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To use your smartphone as a tethered modem with a laptop, you must connect your smartphone with your laptop
using a USB cable and open the BlackBerry Desktop Software. To use your smartphone as a tethered modem with
a BlackBerry PlayBook tablet, you must pair your smartphone with your tablet using Bluetooth technology.
While using your smartphone as a modem, you might not be able to use your smartphone's Phone application,
Messaging applications, or applications that use the Internet. To receive a phone call, your smartphone might turn
off the tethered Internet connection.
For more information about tethering, see the Help on your BlackBerry PlayBook tablet or in the BlackBerry
Desktop Software.
Copy contacts from your SIM card to your contact list
Depending on your wireless service provider and wireless network, this feature might not be supported.
1. In the contact list, press the key > SIM Phone Book.
2. Press the key > Copy All To Contacts.
Note: If you try to copy a SIM card contact with a phone number that matches the phone number of a contact that
already appears in your contact list, your BlackBerry smartphone does not copy the SIM card contact.
Send a text message
The number of recipients that you can send a text message to depends on your wireless service provider.
1. On the Home screen, click the Text Messages icon.
2. Press the key > Compose Text Message.
3. In the To field, do one of the following:
• Type a contact name.
• Press the key > Choose Contact. Click a contact.
• Type a phone number that can receive text messages (including the country code and area code). For
languages with non-Latin characters, press the Alt key to type numbers. Press the key on the
keyboard.
• If your BlackBerry smartphone is connected to a CDMA network, you can type an email address.
4. Type a message.
5.
Press the key on the keyboard.
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View a location on a map
1. On the Home screen, click the Maps icon.
2. Press the key > Find a Location.
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