A powerful tool that I always recommend to BlackBerry® device owners is BlackBerry® Desktop Software for PC or Mac. It allows you to perform such useful tasks as updating software, backing up your personal data, and setting up Wi-Fi® music sync with your BlackBerry smartphone.

Today we’ll start at the beginning with BlackBerry Desktop Software for PC by going through the setup wizard. The wizard is a great way to get started with many of the features available in the BlackBerry Desktop Software for both BlackBerry smartphones and BlackBerry® PlayBook™ tablets.

Getting started with “Add a new BlackBerry device”

If this is the first time you are connecting a BlackBerry device to the BlackBerry Desktop Software after installation, it will recognize this and prompt you with a getting started wizard.

“Do you want to use your enterprise email account with this BlackBerry device?”

The first screen asks if you would like to “Add my enterprise email account” which will activate your BlackBerry smartphone on your companies’ BlackBerry® Enterprise Server. If you do not have access to a BlackBerry Enterprise Server, you can skip this step. If you are unsure, skip this step for now and contact your IT department for assistance since you can always add your enterprise email account later.

“When I connect my device”

These options allow you to automate some important features that you will want to use in the BlackBerry Desktop Software.

• Backup my Device – Check this box and then choose from the drop down if you want a backup preformed daily, weekly, bi-weekly or monthly.
• Organizer data (Smartphone only) – Check this box if you will be synchronizing your smartphone contacts, calendar, tasks and memos with a supported client such as Microsoft® Outlook®. To view other supported organizers, view the BlackBerry Desktop Software system requirements.
• Media Files – Check this box if you would like to sync media such as music and videos from a supported source to your BlackBerry device.
• My computer’s data and time with my device (Smartphone only) – This feature ensures that your computer data and time matches the BlackBerry smartphone’s date and time so that the calendar and task apps date and time settings are not altered when synchronized.

“Media Settings”

• Music source: Choose your respective media source from the drop down
• Store media on: Choose to sync your media to the device’s internal storage or an inserted microSD media card (smartphone only)

Note: Not sure if your BlackBerry smartphone has internal storage? To find out read the user guide for your BlackBerry device.

After clicking “Finish”, the Getting Started wizard will close and you will be shown the BlackBerry Desktop Software main interface. If you selected to automate the backup feature then one will be performed at this stage. Also, if you chose Organizer data then you will be prompted to configure this feature as well — you may cancel this step and complete it at a later date if desired.

The BlackBerry Desktop Software

Now that the setup wizard is complete and you have set up your BlackBerry smartphone, visit the BlackBerry Desktop Software for PC website to learn more about the various features offered by BlackBerry Desktop Software.

Have a question about becoming familiar with the BlackBerry Desktop Software for PC? Leave one below!

Planning a vacation couldn’t be easier thanks to several useful apps available for BlackBerry® smartphones. These handy apps allow you to book your trip, plan it out, and even share it with friends and family. Let’s dive right in!

1. Organize with BlackBerry Messenger Groups

Keep in touch with the friends and family using BlackBerry® Messenger (BBM™) and BBM Groups. BBM Groups allow you to create a shared calendar that can be used by members to help plan activities and events. You can also take advantage of lists — an easy way to plan ahead so you don’t forget anything.

Here’s a quick overview of how to add a calendar appointment and share the contents of it with members of a BBM Group.

1. Open the Calendar app from the Home screen, or from within a folder
2. Press the menu key and select “New Appointment”, or navigate to the specific time and select it
3. Choose the BBM Groups calendar
4. Enter the Subject and location
5. Press the Menu key and select Save.

If you need some help setting up group chats or a BBM Group, these additional blog posts will get you started!

• Get to Know BlackBerry Messenger
• BlackBerry Messenger Groups: Share pictures, lists and chat with several friends at once
• Five Tip Friday – Five Tips for Unleashing the Power of BlackBerry Messenger

2. Keep on track with BlackBerry Maps

BlackBerry® Maps not only helps you get where you need to go, but you can mark sporting venues, restaurants, and even a spot on the sidewalk as favorites so you can find your way back there again. Another great feature is “Find a Location” — use this feature to find food, drink, services, and shopping close to your current location.

To use the “Find a Location” Feature:

1. Press the Menu key and select “Find a Location”
2. Enter a search term such as “coffee” or enter an address
3. Press the Menu key and select “Start Search”.

If you would like more information on BlackBerry Maps, I suggest taking a look at Ty’s blog post Five reasons why BlackBerry Maps is awesome!

