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If you don’t want to plug your BlackBerry into your Mac everytime you want to transfer something you can use Bluetooth. First you need to pair your Blackberry with you Mac

On your Blackberry
- Go to Options
- Go to Bluetooth
- Press the Menu key
- Make sure Discoverable is set to Yes
- Save and Exit

On your Mac
- Open System Preferences
- Open Bluetooth
- Under Device, click on “Set up new device”
- Select “Any device”
- Your Mac will find the Blackberry
- You will need to enter a passcode on your Blackberry and the same on your Mac

Once your Blackberry is paired to your Mac you can transfer music, ringtones and pictures to it.

- Open the Media application
- Select Music
- Press the Menu key
- Select “Receive Using Bluetooth”
- On your Mac open up the “Bluetooth File Exchange” program
- Click on File, Send File
- Select the file you want to send and click on Send
- On your BlackBerry choose where you want to save it and click Save

Done!

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After receiving my replacement Blackberry I noticed that my #1 speed dial key for voice mail no longer worked.  Instead what I got was “Invalid Phone Number”.

Telus (my carrier) couldn’t help me so I Googled it.

To fix this issue.

• Go to Phone mode
• View Speed Dial List
• Assign a new temporary number to speed dial #1 or letter W (if using a QWERTY keyboard)
• Save the changes
• Go back to the Speed Dial List
• Remove the number assigned to 1/W
• Save the changes
• Remove the battery from the phone
• Put the battey back it

When your phone boots up again it will re-create the original speed dial to your Voice Mail.

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Last week after fighting with my newly installed Blackberry Server (Blackberry Professional Software) I discovered that it wasn’t a problem with the server config. It was a problem with my Telus rate plan. Apparently my rate plan ($15 unlimited data, yeah I know it’s good) can not interface with a Blackberry Server. I was pretty disappointed with Telus for putting this type of block and not telling me about it when I signed up. Now I have my e-mails downloaded from Outlook Web Access automatically with the Blackberry Internet Service. I am told by Telus that I would need to switch to a 4MB $25, 8MB $40, 30MB $60 or 1024MB $100 plan if I want to connect my blackberry to my server. With the type of data that I use I would most likely need the $100 plan. That’s a difference of $85 per month to sync contacts, calendar appointments, tasks and notes wirelessly. I think I will connect my blackberry to my computer to sync for now until I find a way around it, which I will soon.

The other thing that I found was that the screen scratches pretty easily especially if you don’t use the belt clip. I find the belt clip too geeky and bulky so I stick the phone in my pocket. Sometimes there happens to be keys in there but I’ve never had problems with scratches on previous phones.

Also, if you haven’t already done so you should download all of the Google apps for the blackberry. The apps include Gmail, Maps, Docs, Reader, Picasa, Search, Sync, and News.

If you are looking for a way to access MSN Messenger you might want to try BerryVine Messenger.

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here I am at the zoo. For those of you that don’t have a clue what the zoo is, well it’s a karaoke bar in South Porcupine, ON. I’m on my 8th or 9th beer and thought it would be interesting to write a little something on here from my new blackberry 8830. The karaoke is getting better and better but that can be because I am getting drunker and drunker. That’s alright though because I needed it. I will most likely be updating my blog more often if this works. Ok I am probably one of the only geeks bloging from a bar right now so I am outta here.

By the way, Jenn got a blackberry too now we really look dumb when we go out because we are both geeking away.

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