- Now supports the Desktop Manager backup.  No longer lose your lists when updating your BlackBerry OS.  This was a huge oversight on our part, sorry it took so long to get this out!

- Lists now ordered by how active they are.  Lists you use frequently stay at the top while less important ones fall to the bottom

- Improved email sharing: no more random characters!  Also includes an easy to read method of showing due dates and reminders

- add new items to completed lists.  Before you had to uncheck an item, add a new item, and then recheck it.  Should work a LOT smoother now

- improved menu system.  Hopefully Lister will be even easier to use for our newest users.  Though you can still create and edit entire lists without ever opening a menu if you’d like!

- various bug fixes: You know the drill, you find ‘em…we squash ‘em.  Keep the bug reports and feature requests coming everyone!

Grab the update by pointing your berry to http://m.studentdocket.com and downloading the newest release.  AppWorld and Mobihand users can expect the update within a week or so.  We’re hard at work testing a new StudentDocket release we hope to have out soon!

You can download the newest version by pointing your BlackBerry to http://m.studentdocket.com and downloading the newest version.  Continue reading for a brief introduction to the new notifications feature.

Item Reminders

Item reminders are a completely optional feature that allows you to set a due date for any item in Lister.  Once set, the application will display a popup notification at whatever time you tell it to reminding you that the item is coming up.

To add a due date to any item, simply highlight that item, press the BlackBerry key and select “Add a Due Date.”  You can then set the date and reminder times for that item.

Lister will display a small icon next to any item that has a due date, and will popup a status bar along the bottom displaying the date whenever that item is highlighted.

We did our best to keep the application as lean and simple as possible during this update, but let us know if you have any suggestions for how to make it easier to use.  Expect a hotkey for adding/editing due dates in the near future, we just wanted to get this out the door to everyone as quickly as possible!

Update your copy by pointing your blackberry to http://m.studentdocket.com. Let us know if this does or doesn’t address the issue!

Lister is a simple, easy to use application that allows you to create and manage multiple lists at once.  When we set out to make Lister, our primary concern was usability, so we’ve done everything we can think of to keep the application streamlined and user friendly.

Just a few of the features include:

• Create list items without ever entering a BlackBerry menu
• Easily share lists with friends through email.  Best of all, these lists are readable even if the receiver doesn’t currently use Lister.  If they do, Lister will pick up the list and add it to their application automatically!
• Simple hotkeys help you navigate Lister more easily: E to edit a list item, M to move a list item, and C to mark an item complete/incomplete
• Search your lists from the home screen

Below are a few videos demonstrating Lister’s easy to use interface and features.  If you’d like to give it a shot for yourself, simply point your BlackBerry device to http://m.studentdocket.com and download your free copy today!

We’re pleased to announce a new, FREE version of StudentDocket!  StudentDocket Lite is limited to 3 classes with unlimited assignments/projects for each class.  Because StudentDocket Lite is new, please consider it an experiment of sorts.  Amongst other things, we’re toying with the idea of making it ad supported or changing the allowed number of classes/assignments.  If you have any ideas or suggestions for this version, please don’t hesitate to let us know!  Download your copy of StudentDocket Lite by pointing your BlackBerry device to http://m.studentdocket.com.

StudentDocket

For our current users, we’ve released an update to StudentDocket that addresses several of the issues you’ve all brought to our attention.  Amongst these changes is support for BlackBerry OS 5.0.  Please keep in mind that this is our first 5.0 release, so let us know if you encounter any issues we missed!  Also included in this update is:

• Support for BlackBerry OS v. 5.0
• Changes to the way StudentDocket data is backed up in Desktop Manager, StudentDocket no longer needs to be started once before backing up.  Hopefully this will address some of the issues a few of you have reported
• StudentDocket no longer needs to run in the background for assignment reminders
• UI update to our About Us and Registration pages
• Our StudentDocket trial is now StudentDocket Lite (more below)

Check out the update for yourself by pointing your BlackBerry device to http://m.studentdocket.com.

We are getting alot of requests for keys after purchases in the BlackBerry App World.  The key appears when the application is initially installed, but it is also saved in the AppWorld application in the My AppWorld section.  Click Studentdocket, Then hit the Blackberry key and select “copy license key to the clipboard”.  From here you can paste the key into StudentDocket.  If you didn’t receive a key, or are having problems registering, please let us know at support@studentdocket.com

More information can be found here:

Entering the license key for an application purchased through BlackBerry App World

This is not intended to be a complete list of BlackBerry shortcuts, just a list of all the ones I’m able to remember and use on a daily basis.  Also, these are the shortcuts I use on my Verizon BlackBerry Tour…they should work on most BlackBerry devices, but I’m not entirely positive.  If you have some handy shortcuts of your own feel free to add them in the comments!

StudentDocket

• S - New Class (L for Pearl/Flip users)
• T - New Assignment/task
• P - New Project
• D - View Day
• W - View Week
• M - View Month
• A - All Assignments
• F - View assignments for a given class (B for Pearl/Flip users)
• C - Toggle task between Complete and Incomplete

BlackBerry Calendar

• A – Agenda View
• D – Day View
• W – Week View
• M – Month View
• Space – next day/week/month
• T – View Today

BlackBerry Email/SMS/MMS

• R – Reply to current message (great way to avoid opening each text message)
• F – Forward Current Message
• T – Top of screen
• U – Next unread message
• S – Search
• Space – Page Down
• Q – see the name/email address/phone number of any highlighted contact (Really useful!)

BlackBerry Browser

• T – Top of the screen
• B – Bottom of the screen
• G – “Go To” Screen
• R – Refresh

UberTwitter

• R – Reply
• T – Top
• Space – Page Down
• F – Follow
• L – ReTweet
• A – Change Accounts
• S – Search

Google Maps

• I – Zoom In
• O – Zoom Out
• 0 – Go to current location (this one took me forever to find…)
• U,J,K,H – Move around the map

For an insanely long list of Shortcuts nobody could ever remember, head on over to http://forums.crackberry.com/f3/tip-helpful-keyboard-shortcuts-13131/

Hopefully these will help someone else as much as they have me!

We’re working on a few more changes to StudentDocket and an exciting new addition to the TGQE product lineup, so stay tuned for further updates!

GetSatisfaction:  This is probably the quickest and easiest way to get ahold of us.  We’re notified about all conversations that take place, and are generally able to respond within a few days at the latest.  Also, GetSatisfaction has the added benefit of allowing everyone to contribute and benefit from the comments at once.  Chances are, you aren’t the only one who wants that extra feature, has that question, or is a little bit angry with us about something

StudentDocket Support: If the issue concerns billing, locating a missing key, or you simply don’t want to register with GetSatisfaction, then feel free to head on over to our support page and fill out a private support request.  These get to us just as fast, but allow us to handle the issue in private (great for sensitive information like tracking down registration keys).

While we frequent other BlackBerry forums fairly often, it does take us quite a bit longer to locate and address any support requests posted there.

Hope this helps!  We definitely want you all to be able to get in contact with us as quickly and easily as possible whenever necessary.  Hit the comments or send us a quick message if you have any suggestions on how we could make our support process easier.

We’ve gotten a few comments about the keyboard in the Storm version of StudentDocket dissappearing, sticking, or otherwise just causing some headaches.  Just wanted to send a quick note to let you all know that we hear you loud and clear, and are currently trying to figure out what the issue could be.  We’ll let you know when we’ve found a fix!

Sorry for any inconvenience, please send us a quick message on the support page if you’ve noticed any other issues with either the Storm or standard versions of StudentDocket.

Thanks!