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If you're a BlackBerry PlayBook owner looking to get the most out of your tablet and prefer flipping through pages instead of browsing online PlayBook help articles and forums, you'll want to check out Wiley's newly released BlackBerry PlayBook Companion book.
Written by our friend Matthew Miller, with a forward by yours truly, the PlayBook Companion covers all the important topics that a PlayBook purchaser needs to know to use their tablet effectively. The book provides simple overviews of how to use a PlayBook to do all the things today's consumer expects of a tablet, including:
- Reading books, magazines and other texts
- Sending and receiving email and text messages
- Taking pictures and videos
- Downloading and using third-party applications
- Using instant messaging and social networking
- Using the PlayBook with a BlackBerry
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British woman writes a novel on her BlackBerry and gets a publishing deal!
This story isn't the first we have heard of an author writing a book on their trusty BlackBerry, but it's inspiring nonetheless. After a bet with her daughter, Georgina Campbell managed to knock out a whopping 55,600 words on her BlackBerry keyboard and for her effort has gotten herself a publishing deal, which is not an easy feat. The novel, titled 'The Kickdown Girls', revolves...
Pro footballer Richard Lee writes autobiography on a BlackBerry Bold
We all have our own reasons for sticking with BlackBerry, and one that we hear time and again is the indispensable keyboard. A lot of converts to other platforms brush it aside, saying keyboards are overrated and out-of-style, but then a story like this pops up and reconfirms just how much we rely on those smooth QWERTY keys. Richard Lee is a professional English footballer currently...
Want to share your tale of BlackBerry use (or abuse) with the world? Get it into the CrackBerry Book version 2!
It was back in late 2008 when we first announced the availability of our self-published definitive guide to BlackBerry addiction - CrackBerry: True Tales of BlackBerry Use and Abuse. It's exciting to be able to now say that the CrackBerry book has now been picked up by Apress and who will be releasing the updated version in time for the holiday season this year. With Apress' awesome...
BlackBerry Books That Will Help You Get BlackBerry Smart
[ youtube video link for mobile viewing ] I've got to do some cleaning this weekend and in looking around my mess of a home office I noticed I had a pile of BlackBerry-related books lying around. So I figured I'd kill two birds with one stone and while carrying them off to the bookshelf give them a few minutes of fame in youtube video primetime action. You can check out the video...