Hacking Blackberry - Extreme Tech PDF

This book is intended to be rewarding to a wide range of people who are interested in the BlackBerry. Many readers will instantly become more productive with their BlackBerry by learning the shortcuts, tricks, codes, and keystrokes that are unveiled in several chapters. Still others will be delighted to learn of add-on programs that greatly expand the tasks you can use your BlackBerry for...

This book is organized in two parts.
Part I, “Customizing the BlackBerry with Tweaks, Secret Codes, Hidden Keys, and Add-On Applications,” is useful to anyone who owns a BlackBerry or is looking to get one, and requires nothing more than a BlackBerry to play with. The chapters in this part provide a wealth of tips, tricks, and shortcuts that can be used in the BlackBerry e-mail, address book, calendar, phone dialer, and other built-in programs. Also covered are a wealth of add-on applications and hacks that enable you to play games, be more productive, search the Web, connect to your PC and network, and much more...

Part II, “Advanced BlackBerry Hacks: Put Your BlackBerry to Fun and Wacky Uses with Creative Software Projects,” presents a set of projects of a somewhat more ambitious nature, which highlight how, with a little bit of Java programming, you can get your BlackBerry to play music, act like an Etch-A-Sketch, print wirelessly, and more. A small amount of Java programming background will help you get the most out of these projects, but you can also simply skip the programming part and download the completed programs for your own amusement...