Most of you know this but for new people to BlackBerry it may help.   There is an extra button on the side of your BlackBerry that can be assigned to anything you want.   I have mine hooked up to our Screen Grabber app because I take many screen grabs during the day.  Some people like to assign it the camera, or our free flashlight app.   Here is a quick video that will show you how to easily assign that button to the function/app of your choice.   Let me know if you have any problems get...

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Everyone wants to maximize the life of their battery and still use the phone in a normal way. Most tips talk about changing simple settings like backlight timeout and wifi or bluetooth settings. I'm here to tell you that those are not the real problem and they are just guesses. As an engineer I like data to backup what I say. I spent 3 months doing actual tests with a real BlackBerry in all kinds of conditions to see what really hurts the most. This lead to a better understanding of what can really be done ...

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This tip is for all Smartphones and the PlayBook. Move to the next song :  Hold down the Volume Up button. Repeat current song : Hold Volume Down button for 2 seconds. Play previous song again :  Hold Volume Down button for 2 seconds, as soon as current song restarts release it and then hold it down again.  Prev song will then start.

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