Celcom Blackberry Curve 8520 Prepaid Plans

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Celcom has launch the Blackberry Curve 8520 with prepaid package only RM998. It is very attractive prepaid plan as low as RM1 per day. There are 2 awesome plans Blackberry Social (RM1 per day) & Blackberry Advance 2.5G (RM2.50 per day)


With simple calculation, assume that you choose Blackberry Advance 2.5G. Therefore, RM2.50 x 30days = RM75. By paying this amount monthly, you can enjoy unlimited BIS services. It is still a cheapest unlimited Blackberry plan in Malaysia.


Check out the detail at http://www.xpax.com.my
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shortcut key for Blackberry

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  1. To switch to another application, press and hold menu button.
  2. To exit a screen or dialog box, press the Escape button.
  3. To select a check box, press the Space key. To clear the check box, press the Space key again.
  4. To select a line of text, press the Shift key and roll the trackball.
  5. To cut selected text, press the Shift key + the Backspace key. To copy selected text, press the Alt key and press the trackball. To paste text, press the Shift key and press the trackball.
  6. To capitalize a letter, hold the letter key until the capitalized letter appears.
  7. To insert a period, press the Space key twice. The next letter is capitalized.
  8. To insert the sign (@) in an Email field, press the Space key.
  9. To reply to a message, press R. To forward a message, press F. To reply to all, press L.
  10. To move to the top of a screen, press T. To move to the bottom of a screen, press B.
  11. To scroll down a screen, press the Space key. To scroll up a screen, press the Shift key + the Space key.
  12. To turn on CAP lock, press the Alt key + the Right Shift key. To turn off CAP lock, press the Right Shift key.
  13. In the messages list: To view sent messages, press the Alt key + O. To view received messages, press the Alt key + I. To view SMS messages, press the Alt key + S. To view phone call logs, press the Alt key + P. To view voice mail messages, press the Alt key + V.
  14. To move to the next item, press N. To move to the previous item, press P.
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Top 20 Blackberry Apps OTA

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This is OTA link. Use your blackberry to click on the link.

  1. Accuweather - Push Weather
  2. AIM For Blackberry - Instant Messaging
  3. BB Light - Backlight Control
  4. Blackberry App World - Blackberry App World
  5. BlackBerry Maps - GPS/Mapping
  6. BuzzMe - Vibrate & Ring Together
  7. Capture It - Screen Capture (highly recommended)
  8. Facebook - Social Networking (highly recommended)
  9. Flickr - Social Networking
  10. Google Maps - GPS/Mapping (highly recommended)
  11. Google Talk - Instant Messaging
  12. MSN Messenger - Instant Messaging
  13. Myspace - Social Networking
  14. Opera Mini - Internet Browser (highly recommended)
  15. PacMan - Game
  16. QuickPull - Simulate Battery Pull (highly recommended)
  17. Speedtest - Test Network Speed (highly recommended)
  18. TwitterBerry - Twitter Client (highly recommended)
  19. Yahoo! Messenger - Instant Messaging
  20. Worldmate Live - Travel Manager (highly recommended)
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Step by step to configure Blackberry as Tethered Modem (for Maxis and Celcom)

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You computer must have Blackberry Desktop Manager. This is the most important software must be installed into your computer. You can download at Blackberry Official website.

Please connect your Blackberry Phone to computer with USB cable.
If you already install Blackberry Desktop Manager, you should see a “Standard Modem” under Device Manager. Right click the Standard Modem, and select Properties


Go to Advanced tab – insert the Extra initialization Command as below

For Maxis
at+cgdcont=1,"ip","unet"

For Celcom
at+cgdcont=1,"ip","celcom3g"



Go to Diagnostics tab – press Query Modem button. Make sure you are successful query the modem. If you fail to query, check the USB connection or restart your phone. If you successful, click ok button to close the windows.



