The Gadget Geek's Guide to Your Blackberry And Treo

by Dagys, Andrew

• ISBN13: 9781598631715
• ISBN10: 1598631713
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-03-15
• Publisher: Cengage Learning Ptr

Summary

"The Gadget Geek's Guide to your Blackberry and Treo" covers everything readers need to know about smartphones, from choosing the right device to taking advantage of all the functions and capabilities. Written in a simple and succinct style, the book provides tips, techniques, definitions, and vivid screenshots to help readers master all of the functionalities of both the Blackberry and the Treo. Starting with the basics, the book goes beyond the manual, covering add-ons, hacking, and even Moblogging. Readers learn how to enhance their work, communication, and entertainment using these ever-popular handheld devices.

Table of Contents

Treo Features and Quick Start	1	(22)
Overview Of Your Treo	3	(1)
Using The Navigation Pad	3	(2)
Connecting And Syncing Your Treo 650 With Your Computer	5	(1)
Using Treo's Built-In Productivity Applications	6	(7)
Opening Applications	7	(1)
Calendar	7	(2)
Contacts	9	(1)
Tasks	10	(1)
Memos	11	(1)
Synchronizing Your Productivity Apps	12	(1)
Using The Treo Phone	13	(2)
Making a Call	14	(1)
Receiving a Call	15	(1)
Emailing With Versamail	15	(2)
Push Email Integration	15	(2)
Documents To Go Attachments	17	(1)
Text Messaging With SMS, MMS, And IM	17	(1)
Surfing The Web With The Blazer Web Browser	18	(1)
Using Wifi	19	(1)
Using Bluetooth	19	(1)
Using Expansion Memory Cards	20	(1)
The Realplayer App	21	(1)
Coming Up Next	21	(2)
BlackBerry Features and Quick Start	23	(22)
Overview Of Your BlackBerry 7100G	25	(3)
Using the QWERTY Keypad	26	(1)
Using the Trackwheel and Escape Button	26	(1)
Navigating Your BlackBerry	27	(1)
Using The BlackBerry Desktop Software	28	(3)
Application Loader	28	(1)
Backup/Restore	29	(1)
Intellisync	29	(2)
Using Your BlackBerry's Built-In Productivity Applications	31	(5)
Calendar	31	(2)
Address Book	33	(1)
Task List	34	(1)
MemoPad	35	(1)
Using The BlackBerry Phone	36	(1)
Getting Messages	36	(6)
Establishing Redirector Settings for Outlook	37	(1)
Configuring the BlackBerry Web Client	38	(2)
Setting Up Blackberry Enterprise Server	40	(1)
Sending an Email Message	41	(1)
Instant Messaging With Your BlackBerry	42	(1)
Using The Wireless Web	42	(1)
Using Bluetooth	43	(1)
Coming Up Next	43	(2)
Productive SmartPhones for Work and Home	45	(22)
Locating Contacts And Addresses	46	(6)
Navigating Your Treo 650 Contact List	46	(3)
Locating Contacts in BlackBerry's Address Book	49	(3)
Managing Contacts	52	(4)
Managing Contacts on Your Treo 650	52	(1)
Managing Contacts on Your BlackBerry	53	(1)
Exchanging Contact Information	53	(3)
Using The Calendar	56	(8)
Using Your Treo 650 Calendar	56	(7)
Using BlackBerry Calendar	63	(1)
Managing Tasks	64	(2)
Using Treo's Tasks	64	(1)
Using BlackBerry's Task List	65	(1)
Working With Memos	66	(1)
Using Treo's Memos App	66	(1)
Using BlackBerry MemoPad	66	(1)
Coming Up Next	66	(1)
Communicating with People on Your SmartPhone	67	(38)
Using Your Phone	69	(6)
Understanding GSM/GPRS, EDGE, and CDMA	69	(1)
Using Your BlackBerry Phone	70	(4)
Using Your Treo 650 Phone	74	(1)
Using Email	75	(11)
Setting Up a Treo Email Account	76	(3)
Opening Your Emails	79	(3)
Managing Emails	82	(2)
Opening Email Attachments	84	(1)
Creating a Group Distribution List	85	(1)
Using SMS And MMS	86	(6)
Composing, Sending, and Opening SMS Messages	87	(3)
Composing, Sending, and Opening MMS Messages	90	(2)
Instant Messaging	92	(11)
Signing Up with Yahoo!	93	(1)
Using Your BlackBerry with the Built-in Yahoo! Messenger	93	(4)
Instant Messaging with Your Treo 650 Using Yahoo! Mobile	97	(1)
Using VeriChat	98	(5)
Coming Up Next	103	(2)
Browsing the Web with Your SmartPhone	105	(24)
Why Bother With The Mobile Web?	107	(1)
Browsing Web Pages	107	(3)
