Ten tips about BlackBerry

Gary Harrison is Sure’s Professional Services Manager. He is one of the island’s leading phone experts, with no less than eight BlackBerry (RIM) and three Microsoft qualifications. As the company celebrates its first birthday in the Isle of Man, Gary shows the growing number of BlackBerry users a few tricks of the trade to make the user experience even quicker and easier!

To type an accented or special character, hold the letter key and roll the trackwheel. When the desired character appears, release the letter key.
To reply to a message, press R. To forward a message, press F. To reply to all, press L.
To move to the top of a screen, press T. To move to the bottom of a screen, press B.
To move down a screen, press the Space key. To move up a screen, press the Shift key + the Space key.
In the Calendar, to change to Agenda view, press A. To change to Day view, press D. To change to Week view, press W. To change to Month view, press M.
To move to the next item, press N. To move to the previous item, press P.
To turn on CAPS lock, press the Alt key + the Right Shift key. To turn off CAPS lock, press the Right Shift key.
To capitalise a letter, hold the letter key until the capitalised letter appears.
To move directly to an item in an options list or menu, press the first letter of the item.
To cut selected text, press the Shift key + the Backspace key. To copy selected text, press the Alt key and click the trackwheel. To paste text, press the Shift key and click the trackwheel.