Create new internet connection
Go to Control Panel -> Network connections -> click “create new connection”
New connection Wizard will popup – click next
Select “Connect to the internet” – click next
Select “Set up my connection manually” – click next
Select “Connect using a dial-up modem” – click next
Select “Modem – Standard Modem” (See below screenshot) – click next


Give any ISP name – click next
Enter the Phone Number that need to be dial, which is *99# – click next

At this point, you should reach the account and password screen,
For Maxis
Username: maxis
Password: wap

For Celcom
Do not key in anything, just leave it blank and click next

Select “Add a shortcut to this connection to my desktop” – click finish button

How to connect to the internet
Make sure Dekstop Manager is running and Blackberry phone is connected to computer with USB cable.
Double click on the newly created connection at desktop and click on “Dial”.
Start to surf internet….. Enjoy

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Blackberry Curve 8520 review

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BlackBerry Curve 8520 is a recent launch model in Curve family that with attractive price. For people who like to enjoy all blackberry features with affordable cost, Blackberry curve 8520 is the most suitable model. It provides easy mobile access to email, messaging (IM, SMS, MMS) and popular social networking sites (included Facebook) and features a highly tactile full-QWERTY keyboard for comfortable, accurate typing.


The BlackBerry Curve 8520 support EDGE, Bluetooth and WIFI with fast Web browsing. The only disadvantage it doesn’t support 3G. It is remain no change with other Curve models. The key improvement for Curve 8520 is come with innovative touch-sensitive optical trackpad, which makes scrolling and selection smooth and easy for a great navigation experience. It is also the first Blackberry to feature dedicated media keys, smoothly integrated along the top of the handset, giving customers an easy, convenient way to control their music and videos.

Key features of BlackBerry Curve 8520
- 512Mhz Processor and 256MB internal flash memory
- Quad-band world phone: EGDE/GPRS/GSM (850/900/1800/1900 MHz) Bluetooth and WIFI (802.11 b/g)with fast Web browsing
- Full-QWERTY keyboard and touch-sensitive optical trackpad
- 2 MP digital camera and support video recording
- Advanced media player for music, pictures and videos, with dedicated media keys and a 3.5 mm stereo headset jack
- Expandable microSD/SDHC memory card slot, support up to 16 GB

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Blackberry Messenger 5 official release

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It have been long time wating since leak version spread in the internet, finally Blackberry Messenger 5 (BBM5) is officially released on 7-Oct-2009. BBM 5 brings a new interface and a ton of new features.

One of the awesome feature is “BBM Groups”. What are BBM groups? BBM Groups allow you to have real-time chat with group of people. Within the group you can share and comment on photos (like facebook), upload and transfer files, and even share tasks and calendar appointments.

The person who created a group is the Administrator, he/she has full control for the group, but he/she still can assign privileges to other users. Below screenshot is showing the major option is the group activity


  • Members - shows all Group members

  • Chat - opens the current "chat room" or group discussion

  • Pictures - view all pictures uploaded by the group

  • Lists - task list for the group

  • Calendar - upload/send appointments to group members


For those who haven’t download the official BBM5, you can click on the OTA link below to download.
http://mobileapps.blackberry.com/devicesoftware/entry.do?code=bbm



Please add my BB pin: 20E44A4C

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How To Backup Blackberry 3rd Party Application

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I believe many of you have experience to upgrade you Blackberry device OS or wipe handheld to default setting when encounter error. No doubt, by doing this it may solve your blackberry’s issue, but your will lost all your data.

Even though you can restore the backup from Desktop Manager (provided you have the backup file), but you still lost all those 3rd party application. The only way you can do is install back each application one by one at OTA.

Today I will share the idea to backup those 3rd applications at you Blackberry device. With simple steps, you will able to restore back all application without download it again at OTA. Following are the step by step…

1) Please install Blackberry Desktop Manager 4.7 (You can download it at http://www.blackberry.com)
2) Connect Blackberry device to computer
3) Launch Blackberry Desktop Manager then click on Device Switch Wizard


4) Select “Third-party Applications” only then click Next



5) At this point, Desktop Manager will back up 3rd party apps. When finished PLEASE DO NOT CLICK NEXT OR CANCEL.
6) Using Windows build-in Search feature to search the folder with same name with your Blackberry PIN and *.alx file. (make sure you enable hidden files & folders searching) Usually you can get your folder at below location

C:\Documents and Settings\[Your Name]\Local Settings\Temp

7) Make a copy for both the folder and *.alx. All these files are your 3rd party application backup. Please keep it in a safer place.
8) Go back to the Desktop Manager and cancel the process.



How To Restore Back Your 3rd Party Application
1) Connect Blackberry device to computer
2) Launch Blackberry Desktop Manager then click on Application Loader
3) Select Add/Remove Applications
4) Click Browse button and select the *.alx file where you have backup
5) Click next button to restore. Done.
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