If you want to change the tone for incoming text messages on your BlackBerry just follow the steps below and you can setup an individualized notification whenever somebody sends you a text message.

Whether you have a special theme that shows certain applications on the front screen or you just want to rearrange the order of your applications in your BlackBerry application overview there is an easy way to do that.

Tips and Tricks for you BlackBerry to save energy and extend the battery life of your BlackBerry.

Editor’s note: This is a Guest post by Tony Maro, who is Chief Information Officer at EvriChart, Inc. He writes a blog at www.ossramblings.com and you can follow him on Twitter at www.twitter.com/TONYMARO

In order to prevent you from using your mobile phone on other networks, some carriers lock your mobile phone to a certain sim-card or network. In that case you can not use your BlackBerry smartphone with another sim-card or on a different network.

If you are synchronizing your BlackBerry with different personal information manager (i.e. Outlook and Lotus Notes) or if you are synchronizing your data with Google Sync it can –admittedly rarely – happen that you screw up your contacts database on your BlackBerry. You might end up with duplicates, deleted address field, sorting of contacts messed up.

Traveling abroad with your BlackBerry smartphone is quite convenient because you can still receive all your emails wherever you are in the world. On the other hand you might be confronted with significant costs associated with data use and roaming costs. If you are used to a data flat rate in your home country you can quickly end up with several hundred dollars additional costs on your phone bill.

If you have been wondering what the different colors of the LED on your BlackBerry mean, here is a short guide that explains them and also instructions how to turn them on or off.