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It’s easy to find out the price of the BlackBerry model you desire. For example, if you want the device through Verizon Wireles, you just go to the Verizon BlackBerry page, scroll down and look for the respective price. Ah, if it were only that easy. As we discussed a month or so back, there are many costs associated with a BlackBerry. Some of those are apparent up front — the cost of the device and accessories, specifically — but some are a bit more hidden. That’s because they’re spread out over time. What follows is a breakdown of the true BlackBerry costs. Not all will apply to everyone, but you should have a better idea of the true cost by the end.

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Sometimes, you just need to know if an email was delivered or read. Read receipts are pretty common nowadays. If you’re not familiar with them, they essentially send along a dialog box with an email. When the user selects okay, the sender is notified that the particular email has been read. If someone sends you such an email from your BlackBerry, it automatically sends the read receipt (or at least it used to — if this has changed, let me know). You can send your own read receipts, too, by checking your message options. So head to Messages, Options, Email Settings.

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While many associate push to talk with this squawking sound you might hear walking down the street, it actually used most prominently for business. Many contractors use the technology to keep up with multiple job sites. The problem, until recently, has been that Nextel’s iDEN network has really been the only way to get reliable PTT. We saw the release of a few newer services this year, like Sprint’s QChat, Verizon’s PTT service, and one from MetroPCS. Now jkOnTheRun introduces us to an independent PTT service: HipVoice. It’s an application you can install on your BlackBerry and which will allow you to exchange quick voice hits with other users.

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It’s the first BBGeekcast of the new year. There’s not a whole ton going on in BlackBerry land, but we dig up a few things to talk about, including some new developments from Rogers.

So click on over here to hear the BBGeekcast (6 min, 22 sec)

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Feeling overloaded with BlackBerry news and rumors? We know the feeling. We hear new things almost every day, and it can be tough to keep up with it all. that’s why we’re bringing you BlackBerry News from the Wire every Thursday.

We’ll catch you up on everything ‘Berry that happened over the course of the week. Not only that, but we’ll rank ‘em by importance, so you can more easily skim the items and read the ones of most significance. If you only have time to read one article, for instance, you might want to head down to our 5-star section. It’s All the BlackBerry News Fit to Geek.

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When I wrote about five applications we wish were made for the BlackBerry last week, one thing I mentioned was a barcode scanner. A commenter was kind enough to point me to NeoReader, a comparable but not well known application for the BlackBerry. Excited, I decided to test out the application right away. So for those of you wanting to know a bit more about this application, read on.

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As an avid user of Google products, I’ve covered plenty of matters regarding Google Sync for BlackBerry. I was ecstatic when they released contacts syncing, and even wrote about how to use the new Google Sync with your Thunderbird contacts. Today, though, we’re going back to the calendar. There are a few options you can play with in your settings to get your calendar synced perfectly.

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Yes, it’s that time of year again. We all make resolutions that supposedly start on January 1 and will carry us through the year. Of course, they rarely last that long. As Mark Twain said: “New Year’s Day: Now is the accepted time to make your regular annual good resolutions. Next week you can begin paving hell with them as usual.” That doesn’t mean we won’t try, though. So, in addition to your resolution to be less addicted to your BlackBerry (which won’t even take a week to break), let’s go with one of the old staples of New Year’s Resolutions: your health. We’ve talked before about Gym Technik, a Website which helps you track your fitness. Let’s see how you can use it to keep up with your fitness goals.

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The holiday season brings many things to many people. For some it brings love and happiness. To others it brings family and togetherness. Somewhere in there it brings gifts, and where there are gifts there are nifty new gadgets. And so the holiday season brings new members to our BlackBerry community. So, to all those visiting BBGeeks for the first time, welcome. We hope you find all of the BlackBerry information you need within these pages. We’ve even made this post just for you. We’ll go through the basics of your BlackBerry, letting you know what to do and what to install.

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It seems that every carrier has a different method of getting you a BlackBerry Internet Service account. Even then, it can vary between corporate stores and independent retailers. The result: many BlackBerry users might not know where to login to their BIS account. That’s not a good thing. Yeah, you can set up most of the features right on your device, but that can be a pain. Things like changing your email signature can, for the most part, only be done through your desktop BIS login. So, in case you were wondering where to go, we’ll give you the links here to the North American carriers.

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