BlackBerry for work
Subtitle: productivity for professionals
By: Kunal Mittal and Shikha Gupta
Contributors: Gupta, Shikha
Publisher: Apress; Distributed to the book trade worldwide by Springer-Verlag New York
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 271
ISBN-13: 9781430226260
Subjects: Pocket computers; BlackBerry (Smartphone); Mobile computing
Notes: "Take control of your BlackBerry life"--Cover.

"Books for professions by professionals"--P. [4] of cover.

"Companion eBook available"--Spine.

"Shows business and professional users how to integrate their BlackBerry into a daily work routine; includes how to purchase and configure a BlackBerry specifically for business, as well as details of business-specific application use; covers all aspects of the BlackBerry platform experience; teaches professionals of all kinds to be more efficient and productive using their BlackBerry's built-in features; details how to access enterprise-wide data and computing features"--P. [4] of cover.

"The BlackBerry is cool, and the BlackBerry is fun, but the BlackBerry also means serious business. For those of you who bought your BlackBerry to help get your life organized and free yourself from the ball-and-chain of desktop computing, this book is the book to show you how. There are plenty of general-purpose BlackBerry guides, but this book shows you how to complete all the traditional smartphone tasks, like to-dos, calendars, and email, and become even more efficient and productive. You'll learn mechanisms for developing effective workflows specific to the features of the BlackBerry and also efficient strategies for dealing with the specialized aspects of business and professional lifestyles"--P. [4] of cover.

Includes index.
Table of contents: title: BlackBerry models and purchasing; title: Setting up your BlackBerry; title: BlackBerry as a phone; title: BlackBerry for E-mail; title: BlackBerry for text and multimedia messaging; title: Calendaring on your Black Berry; title: Contact management on your BlackBerry; title: Web browsing; title: Exploring other built-in BlackBerry functions; title: BlackBerry as a modem; title: Google apps on your BlackBerry; title: Maps; title: BlackBerry as an iPod; title: Understanding app world; title: General business apps.