Dear {FIRST_NAME}
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Hope everyone had a great holiday season and best wishes for the New Year!
This year Swirl Solutions is focusing on saving you money and perhaps making you some. We are now offering a referral program and you can earn a commission on any workshop that your referral completes. Also, don't forget to let your BlackBerry friends know about our free newsletter. They can sign up on any Swirl Solutions website page.
In these times of economic uncertainty it sure would be great to keep your monthly phone bill to a minimum. We can help your organization save up to 30% on roaming data charges through our advanced workshops.
Please contact us for more details.
Darci
TIPS AND TRICKS
Addendum to Decembers Newsletter tip on roaming changes is in red below.
For example, if you live in Vancouver and are going to shop in Seattle, do you want to pay for emails coming into your BlackBerry during that time? If not, you can tell your BlackBerry not to roam.
- Home Screen
- Wrench (Options) / Settings (Options)
- Network or Mobile Network
- Network Selection Mode
- Change from Automatic to Home Only
- Home only will turn off VOICE and DATA when roaming so your incoming calls will go directly to Voice mail.
Want to turn off Data only?
- Still under Mobile Network
- Data Services
- Off When Roaming
- Off When Roaming
What is the difference between standby and sleep mode?
Standby Mode
- locks your keyboard
- Stops pocket and purse dialing
- Calls will still come in
- Everything else will still be on and work
- Click the Mute button (on most models)
Sleep Mode
What does this do?
- there is a magnet on the holster and in your blackberry and when you put it in your holster it activates the sleep mode via the magnet
- saves your battery by dimming the screen
- this is the setting in profiles when it says "In holster", it is in sleep mode
How to put in Sleep Mode?
- Put it in a BlackBerry authorized holster
Just so everyone is clear, neither of these options turns OFF your wireless. If you are travelling and do not want to pay roaming charges, one of the easiet way is to just turn your wireless off or take a Swirl Solutions workshop to find out more ways.
CONTESTS
The winner of the Maui Jim Sunglasses is Bob Fell. Congratulations Bob, we are thrilled that a golfer won these fantastic sunglasses. Hey, can you golf in the snow Bob?
BLACKBERRY
Latest BlackBerry Smartphones
- BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8220
- BlackBerry Bold 9000
- BlackBerry Storm is now available through Telus and Bell.. Not available through Rogers.
We would love to hear you comments if you were lucky enough to get one for Christmas!
Telus released 4.5 firmware upgrade for the Curve and Pearl models...everyone with other models will have to wait. Check out our site to find links to RIM's upgrade location.
PRODUCTS
GreenFinder helps golfers answer the age old question, “How far is it?”. This software application uses GPS technology to display the distance to the front, center and back of the green along with hazards on the fairway.
For all you golfers out there, I have a client who uses this and he says it is awesome.
BlackBerry Accessories 15% off
www.shopblackberry.com (code 56820) You will be asked for the discount code upon check out and the code can be used as many times as you like and always receive 15% off.
Check out other Swirl Solutions recommended products
- Never carry a laptop again for presentations, use your BlackBerry instead
- Caricatures
- BES hosted services
- Rugged Holsters
- And many more.
OTHER STUFF
Swirl Solutions recently partnered with a new corporate travel provider, FCm Travel Solutions. They have a dedicated account managers and have reduced our travel costs by about 10% and followed up to see how the trips went. Excellent customer service. If you want to discuss how you can save money, just send Tristan an email at tristan.hindley@ca.fcm.travel