3. Inform or Stay informed with Twitter for BlackBerry smartphones

Share your trip as you experience it with Twitter® for BlackBerry smartphones (as long as it’s 140 characters or less, of course). Twitter is also a great way to get up-to-the-minute information from your favorite news outlets and more. One of my favorite features is the ability to save searches so I can easily run the same search again in the future.

To save a search, complete the following steps:

1. Open the Twitter app from your Home screen or from within a folder
2. Select the magnifying glass along the top of the app
3. Enter your search criteria and press enter to start searching
4. To save your search query, press the Menu key and select “Save Search”.

4. BlackBerry Travel Helps Keep You Organized

As Ty mentioned in the post Five Tip Friday – Traveling with a BlackBerry smartphone, BlackBerry® Travel is designed to make it easier to plan, book, manage and share your travel activities. This app can help you find hotel and car rental options, and it will also scan your Messages app and export all supported travel email messages.

The real tip here is to read the blog post mentioned above — not only does it have additional information on BlackBerry Travel, but also information on other apps that may help you on your journey.

5. Pictures and Video

Whenever you are heading to an event, make sure you take lots of pictures and video on your BlackBerry smartphone so you can enjoy those memories down the road. Be sure to update your various social media profile pictures as well when you get home so you can share your experience with friends and family.

In case you need some help with recording and sharing pictures, here are some posts that will get you started and hopefully provide you with some ideas:

• How to take photos with a BlackBerry 6 smartphone
• How to copy and share photos taken with a BlackBerry smartphone
• How to Record and Share HD videos with BlackBerry 7

Do you have a tip you’d like to share? Leave a comment below and let us know!

Recently I tried to snap a picture while using my BlackBerry® smartphone and a new message was displayed that I hadn’t seen before. I had ignored the reminder my BlackBerry® Bold™ 9900 smartphone displayed when there was only space for 25 pictures left, and now my removable microSD® 8 GB card was full. However, my BlackBerry smartphone had my back – I quickly changed my camera settings so that pictures saved to the internal storage. I was then able to continue and take the photo.

I had two options at this point: Move pictures I’ve taken on my BlackBerry smartphone to a computer, or upgrade to a larger microSD media card. Jump ahead a few days and I’m ready to install my new 32 GB microSD card. Since I have data on my old 8 GB microSD card, here’s an overview of how to move this information to a new, larger microSD card.

A Few Things to Consider

• Notifications for when you are running low on free space can be slightly different depending on which version of BlackBerry® Device Software you are currently using. To learn more about how your smartphone notifies you when it is running low on space, consult the user guide for your device.
• Something else you should be aware of is that some models of BlackBerry smartphones do not have an internal storage option. To find out if your BlackBerry smartphone has this feature, jump to www.blackberry.com/smartphones and click on your device.
• Part of this process requires using the BlackBerry smartphone as a USB mass storage device. If you have never used the mass storage mode for your device check out our blog post about using your BlackBerry smartphone as a USB drive.
• You also may need to have the BlackBerry Desktop Software for PC installed depending on what OS your computer is using. We won’t be using BlackBerry Desktop Software for the media card swap, but it does have the necessary software your computer needs to recognize the BlackBerry smartphone if it is not recognized by your computer. If you do not have the BlackBerry Desktop for PC software installed, you can download it from the BlackBerry Desktop Software page.
• Another important thing to keep in mind is if your BlackBerry smartphone has the built-in storage feature and a removable microSD card, each one will show as a different drive when you connect your BlackBerry smartphone to your computer. If you see more than one drive, the microSD card will always be labeled as “BlackBerry2”.

Note: To find out what microSD cards are supported by your smartphone, check out BlackBerry Knowledge Base Article KB05461 – MicroSD card sizes supported by the BlackBerry Device Software, which can be found in the BlackBerry Technical Solution Center.

Alright, with the above being said, here’s how to move data from one microSD card to another!

1. Connect your BlackBerry smartphone to the computer, then click “Start” and select “My Computer”.

2. Under Devices with Removable Storage, locate the BlackBerry USB drive for the microSD card. If you see more than one BlackBerry drive, the microSD card will always labeled as “BlackBerry2”:

3. Right click on “BlackBerry2” and select “Copy”.

4. Choose the location on the computer where you want to copy the data, for example, your Desktop then right click and select “Paste”.

