Tag Archives: BlackBerry

Continuos Vibrate and Music Alert until Confirmation

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The main phone application that I support at work gets data pushed to it. Part of the data is a Message Page to notify the technician that they have a service call assigned or needing attention. Due to the nature of the service calls, the technician needs this alert to continually go off until they acknowledge the alert. A while back I changed the pop up message to a global message, which makes the pop up show on all screens, regardless if the user is in the application. Unfortunately, when I created this option, I some how broke my continuous Continue reading Continuos Vibrate and Music Alert until Confirmation→

Using BlackBerry Z10 and your game controller to play games

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When I started hearing about QNX and BB10, I have always had the impression that the goal of the BB10 phones is that everything is an accessory to the phone.  Since… forever, there has been talk of wearable computers.  There have been many attempts at doing this, but most are clunky and not very practical.  As cell phones morphed from brinks to smart phones, the capabilities have increased to the point where today’s phones are more powerful than the computers I used in the 90s.  This advancement in technology pushes us closer to the wearable computer.  The main downfall to Continue reading Using BlackBerry Z10 and your game controller to play games→

Cursing the cursor

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It would seem that every step to upgrade to OS 6 and use SQLite for my BlackBerry java application comes with its own little headaches. I’m sure there is some sort of documentation somewhere that would make it a little easier to do this coding. But, until then, I’ll just muddle along. The key reason for using SQLite is so that I can populate the device-side information easily.  Unfortunately, the data sent to the device is not in the best format at the moment.  So, I have to take sudo HTML tables and parse them out into data to be Continue reading Cursing the cursor→

Upgrading from 4.5 to 6.0

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At work I have been attempting to get our 800+ BlackBerry devices updated. This all began when we provided our service application to a site to use with their own technicians. The devices that we gave them were the BlackBerry Bold 9930. Luckily for me, I also got one of these devices and handed in an old 8800 BlackBerry. The Bold’s came with OS 7.0, but I updated mine to 7.1 in order to take advantage of the Hot Spot feature. Also, in OS 6 and 7, there is a feature for using Near Field Communication NFC tags. While most Continue reading Upgrading from 4.5 to 6.0→

PlayBook and Meetup Search so far

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I have 1 review from my Meetup Search application for the PlayBook and it points out that Canadian zip codes don’t work 🙁 , so I need to get the search features updated.  I have made some updates, but haven’t uploaded the changes yet, since I wanted to test the changes directly on the PlayBook, which I received last Thursday.  Hopefully I’ll get the search updates soon and improve my ratings on the App World. I spent the weekend traveling and the PlayBook came in handy while waiting in airports and flying in the plane.  I was able to connect Continue reading PlayBook and Meetup Search so far→

A message from PlayBook

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Last night I received my free BlackBerry PlayBook.  I immediately downloaded the updates and began to familiarize myself with it.  The first thing I need to get used to is using my finger pad instead of my nails. Touch response is different than with my phone.  But, I am getting used to it.  After a little trail and error, I have figured out how to load music, photos and files from my desktop.  I have loaded a few free apps to help with the flight layovers I’ll have this weekend.  Later, I think I will give more of a review. Continue reading A message from PlayBook→