Using Treo's Blazer Browser	108	(1)
Using the BlackBerry Browser	109	(1)
Bookmarking Web Sites	110	(1)
Bookmarking Sites with Your Treo	110	(1)
Bookmarking Sites with Your BlackBerry	110	(1)
Saving Web Pages, Requests, And Images	111	(1)
Saving Information Using Your Treo	111	(1)
Saving Information Using Your BlackBerry	112	(1)
Viewing And Managing Bookmarked And Saved Pages	112	(3)
Viewing and Managing Bookmarked and Saved Pages on Your Treo	113	(1)
Viewing and Managing Bookmarks and Images on Your BlackBerry	114	(1)
Copying Information From A Web Site	115	(1)
Copying Web Information on Your Treo	115	(1)
Copying Web Information on Your BlackBerry	116	(1)
Forwarding Web Information	116	(1)
Forwarding Information with Your Treo	116	(1)
Forwarding Information with Your BlackBerry	116	(1)
Searching	117	(6)
Searching with the Treo	117	(1)
Searching with the BlackBerry	118	(1)
Searching with Google Mobile	118	(5)
Downloading Files From Web Pages To Your Treo	123	(1)
Configuring Security Features On Your Blackberry	124	(1)
Clearing The Cache	125	(1)
Speeding Up Browsing	126	(1)
Coming Up Next	127	(2)
Enhancing Your Lifestyle with Your SmartPhone	129	(18)
Picture And Video Basics	130	(7)
Taking a Picture with Your Treo 650	131	(3)
Viewing Pictures on Your Treo 650	134	(1)
Recording a Video Using Your Treo 650	135	(2)
Viewing Videos on Your Treo 650	137	(1)
Managing Pictures And Video On Your Treo 650	137	(4)
Copying Media Elements to a Memory Card	138	(1)
Deleting Media Elements from Your Device's Internal Memory	138	(1)
Working with Albums	139	(1)
Sharing Pictures and Videos	140	(1)
Enjoying Music On Your Treo 650	141	(5)
Downloading Music from Your Computer	142	(1)
Transferring Music from a CD to Your Treo	143	(1)
Listening to Music on Your Treo	144	(1)
Creating and Playing Playlists	145	(1)
Editing a Playlist	145	(1)
Coming Up Next	146	(1)
Customizing Your Device	147	(28)
Customizing Your Calendar	148	(2)
Tweaking Your BlackBerry Calendar	148	(2)
Tailoring Your Treo 650 Calendar	150	(1)
Personalizing Your Contacts	150	(1)
Customizing the BlackBerry Address Book	150	(1)
Adjusting Your Treo 650 Contacts Preferences	151	(1)
Tailoring Your Tasks	151	(1)
Establishing Your BlackBerry Task List Preferences	151	(1)
Setting Your Treo 650 Task Preferences	151	(1)
Molding Your Memos	152	(1)
Exploring Your Phone Options	153	(3)
Setting BlackBerry Phone Options	153	(1)
Specifying Treo 650 Ring and Alert Tones	154	(2)
Configuring Your Email	156	(6)
Setting BlackBerry Email Options	157	(2)
Establishing Treo 650 Email Options	159	(3)
Tweaking Your Web Browser	162	(4)
Configuring Your BlackBerry Browser	162	(3)
Setting Your Treo 650 Browser Properties	165	(1)
Customizing SMS And MMS	166	(1)
Setting SMS and MMS Preferences in Your BlackBerry	166	(1)
Establishing SMS and MMS Preferences in Your Treo 650	166	(1)
Establishing Your Instant-Messaging Preferences	167	(1)
Power Setting Tips For The BlackBerry And Treo 650	167	(2)
Working with Your BlackBerry Power Settings	168	(1)
Setting Your Treo Power Preferences	168	(1)
More Options And Preferences	169	(4)
Setting the Treo 650's Auto-Keyguard and Disabling the Touchscreen	169	(1)
Setting Screen Preferences	170	(1)
Setting Wallpaper Themes	171	(2)
Coming Up Next	173	(2)
Cool and Useful Tips and Tricks	175	(16)
Integrating Your Treo Phone With Other APPS	176	(3)
Listening to Music	176	(1)
Viewing Contacts	177	(1)
Viewing Calendar Events	177	(1)
Returning a Call with the NotePad	178	(1)
Getting Full Contact Information for Phone Favorites	179	(1)
Tricks For The BlackBerry Phone	179	(1)
Treo Calendar Tips And Tricks	180	(1)
Dragging to Reschedule Calendar Events	180	(1)
Indexing and Searching Your Calendar of Events	180	(1)
Searching Your Calendar for Contacts	181	(1)
Tricks For The BlackBerry Calendar	181	(1)
Quickly Adding and Deleting Appointments	181	(1)