5. When the copy process is completed, disconnect your BlackBerry smartphone from the PC.

6. Remove the old microSD card from your BlackBerry smartphone and install the new microSD card. For assistance inserting a microSD card, check out the documentation for your smartphone.

7. Your BlackBerry smartphone will recognize that a new microSD card has been inserted. Because this is a new media card and we know it contains no previous data, choose “Yes” to format the microSD card.

Note: If this is not a new microSD card, any old data on the microSD card will be lost if you select “Yes” when prompted to format the microSD Card. Please ensure that any old data is backed up prior to formatting the microSD card.

8. Connect your BlackBerry smartphone to the computer, then click “Start” and choose “My Computer”.

9. Open the folder you copied to your computer during step 4. Inside the folder, right click on the folder labeled “BlackBerry” and select “Copy”.

10. Under Devices with Removable Storage, locate the BlackBerry USB drive for the microSD card and open it. As mentioned in Step 2, the microSD card may be displayed as “BlackBerry2”.

11. Right click on the open window and choose “Paste”. A message may appear indicating that the folder already exists; choose “Yes to All” will overwrite the existing folders with the data we copied from your old microSD card.

You have now swapped your data to a larger card, so go out and take more pictures!

Got a question or comment? Make sure you leave a comment and let us know!

How many of you BlackBerry® smartphone users have lots of pictures that you’ve taken with your device that you haven’t backed up or stored elsewhere (such as your computer’s photo library)? If you said yes to this question, stay tuned because today I’ll be providing an overview of how you can safely store the photos on your BlackBerry smartphone in another location, so in the event that you lose your device, priceless memories are not lost!

This week I’ll be focusing on how to do this using BlackBerry® Desktop Software for PC and the USB Drive feature of the BlackBerry smartphone.

Transfer pictures using BlackBerry Desktop Software for PC

If you are not already familiar with BlackBerry Desktop Software, it is an application you can install on your PC that allows you do things such as synchronize your media and personal information, as well as add and remove programs from your BlackBerry smartphone. Before proceeding, if you haven’t installed it yet, visit the BlackBerry Desktop Software for PC website to download it and learn more about some of the features available. After installing it, here’s a quick overview of how to import your photos from your smartphone:

1. Connect your smartphone or tablet to your computer and open BlackBerry Desktop Software
2. In BlackBerry Desktop Software, click “Pictures”
3. Click the “Device Pictures” tab
4. If you want to import all your pictures, including pictures that have been imported previously, in the drop-down list, click “All device pictures”
5. Click “Import”, and when the process is completed, select “Click here” to view imported pictures on your PC.

At this point, depending on the option you selected, your photos will now be stored on your PC so you can use your favorite photo application to personalize and share your pictures. An important thing to keep in mind is that importing photos does not remove them from your BlackBerry smartphone, so to prevent running out of space, you should double-check how much free space you have available and remove some pictures so you can take more in the future.

Checking free space on a BlackBerry smartphone and BlackBerry® PlayBook™ tablet

An easy way to check your free space on BlackBerry® 6 and BlackBerry® 7 OS smartphones is to highlight the Pictures app, press the Menu key and select “Memory Usage”. After doing this, a dialog box will appear with a breakdown of memory usage on your BlackBerry smartphone. Click “Details” to see a more detailed breakdown of how much space items such as music, ring tones, pictures and more take up. If you use BlackBerry Device Software 5.0 or earlier, select “Options” followed by “Status” to view the amount of free space on your BlackBerry smartphone.

If you use a BlackBerry PlayBook tablet, you can check your free space by opening the settings, which you can accomplish by tapping the gear icon that appears on the top right corner of the home screen. After doing this, select “About” followed by selecting “Hardware” in the dropdown box to view your free space.

If you decide to remove some photos to make more room, check out the overviews below on how to explore the file system on a BlackBerry smartphone and BlackBerry PlayBook tablet using a USB cable, which will allow you to delete photos. You also have the option of using the Pictures app on a BlackBerry smartphone or BlackBerry PlayBook tablet to delete photos as well. Before you begin, I’d recommend identifying where you currently store photos on your BlackBerry smartphone. To do this, complete the following steps:

1. On the BlackBerry, open the Camera app
2. Press the Menu key and select “Options”
3. Review the Storage section, which will indicate where pictures are currently being stored.

Transfer photos using the BlackBerry smartphone USB Drive feature

BlackBerry smartphones include a USB Drive feature that allows you to access it, similar to a USB memory drive that many of us have on our key chains. This feature is my preferred method for copying files to and from my BlackBerry smartphone, as I can delete photos I’ve copied or imported earlier using BlackBerry Desktop Software, which means I’ll always have room to take more pictures.

