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Library of Congress Control Number: 2009942322 ISBN: 978-0-470-56531-5 Manufactured in the United States of America 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 About the Authors Robert Kao is one well-rounded professional. His ability to translate his tech- nical knowledge and communicate with users of all types led him to cowrite BlackBerry For Dummies and BlackBerry Pearl For Dummies. He started out as a BlackBerry developer for various fi nancial fi rms in New York City, that truly global city. Kao is currently the founder of a mobile software start-up. A graduate of Columbia University, with a Computer Engineering degree, he currently lives in South Brunswick, New Jersey. Dante Sarigumba is a long-time user of BlackBerry and a gizmo enthusiast. He is a cohost of the Mobile Computing Authority biweekly podcast. He works for a major investment bank in New York as a software developer and lives in South Brunswick, New Jersey, with his wife, Rosemarie, and two sons, Dean and Drew. Dedication I would like to thank my father (MHK), my mother (SYT), and the rest of the Kao family for everything they’ve done for me. I wouldn’t be here without their kindness and understanding. I would also like to thank my lovely wife, Marie-Claude, and little Jade for all their support. In addition, thanks to Manon Lalancette and the rest of Gamelin family for all your cheers! —Robert Kao To Yosma, Dean, and Drew: My greatest treasures. Thank you for your thoughts, understanding, and support. —Dante Sarigumba A few thank-yous are in order here. First, to Rob and Dante, for giving me the opportunity to work on this title with them. To Marcus, Diana, Dieter, Joel, Andrew, and the entire Smartphone Experts team, for being the abso- lute best at everything they do. Thanks also goes to Erika, for putting up with my obsessive CrackBerrying. Lastly, I need to give props to my mother, who at 60 years old recently got her fi rst cell phone, a BlackBerry Bold, read BlackBerry Bold For Dummies, and now BBMs me on it daily. —Kevin Michaluk Authors’ Acknowledgments Collectively, we’d like to thank the following people: ✓ Tiffany Ma, for stepping in when Katie was on maternity leave. ✓ Mary Bednarek, for making sure we were headed in the right direction while Katie was away. ✓ Katie Mohr, welcome back just in time to help us put things together. Congratulation on the newborn! ✓ Susan Pink, our editor, for making us look good. ✓ Robert Hawley, our technical editor, for checking our work. ✓ Robert Hawley, our editor, for making us look good. ✓ Carol McClendon, our agent, for presenting our proposal to the right people. ✓ Victoria Berry, PR of Research In Motion, for getting us access to the proper channels at the right time.