing familiarity with my new K1 but have taken to calling the thing a "handzset". Lol. Its shortcuts help but a reasonably well implemented tool belt could really help that tall thing! Or, a step ladder for reaching commands Google stupidly located at the TOP of the UI. Lol.
One well used shortcut I failed to mention is "Q" for quiet. Easily found by feel, sight unseen. I frequently reach into holster and set to quiet for meetings, etc. Typically, no one even notices. No need to pull the thing & distract both hands, both eyes and both cranial hemispheres just to set to buzz for a meeting.10-20-17 08:04 AM - I still blame Heins, I don't think he had any vision for the company once he took over, and what did he do really?Interesting. Interesting and encouraging that they even wrote the story. Even more interesting is what parts of the story they omitted... like what happens to ANY business when you thoroughly infuriate and disgust your biggest customer... as RIM did to Verizon over Storm fiasco... especially an "all powerful" customer that dwarfs your business and commands the sales floor AND marketing message on that floor... lol. . OR what happens to ANY business when when a CEO publicly declares virtually all current products as "obsolete" nearly two years before the replacement is even partly ready... Duh... lol.
Instead, the author (probably wisely) stuck with the tired narrative that RIM products "got left behind". When, in fact, our 6 year old 99s, focused like a laser, are STILL waiting for the distracted herd to catch up, imo. A herd that, rather than surpassing 99 on the highway of productive efficiency, simply took a sharp left onto a nicely scenic highway of perpetual distraction. Rather than sticking with their smaller highway they had originally trail blazed, RIM's belated response was to take a slight left with a "tool less" Q. Problem was, that "slight left" steered them straight off ANY highway! Where they found themselves crashing blindly thru the uncharted countryside with no goal other than to just keep going. Lol. I guess "when you're going thru Satan's Oven, ... Keep going!!". Lol
Meanwhile, we 99ers can still, thankfully, enjoy a handset designed to contribute collaboratively with OUR life's pursuits, rather than distract. Imo. Fwiw.
The article is a European perspective (I believe) and I think there MIGHT be a slightly differing perspective between Europe, the US and Canada. When I read the article I noticed the positives, the accomplishments. I think that many in Canada who loved Blackberry lost a sense of pride with the troubles at Blackberry. Many of us remember the Nortel fiasco and that was another tech giant that fell further hurting the economy, etc. I see Blackberry as both a victim and to blame for what happened, by stagnating the tech because for years they sat on the top as kings and always thought they would be on top. (This is the Sociologist in me trying to consider different perspectives, different countries, etc)That's not to say they didn't try to innovate but let's face it, they weren't the only company to fall after the iPhone came around. My impression is that Samsung started copying everything that Apple did and they did well. But now I see Samsung and Apple copying each other's features. Remember when Samsung copied BlackBerries and they had a few PKB devices as well. So I lack respect for Samsung.
Can you sum up and describe the "Storm fiasco" in the US?10-20-17 11:09 AM - Well, 99/Classic mute buttons do do mute. Changing profile is probably possible with mute button, at least with a third party app. My 99 is set to change profile to "vibrate only" with press of "q". Classic only changes to "silent" after pressing "q", AFAIK. I don't take enough calls or messages on Classic to make vibrate worth while, for my use anyway. Of course i get by with 99's vibrate in meetings because no one hear's it while holstered. If setting on conference room table during a meeting, for example, i'll switch to full silence, tho. Hearing someone's buzzer rattling on a table top is pretty disrupting. LOL.
Muscle memory has worn a perceptible polished spot on my Classic where convenience key SHOULD have been... lol. I've pressed 99's convenience key to see messages for so many years, just seems natural to do so on Classic. Sure miss that feature on BB10. Welcome it back on K1. K1's is located right at the balance point of the handset, tho. Which makes it a natural place to grasp the thing. I pressed it unintentionally far too many times before filing it flush. Flush works fine for pressing and reduces accidental presses. Also got a Seidio clip holster for it that protects those buttons and, with some judicious filing, i'm able to reach them fine. Without customized trimming (very easily cut plastic) the Seidio holster covers the convenience key. BUT, even tho the clip holster makes an obnoxiously huge device even more ridiculously huge, i find the rotatable belt clip on the back provides a nice ledge for first finger to find grasp of the thing. Permitting at least a little single handed use! Still no way to reach everything on that billboard they call a screen but that's mostly due to "Google Goophy" command button locations.
Yeah, i find the backswipe delete more irritation than help. Thanks to thousands of unique nomenclature and acronyms, we practice "zero error" typing in my office. Deleting typos is a very rare event for us. And SHOULD be for "the professions", at least. IMO. Fortunately, our 99s provide superb zero error typing platform. Great idea! It would be great for swipe to "go back"... Still might be within reach of software...??? Of course a genuine toolbelt is ALWAYS best, IMO. Something that could benefit my monster K1 spectacularly! Oh well...10-20-17 11:49 AM
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