1. Connect your BlackBerry smartphone to your PC
2. On the BlackBerry smartphone, select “USB Drive” when the option appears on your home screen

• If the BlackBerry smartphone is password protected, you’ll need to unlock it in order to access the USB Drive option.

3. On the PC, click “Start” followed by “My Computer”
4. My Computer will now display your storage drives including ”Devices with Removable Storage” which is where the BlackBerry drives will appear

• In the screenshot below, I have two options – ”BlackBerry1” and ”BlackBerry2”. The reason for this is because I am using a MicroSD card in addition to the memory that’s built into my BlackBerry® Bold™ 9900 smartphone. By default, BlackBerry1 is the memory that’s built into the smartphone and BlackBerry2 is the MicroSD card that’s been inserted.

5. After selecting the drive you’d like to work with, browse to one of the following paths (you may have both, or one of these options)

• Built-in Memory: BlackBerry1\home\user
• MicroSD: BlackBerry2\BlackBerry

6. Drag a file from a location on your computer to a folder on your tablet. You can also delete files if desired from your BlackBerry smartphone.

Transfer photos from a BlackBerry PlayBook tablet using USB File Sharing

An easy way to copy files to and from the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet is to use USB File Sharing. This method does use a USB cable, but you also have the option of using Wi-Fi® File Sharing as well (to learn more on this, check our post on How to use Wi-Fi Sharing to copy files to and from a BlackBerry PlayBook tablet.) To get started with USB File Sharing, complete the following steps:

1. On your BlackBerry PlayBook tablet, tap the Gear icon on the home screen followed by Storage and Sharing
2. Set the File Sharing switch to “On”

3. To set a password to help protect your files, tap “Password”
4. Connect your tablet to your computer using a USB cable.
5. Your computer automatically maps your tablet to a drive on your computer. To view the drive, click “Start” on your PC followed by “My Computer”, and the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet drive should appear as per the screenshot below.
a. If prompted for login details, the username is “playbook” and the password is the one you created in step 3.
6. Drag a file from a location on your tablet to a folder on your computer. You can also delete files on your tablet, if desired.

Got a question about photos? Leave a comment and let me know.

Hi #TeamBlackBerry! This week’s Five Tip Friday, focuses on using multimedia on your BlackBerry® smartphone or BlackBerry® PlayBook™ tablet – for example, playing music or using the BlackBerry® Podcasts app to watch your favorite channels (one of my favorite things!).

Let’s get started:

1. BlackBerry smartphone – Synchronizing music over the air using Wi-Fi® Music Sync

If you use BlackBerry® Desktop Software to synchronize your music, you’ll want to start using Wi-Fi® Music Sync! Simply put, this feature creates a listing of all the music you’ve synchronized onto your BlackBerry smartphone in addition to other music in your library that you haven’t synchronized yet.

The next time you find music in your library that isn’t on your BlackBerry smartphone, you can use Wi-Fi Music Sync to mark it. That way, the next time you are on the same Wi-Fi network as the computer that you installed BlackBerry Desktop Software on, the music you chose will automatically synchronize to your BlackBerry smartphone.

In order to use Wi-Fi Music Sync, your BlackBerry smartphone must be running BlackBerry® 6. The learn more about this feature and how to use it, check out BlackBerry Desktop Software website and review the User Guide that applies to you below:

• BlackBerry Desktop Software for Windows 6.1
• BlackBerry Desktop Software for Mac 2.1.1

2. BlackBerry smartphone & BlackBerry PlayBook tablet - Navigate Music using Volume keys

A feature I find most people overlook is the ability to use the volume keys to change the song while playing music. Just tap and hold Volume Up to move to the next song, and hold Volume Down for two seconds to start the current song over again, or three seconds to play the previous song again. For more useful tips and tricks, check out the user guide for your BlackBerry smartphone.

3. BlackBerry smartphone & BlackBerry PlayBook tablet – Enable Audio Boost

The audio boost feature allows you to amplify the volume more than the normal volume settings allow for songs, ring tones, and videos. I use the Audio Boost feature whenever I have my BlackBerry smartphone hooked up to my home stereo’s auxiliary input. If you use headphones, be careful with this setting as the music can get pretty loud!