Quickly Modifying and Rescheduling Appointments	181	(1)
Treo Message And Text Tricks	182	(2)
Spotting Changeable Data	182	(1)
Highlighting and Copying Text	183	(1)
Accessing Special Characters	183	(1)
Using Search Keywords	184	(1)
Messaging And Typing On A BlackBerry	184	(4)
Treo Blazer Tips	188	(1)
BlackBerry Browser Tips	188	(1)
Setting Treo Application Buttons	188	(1)
Coming Up Next	189	(2)
Killer Add-on Applications for Your BlackBerry	191	(20)
Downloading Third-Party Apps	192	(4)
Downloading Applications to Your Desktop	193	(2)
Downloading Apps to Your BlackBerry	195	(1)
Killer Applications For Your Blackberry	196	(13)
eOffice Professional Edition	197	(1)
IM+ Mobile Instant Messenger	197	(1)
PocketMac for BlackBerry	198	(1)
My Expense Tracker for BlackBerry	198	(1)
My Time Tracker for BlackBerry	199	(1)
ExpenseManager	199	(1)
Total Fitness for BlackBerry	200	(1)
FitCalc for BlackBerry	201	(1)
MedicineNet's Pocket Guide to Medications for BlackBerry	202	(1)
Medical Dictionary for BlackBerry	202	(1)
MP3 Ringtones for 7100 BlackBerry	203	(1)
BlackBerry Ring Tone Megaplex	203	(1)
Pocket Express	203	(1)
Stock Tracker 2.0 for 7100 BlackBerry	204	(1)
Express Movies	204	(1)
HelloWorld Map Browser	205	(1)
Amplified for BlackBerry	205	(1)
Concise Oxford English Dictionary and MSDict Viewer 2	205	(1)
English Thesaurus for BlackBerry	206	(1)
Wordcaster	206	(1)
NetWalk for BlackBerry	206	(1)
Mobile Warzones---Desert Warfare	207	(1)
Reef War	207	(1)
Ascendo Photos for BlackBerry	207	(1)
WorldCam---Live WebCam Viewer	208	(1)
Freeware and Shareware	208	(1)
Coming Up Next	209	(2)
Killer Add-on Applications for Your Treo 650	211	(18)
Downloading Third-Party APPS	212	(3)
Installing Third-Party Applications from a Windows Computer	212	(2)
Installing Third-Party Applications from a Macintosh Computer	214	(1)
Wirelessly Downloading Apps to Your Treo 650	215	(1)
Removing Applications	215	(1)
Killer Applications For Your Treo 650	216	(12)
Quickoffice Premier for Palm OS---PowerPoint, Word, and Excel	217	(1)
Documents to Go Premium Edition for Windows	217	(1)
ExpensePlus	218	(1)
995 Unit Converter	218	(1)
NeoCal	218	(1)
mVoice	219	(1)
VoiceDiallt	220	(1)
Audacity Audio	220	(1)
Life Balance	221	(1)
Diet and Exercise Assistant	221	(1)
Ringo Pro---Treo MP3 Ringtone Player	222	(1)
Ultrasoft Money	222	(1)
Pocket Quicken	223	(1)
MobiTV for Treo 650	223	(1)
Directions On-the-Go	224	(1)
MyBible 4 with NIV Bible (for Macintosh)	224	(1)
The Sci-Fi Mega Collection	225	(1)
Scrabble for Palm OS	225	(1)
Sudoku Master	225	(1)
Atari Retro for Palm OS	225	(1)
Village Sim	226	(1)
Pocket DVD Studio	226	(1)
NoviiAnimator	227	(1)
Freeware, Shareware, and eBooks	227	(1)
Coming Up Next	228	(1)
Moblogging with Your SmartPhone	229	(22)
Blogging, Podcasting, Vlogging, And Photo Blogging Defined	230	(2)
Capturing Podcasts And Vlogs	232	(8)
Desktop Aggregators	233	(4)
Web-Based Aggregators	237	(1)
Aggregators for the Mobile Internet	238	(2)
Test-Driving The Juice Aggregator	240	(6)
Exploring Juice	240	(1)
Downloading and Listening to Your First Podcast	241	(1)
Adding a New Podcast Feed from Juice's Directory	242	(3)
Adding a New Podcast Feed from Outside the Juice Directory	245	(1)
Moblogging Your Own Podcasts And Vlogs	246	(3)
Flickr (http://www.flickr.com)	247	(1)
TextAmerica (http://www.textamerica.com)	248	(1)
vBlog Central (http://www.vblogcentral.com)	248	(1)
SnapNPost.com (http://www.snapnpost.com)	248	(1)
Buzznet.com (http://www.buzznet.com)	249	(1)
mo:Blog (http://www.tektonica.com/moblog)	249	(1)
Coming Up Next	249	(2)
The BlackBerry or the Treo 650?	251	(12)
Price	252	(1)
Design	253	(1)
Technical Specifications	254	(1)
Hardware Features	255	(1)
Software Features	256	(2)
Interface	258	(1)
Navigation	258	(1)
Multimedia Capabilities	259	(1)
Quick Reference Technical Summary	259	(2)
Closing Thoughts	261	(2)
Appendix A Glossary of Terms	263	(12)
Index	275