I was recently working with a friend who was building a new BES 5 environment / migrating from 4.x and had more than 200 CAL's that needed to be added to the database.

Adding through the BAS is a "one at a time" approach with no easy way to do the import ... but as we all know the keys are all stored in the BlackBerry Configuration Database (BESMgmt) in the licensekeys table. So we'd just add the data to the table in question, right? Well ... kinda.

I was...

I think the title says it all ... but seriously OtterBox is the way to go.

I got a BlackBerry Bold 9700 Commuter Series Case at WES (just by going to the booth and asking politely) and I wasn't sure if I would actually use it ... but it was swag and I wanted one.

I got the case put the screen protector and 2 part case on the device and haven't looked back. Having used a Bold 9000 for year and then going to the 9700 it was a bit of an adjustment from the big device...

I'd like to make this a living / work in progress entry and would really like feedback for when y'all wipe your device.

Personally I hate having to wipe a device. The only time I wipe is when I'm upgrading the OS and I absolutely hate it, because I then need to reconfigure all the poorly written applications I use as a restore doesn't restore their configuration settings.

But sometimes there are valid reasons to wipe a device. Here are a few I've collected:
...

I tell ya folks you mean to go away for a few days and it turns into several weeks.

Buying a house, moving 1000 miles away (still in progress), a busy job that you love, oh and WES puts a thorn in trying to keep the blog up to date.

Well ... lets see if I can keep on track for now.

For your tidbit of info today I'll pass on something I learned from a good friend that knows how to make (he roasts his own beans too) a mean cup of coffee.

...