To enable Audio Boost on a BlackBerry smartphone, complete the following steps:

1. On the Home screen, click the Media icon.
2. Press the Menu key and select Media Options.
3. Select the Audio Boost check box.
4. Read the warning on the screen and if you want to proceed, click Yes.
5. Press the Menu key and select Save.

To enable Audio Boost on a BlackBerry PlayBook tablet, complete the following steps.

1. On the Home screen, click on the Gear icon in the top right corner
2. Tap Sounds.
3. Select the Headphone Audio Boost check box.
4. Read the warning on the screen and if you want to proceed, click Ok.

4. BlackBerry smartphone – Tips for saving battery, and managing free space while using BlackBerry Podcasts!

Since it’s the summer and I’m traveling a lot, I don’t always have the ability to charge my BlackBerry device, so this setting saved me some battery life. To use this feature, complete the following steps:

1. Open the Podcasts app.
2. Press the Menu key and select Options.
3. Select the Only download Podcasts while charging checkbox.

Make sure you check out the other options, including ‘When new episodes are found,’ which allows you to manage the number of episodes BlackBerry Podcasts keeps for each channel you’ve subscribed to. For more useful information, check out the BlackBerry Podcasts user guide.

5. BlackBerry PlayBook tablet – Playing Multimedia in background tabs while using the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet Browser

If you’ve updated your BlackBerry PlayBook tablet to BlackBerry Tablet OS Version 1.0.7, you’ll be able to take advantage of multimedia playback in background tabs while using the Browser. For example, this allows you to listen to an online radio station in a background tab while checking another website.

All you need to do whenever you come across a website with multimedia that you’d like to keep playing in a background tab, just swipe down and select the New Tab, and start browsing again. Something to keep in mind is that some websites may not support this feature depending on how the multimedia is displayed on the website.

Got a tip you’d like to share? Leave a comment and let us know!

Have you ever captured something awesome on the video camera of your BlackBerry® smartphone and wanted to share it with others? Maybe you caught some footage of your dog chasing its own tail, or your friend’s funny celebration after scoring a goal during a football game. Today I’d like to provide an overview of the various options available to you when you decide to share these videos with your friends and family.

If you haven’t had the opportunity to capture a video on your BlackBerry smartphone, let’s go through the steps now, so that you can try out the sharing options.

To capture a video on your BlackBerry smartphone, select the Video Camera icon – which can be found within the Media folder – and tap the Record button that appears in the middle of the screen to start recording. You can zoom in and out by swiping up and down on the trackpad/ball, as well as toggling the video lighting feature on and off by tapping the spacebar. After capturing your video, press the Menu key and select Rename; this function will allow you to pick a new name for your video.

It’s easy to share your new video with your family and friends after you’ve finished capturing it on your device – all you need to do is select the Mail Envelope icon labeled Send. After you select this option, you will be presented with a list of ways you can send this video to your contacts.

You can also send a previously captured video to your contacts. To do this, select the Videos option that appears in the Media folder. Highlight the video you would like to share, and select Send from the Menu. After you select this option, you will be presented with a list of ways in which you can send the video to your contacts.

As mentioned earlier, when you select the Send option, several methods to share the video are presented to you. Here are some of the options I use the most.

• Upload to YouTube® – This option will allow you to upload your video to the YouTube website. During the upload process, you’ll be able to specify broadcast options in addition to specifying other important information, such as tags and which category the video should appear in. (Prior to uploading your video to YouTube, please read the terms and conditions which apply to uploading videos to YouTube.)

• Email – This option will allow you to attach your video file in 3GP format to a new email message . If you have multiple email addresses integrated within your BlackBerry smartphone, change the Send Using field to the email address that you would like to send the new email message from.

• Messenger Contact – This option will allow you to send the video and description of the video to a contact within BlackBerry® Messenger (BBM™). The BlackBerry Messenger contact will be given the option to accept or decline the video transfer.

• Bluetooth® – If you are paired with another BlackBerry smartphone using Bluetooth, you can transfer the video file over the Bluetooth connection. For more information on how to use this feature, check out an overview of the Bluetooth feature contained in the following knowledge base article: “Transfer a file using Bluetooth technology between two BlackBerry smartphones.”

Now that you are aware of the various methods of sharing a video, pick one and try it out with a friend. Depending how you share videos, you might incur additional charges from your wireless provider. Contact you’re your wireless provider to confirm the details of your data plan before sharing any videos if you are unsure.

If you have any questions about sharing videos, leave a comment and let me know!

