February is fast approaching, and with it will come the long-awaited release of BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0. Not only will OS 2.0 bring Email, contacts, and calendar support to the PlayBook, it will also bring many improvements to home screen and application management. Follow me past the break as we take a look at all the new ways to manage and organize your PlayBook home screen with OS 2.0.

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Yesterday afternoon RIM flipped the switch on the new web based App World 3.0 brining features that Mac users have been waiting for since day one, things like actually being able to view the site.

So I sat down and decided I’d take a look and see what all the buzz was about, and I’ll say I’m actually quite impressed. Not only does it work well from Mac and Windows PC’s it lets you side-load applications onto your BlackBerry (no PlayBook support just yet) and even update/delete existing ones. So to help the BlackBerry community get an idea on how to use the new site I’ve gone ahead and filmed a video on how to use the all new App World from your desktop computer. Stay tuned for the new version to hit your BlackBerry smartphone soon.

Today’s BlackBerry School lesson covers a simple topic that many people have been asking about, how to rearrange the icons on your PlayBook homescreen.  The process is simple but isin’t fully apparent at first glance  Follow me past the break to learn all about manipulating the homescreen icons on your PlayBook.

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We all have that one favorite website we check multiple times a day. For some it’s Facebook and others it’s Google Reader. And I know we all want to get to our favorite website as quickly as possible to check out what’s happening there. If you have a BlackBerry PlayBook you can get to all your favorite websites quickly and easily using home screen launchers, also called shortcuts. It today’s lesson I will be walking you through creating a home screen launcher for any website. Follow me past the break for the lesson.

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In today’s BlackBerry School lesson i’ll be covering the oft discussed issue of powering on and off and putting the BlackBerry PlayBook to sleep. There’s been much discussion about the PlayBook’s power button and gesture-sensitive bezel and I’ll be separating the fact from fiction here at TheBerryFix BlackBerry School. Join me past the break for the full lesson.

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This BlackBerry School lesson is for all the readers out there. With the e-book format on the rise, there are tons of choices out there to get books onto your mobile device. One of the best sources for these e-books comes preloaded on your new BlackBerry PlayBook, Kobo Books. Kobo has a huge selection of titles at great prices and their book club features will even be built into BBM Social when it debuts. In today’s BlackBerry School lesson i’ll walk you through downloading a book to your PlayBook with Kobo. The lesson starts after the break.

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Changing the wallpaper on a mobile device is something that the majority of users do. It’s usually a simple procedure that can be completed with ease. Changing the wallpaper on the BlackBerry PlayBook is a relatively simple procedure, but one that many users will need guidance to master. This lesson of BlackBerry School focuses on changing your PlayBook wallpaper and outlining some guidelines for choosing an appropriate wallpaper image. Your lesson begins after the break.

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Theres a chance that you bought your BlackBerry of Ebay, Craigslist or kijiji and the devices wouldn’t let you install and app or it demanded you have a device password. Chances are that your BlackBerry was once on a corporate BES network and had an IT Policy installed on it for security reasons.

Removing an IT policy can be a pain and it’s not as simple as a device wipe, you need to get to the root of your BlackBerry and factory reset it. By following these instructions you’ll be able to get full access to your device again, but remember to back up your contacts, BBM, and calendar as this will completely wipe your BlackBerry. Continue reading after the break.

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So hopefully by now you’ve picked up a BlackBerry PlayBook and you’re loving every minute of it, I am too. In this lesson I wanted to help our new and existing BlackBerry users get aquatinted with App World on the PlayBook, and teach you how to download that awesome app onto your tablet. I do want to mention that in this video I download a game called Cave Run and the performance is far from perfect, the developer has assured me that they are working on an update to fix this.

Today’s lesson in BlackBerry School is a fairly easy topic that I get questions on quite often. Most new BlackBerry users are so excited when they get their BlackBerry that they just download every app that looks good and eventually their App Memory becomes full and their BlackBerry begins to lag. Today’s lesson covers how to properly uninstall those BlackBerry applications that you never use or don’t want. This lesson covers BlackBerry OS 5. A similar lesson for BlackBerry OS 6, which is a slightly different process, will be coming soon. To begin the lesson meet me after the break.

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Probably one of the coolest features about Apps on the BlackBerry platform is that you don’t have just one place to download your applications, you have probably three or maybe even more. A few ways to get apps on your device would be with Desktop Manager, App World and OTA (over the air) and now you have one more and that is TheBerryFix.com on device SuperStore. Our SuperStore is an on-device application just like the BlackBerry app world store, but ours goes a little further offering daily deals on Apps, Themes, and accessories specifically made for your BlackBerry Smartphone.

In this BlackBerry School lesson I’m going to quickly run down how to get the SuperStore onto your BlackBerry and how to buy an app or accessory, hit up the break to get the full run down.

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Today we have a short lesson on BlackBerry 6. Many users want to know how to enable the keyboard shortcuts when using a device with BlackBerry 6 installed. This is a fairly simple process and we will walk you through it after the break.

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One of the most dreaded errors on a BlackBerry has got to be the 504-software error. The 504 error essentially means you have no OS loaded onto your BlackBerry or is so corrupt that your device thinks it’s missing. So in this BlackBerry School lesson we are going to dive right in and help you recover your BlackBerry. Check out the full lesson after the break.

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Today’s lesson is one that I have had some questions on recently from people that I know. People are always asking why does my phone vibrate this way or why does it ring that way. Today we will walk through the sound profiles on your BlackBerry and see how to set all this up, from ringtones to custom vibrations. The full lesson starts after the break!
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We know you have tons of precious personal data on your BlackBerry.  In the event that you sell your old Berry in favor of a new model or need to return it to the store for a replacement, you’re going to want to be sure that all your personal data has been completly removed from the device.  In today’s BlackBerry School lesson we will be walking through the security wipe procedure.  The lesson begins after the break.

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