Chapter 12. Photos on Your BlackBerry

In This Chapter

  • Using the camera on the BlackBerry Pearl or Curve

  • Saving, viewing, organizing, and sharing your photos

  • Understanding memory limits

Pearl is the first BlackBerry with a built‐in camera, a sleek‐looking device that gains praise that traverses age boundaries. Suddenly, BlackBerry is no longer a handheld for stiff hardworking professionals. It's now cool enough for teenagers to chug along. Then here comes Curve, a merger between the size of Pearl and the QWERTY 8800 — and with the 2 mega‐pixel camera, it's so tempting to renew that two‐year plan.

If you are already holding a Pearl or Curve, this chapter is for you. So, hold your breath as we go to the depths on how you can take advantage of this great feature. This will be a fun chapter. Not only do we describe in great detail the features of your camera, we walk you through the steps in capturing that funny pose. Plus, we advance your knowledge of the tricks for taking the best shots and show you how to store those shots and share them with your buddies.

Are you holding a BlackBerry that doesn't have a camera? We're sad to say that this chapter is not for you. However, if you have pictures you want to store and view in your BlackBerry, check out Chapter 13, which describes working with media files, including a discussion of the Picture application.

Say Cheese

Before you ask someone to pose, let's examine your BlackBerry first. Your finger is not blocking the lens, check (the lens is located ...

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