Don’t forget to the visit the BlackBerry Support Community Forums and say hi to @BlackBerryHelp on Twitter®.

One of the easiest ways to personalize your BlackBerry® smartphone is to change the default Sounds and Alerts Profiles. I’d like to provide an overview of how these profiles work and what options you can modify to suit your needs! This means custom sounds and alerts for anything ranging from phone calls, messages, reminders and browser content in addition to other applications.

This overview will be applicable for any BlackBerry smartphone that is using BlackBerry® 6. If you are using a different version of BlackBerry® Device Software, check out the user guide for information on how to configure the Sounds and Alerts Profiles on the operating system for your BlackBerry smartphone. In case you don’t know which version of BlackBerry Device Software you are using, check out this knowledge base article.

Additionally, to find out if BlackBerry 6 is available for your particular BlackBerry smartphone model, check out this post which provides information on how to perform a web-based BlackBerry software update. Provided your wireless provider supports it, you may be able to upgrade to BlackBerry 6.

Provided you are using BlackBerry 6, let’s get started!

Modifying and changing Sounds and Alerts Profiles while using BlackBerry 6 is very easy. All you need to do is tap the Speaker icon that appears in the top left corner of the home screen, or select the Sounds and Alerts Profiles icon on your home screen.

When it comes to Sounds and Alerts Profiles, BlackBerry Device Software includes a total of seven profiles by default: – Normal, Loud, Medium, Vibrate Only, Silent, Phone Calls Only and All Alerts Off. Within these profiles, you’ll be able to specify any audio file that is stored in memory on your BlackBerry smartphone or on your media card.

By default, some of these profiles are based on settings in the Normal sound profile. This means that if you change the ringtone within the Normal profile, the ringtone you have selected will also be specified in the Loud, Medium & Phone Call Only Sounds and Alerts Profiles. If you do not want to use the ringtone set in the Normal profile, you can manually set the ringtone that’s used in the Loud, Medium or Phone Call Only Sounds and Alerts Profiles.

You also have the ability to create contact alerts that will alert you when particular contacts call or send you a message. Contact alerts are always turned on and do not turn off unless you select the All Alerts Off profile. This means that if you select the Silent or Vibrate Only profile, the contact alert will still occur.

So now that we know how the Sounds and Alerts Profiles work, let’s set them up!

How to change your Ring Tone

1. On your Home screen, select the Sounds and Alerts Profiles icon.
2. Select Change Sounds and Alerts > Sounds for Selected Profile.
• To change your ring tone, click Phone.
• To change notifiers or reminders, click to expand a section and select an option.
3. In the Ring Tone, Notifier Tone, or Reminder Tone field, do one of the following:
• Click a tone.
• To use a song that is on your BlackBerry smartphone or on a media card, click All Music. Find and click a song.
• To use a voice note that you recorded, click All Voice Notes. Find and select a voice note.
• To use a preloaded alert, click All Alerts. Find and select an alert.
4. Press the Menu key and select Save.

How to add a Custom Sounds and Alerts Profile

1. On the Home screen, select the Sounds and Alerts Profiles icon.
2. Select Change Sounds and Alerts > Profile Management > Add Custom Profile.
3. In the Name field, type a name for the new profile.
4. Select the item that you want to change.
5. Change the ring tone, notifier, or reminder information.
6. Press the Menu key and select Save.

To delete a custom profile, highlight it, press the Menu key and select Delete.

How to add a new Contact Alert

1. On the Home screen, select the Sounds and Alerts Profiles icon.
2. Select Change Sounds and Alerts > Sounds for Contacts > Add Contact Alert.
3. In the Name field, type the name of the contact alert.
4. In the Contacts field, type the name of the contact.
5. Select a Contact.
6. Change the ring tone and alert information for calls and messages.
7. Press the Menu and select Save.

To delete a contact alert, highlight it, press the Menu key and select Delete.

As you can see, customizing your Sounds and Alerts Profiles is simple, and it allows you to personalize your BlackBerry smartphone.

What do you like about Sounds and Alerts Profiles? Leave a comment and let me know!

I recently started using the BlackBerry® Torch™ 9800 smartphone, and one of my favorite new features is the upgraded camera. On top of the incredible photo quality, I can now geo-tag my photos as well as change scene modes to ensure I get the best photo possible!

If you want to learn how easy it is to geo-tag photos in addition to changing scene modes, check out the video above. What do you like the most about the Camera functionality in BlackBerry® 6? Leave a comment and let us know!