Blackberry 8830

Mute key

• generates Standby/Sleep mode. Hold it down for two seconds, the BlackBerry will power down into Standby mode. The only way to turn the BlackBerry back on is to either tap the Mute key again or hold down on the power key for three seconds.
• silences the ring or music
• phone will still take calls/get messages and ring/vibrate/give LED notification of events, but otherwise it's functioning in a conserving power manner.

Use Esc key to switch out of a call to do a look up. Hit speakerphone first.
Power On/Off - no messages
To move to the top of the Phone screen, press the Space key.
To insert a period, press Space twice.

Blinking Red - new mail
Blinking Yellow - needs power
Blinking Green - w/in range

To stop receiving emails you send go to your Blackberry Internet Service (BIS) & create a filter
Verizon: https://bis.na.blackberry.com/html?brand=vzw

Reference: Crackberry forum
TIP: Helpful Keyboard Shortcuts check out browser shortcuts
BlackBerry 101 Lecture Series

Sharing DRM free

Wired reports that DoubleTwist lets Facebook users share audio, video and photos between their computers. It can also strip the digital rights management restrictions from any song you purchased on the iTunes Store, allowing you to share those as well. Also, by creating DRM-free MP3s from your iTunes music, DoubleTwist frees up those files and allows them to be played on any device -- not just an iPod or iPhone.

Then Simply install the Facebook widget Twist Me page. Make sure you allow the application to install as a window on your profile. And if you want to make it harder for others to snoop on your sharing habits, turn the notifications off.

Once the widget is in your profile, just select any number of music or video files (up to 10MB) and upload them through the Facebook widget. The widget will convert them (if the desktop app hasn't already) and send them off to your friends. The application sniffs out protected AAC/M4A files from the iTunes store, then plays the file silently and re-records it as a non-DRM MP3. It can also transfer video (3GP, MPEG4, WMV, AVI, and MPEG2), images (JPG, PNG, GIF, BMP) and other audio types (MP3, AAC, WMA, WAV).

You and all of your friends you're sharing with need to have the desktop app installed in order to share. Also, you can share files with your Facebook friends without visitng your profile if you wish. Once you've installed the Facebook application, you can use DoubleTwist on the desktop to share with any one of your Facebook friends or anyone with an e-mail address.

The DoubleTwist application requires the .NET v2 framework to run, so you may need to run an update before installing it.DoubleTwist also forces you to create an online account, which means your activity is traceable should DoubleTwist ever get subpoenaed.