w00t! Craig's book is now available!!! A few months back we dropped word on the blogs here that our resident podcast co-host and enterprise expert Craig Johnston was working on a book, My BlackBerry Curve. Published by Que, it's now available for purchase.
The BlackBerry Curve is the #1 selling smartphone in the United States and My BlackBerry Curve will help get you up to speed quickly and covers the Curve 83xx, 85xx and 8900 series devices. Full-color, step-by-step tasks walk you through getting and keeping your BlackBerry Curve working just the way you want. The tasks include:
- How to get started fast with any BlackBerry Curve: 8300 Series, 8500 Series, or 8900 Series
- How to make, receive, and manage calls and emails efficiently
- How to use the BlackBerry Curve's powerful contact management and calendar software
- How to listen to audio and watch video
- How to connect to the Internet, Bluetooth devices, and your company's VPN
- How to browse the Web from your BlackBerry Curve
- How to use the BlackBerry Curve's messaging tools, including text, multimedia, PIN, and IM
- How to find, choose, and install new BlackBerry Curve applications
- How to connect with social networking sites and tools
- How to use Airplane Mode to watch videos, read emails, and listen to music during flights
- How to keep your BlackBerry Curve up-to-date, reliable, and running at top performance
Reader comments
Want to Get the Most From Your Curve? Order Craig Johnston's My BlackBerry Curve Book Today!
I'll be picking up a copy after Christmas...go Craig!
Great book, congrats to ya Craig!
Wish this book woulda been out when I got my Curve. :)
RTFM?
What could this book have that isn't already easily found on crackberry.com for free?!!
I'd rather have a book in hand while learning things than trying to read it on my BlackBerry screen & having to switch back & forth from the web page as I try things out.
crackberry.com for free
crackberry.com for free
What I said above.
LOL...who would pay for this? Yay, wow, yipee you wrote a manual that already exists in the box and on here for free. Congrats.
sorry but FAIL!... nothing against books in general they're great starter sources but books can't be updated. As we all know RIM is always leaking new beta OS's and Apps with new features and changes that a book can't cover.
I personally would have created a BB Ebook Curve App that could be updated weekly or monthly with various changes and could over a lot more than a book could. Just an idea and feel free to use it. Something like that could be worth $3-5 and you could provide links to updates and troubleshooting advice all from within the app on the device.
Some complain about having to pay $10 for an app. Some complain about having to pay $4 for an upgrade. And now they complain about having to pay for a book?!?
This book could be a great idea. I don't know for sure, I haven't read it yet, but I'll be buying a copy to check it out and then I'll give it to a friend of mine who's more of a BlackBerry newbie than I.
As fast as upgrades come out, the book is already out of date. Plus, if people are too lazy to read the manual or this website, why would they read the book.
you people who frequent crackberry 24/7