Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product 8800 Blackberry
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User Guide G e o - s o c i a l i n t e r a c t i o n f o r y o u r S h a r e Yo u r W h e r e TM Bl ac kB er r y 8 80 0 se ri es s ma r t ph on e.
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Welcome to the Blip user guide Blip is an easy-to-use geo-social interaction t ool for BlackBerry® smar tphones that f eature internal GPS technology . It enables y ou to Share Y our Where with the people that y ou know and vice v ersa. By sharing GPS locations, Blip helps ev er yone answer qu estions of Who, Where, and When.
This Guide Blip Compatibility with BlackBerry Smar tphones For users wishing t o publish GPS locations with the Blip application, this guide assumes that you ha ve creat ed a BlackLine account, activat ed your BlackBerr y 8800 Series smartphone, and installed the Blip application.
Since GPS is not built within certain BlackBerr y smar tphones, the interaction e xperience is limited. If you ha ve a non-GPS-enabled BlackBerry device, your smartphone will be able to interact with the BlackLine GPS Snitch and GPS-enabled BlackBerry 8800 series smar tphones.
GPS Location Security Notice End User License Agreement (EULA) When you start Blip for the first time, your BlackBerry smar tphone will notify you that it is req uesting access to your GPS location. F or Blip to perform correctly , you must agree t o Blip’s continued access to y our GPS data.
Login Page Logging in to the Blip service Publishing options When you agree t o the EULA, you are presented with the login page. Pressing the menu button on y our BlackBerr y smar tphone while on this.
possible on activat ed GPS-capabile BlackBerr y Smar tphones such as the BlackBerry 8800 Series. Published locations are accessible to y ou and to the people that you kno w to whom you share your de vice history. Currently , only the BlackBerry 8800 Series devices contain internal GPS technology and are able t o publish GPS locations.
window tinting and concret e structure, such as of fice buildings. In these situations, a failed location publish is flagged “P oor GPS Cov erage”. Y ou can publish a location at an y time. Select ‘Publish Location Now’ fr om the menu. This task instructs Blip to attempt t o publish your location t o your account.
Show EULA Connection Settings At an y time, you can view the Blip End User License Agreement b y selecting Show EULA fr om the menu on the Log-in page. Y ou can change the method of ho w Blip communicates with the BlackLine GPS servers by adjusting the Connection Settings via the menu while viewing the Login page.
Devices Page Map Last Location When you log int o your account, the first page displays the de vices activat ed on your account and a list of devices shared t o your account from people that y ou know . Use the trackball or scroll-wheel t o scroll thr ough the list of devices activ ated on your account or shared t o your account.
quickly map a location, press the lett er on the BlackBerry ke yboard. If you do not ha ve BlackBerry Maps installed on your BlackBerry smar tphone, you can pr oceed to the BlackBerry Web site and download the application: Both BlackBerry devices and GPS Snitch devices support the Show Hist or y feature.
BlackBerr y: Publish Location Now GPS Snitch: Locate If you highlight a BlackBerry device that is activat ed on your account, you can access a “Publish Location No w” menu item. If you select this menu it em, Blip will attempt t o publish your current GPS location.
GPS Sntich: Arm / Disarm Logout Refresh Page Publish Options This menu item is specific t o GPS Sntich devices and relates t o its vehicle security function. Select this menu it em to arm or disarm your GPS Snitch syst em. Select this menu item when y ou wish to be signed out from y our account.
T otal Kilobytes About Hide Close As described earlier in this guide, you can vie w the amount of data use since the last time this counter w as reset. Y ou can vie w the current version information of the Blip client application installed on your BlackBerry device by selecting “ About” fr om the menu.
On the Web Sharing Y our BlackBerry Smar tphone Y our account on the W eb gives you access t o other features, such as the ability to name y our devices, activat e fur ther devices, in vite others, and much more.
When you share y our devices, an e-mail invitation will be sent t o them inviting them t o create an account in or der to see where you are. Setting up a BlackLine account is free and tak es only a couple minutes.
An important point after buying a device Blackberry 8800 (or even before the purchase) is to read its user manual. We should do this for several simple reasons:
If you have not bought Blackberry 8800 yet, this is a good time to familiarize yourself with the basic data on the product. First of all view first pages of the manual, you can find above. You should find there the most important technical data Blackberry 8800 - thus you can check whether the hardware meets your expectations. When delving into next pages of the user manual, Blackberry 8800 you will learn all the available features of the product, as well as information on its operation. The information that you get Blackberry 8800 will certainly help you make a decision on the purchase.
If you already are a holder of Blackberry 8800, but have not read the manual yet, you should do it for the reasons described above. You will learn then if you properly used the available features, and whether you have not made any mistakes, which can shorten the lifetime Blackberry 8800.
However, one of the most important roles played by the user manual is to help in solving problems with Blackberry 8800. Almost always you will find there Troubleshooting, which are the most frequently occurring failures and malfunctions of the device Blackberry 8800 along with tips on how to solve them. Even if you fail to solve the problem, the manual will show you a further procedure – contact to the customer service center or the nearest service center
