Forbes has a nice article with a collection of Tips and Secrets from CEOs for whom the BlackBerry is the life breath of work efficiency.

It’s no surprise some CEOs stay attached to the device all day long. David Fisher, the CEO of the online brokerage OptionsXpress, keeps his BlackBerry Curve with him every moment–except, per his wife’s orders, when he’s in the bedroom. He’s on maybe his 10th BlackBerry. He got his first one in 1997, when it looked like a giant pager with a scroll wheel.

Here is one tip from Jay Herratti, CEO of Citysearch

"Learn the short letter codes. The letter ‘C’ (for ‘compose’) will open a new e-mail. ‘R’ will reply to an open e-mail. When you are in your in-box, let’s say it’s Wednesday, ‘P’ will take you to the top of Tuesday. Hit it again for the top of Monday, and so on. ‘N’ will go the other way. I don’t think many people know about these."

Read the full article “BlackBerry Tips From The Top”.