Blackberry 9350, 9360, 9370 manual Smart tags, About smart tags, View, save, or delete a smart tag

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Smart tags

About smart tags

Organizations might add smart tags to items such as posters, flyers, or t-shirts. When you tap the smart tag reader on the back of your BlackBerry smartphone against a smart tag, your smartphone views the smart tag and presents you with the options to view or delete the smart tag. Smart tags can contain a range of information including web addresses, telephone numbers, email addresses, coupons, graphics, media files, event details, and more.

View, save, or delete a smart tag

When you tap the smart tag reader on the back of your BlackBerry smartphone against a smart tag, your smartphone automatically saves the smart tag in the Smart Tags application along with the date, time, and location of where you saved the smart tag from.

Do one of the following:

•To view and save a new smart tag, tap the smart tag reader on the back of your smartphone against a smart tag. Click View.

•To view a saved smart tag, in the Applications folder, click the Smart Tags icon. Click a smart tag.

•To delete a saved smart tag, in the Applications folder, click the Smart Tags icon. Highlight a smart tag. Press the key > Delete.

Create a smart tag

You can create a smart tag so that you can quickly share information with other NFC-enabled device users. When you create a smart tag, depending on the information that you include, the smart tag provides the option to open a webpage, call a phone number, send a text or email message, open an application, or view a location on a map.

1.In the Applications folder, click the Smart Tags icon.

2.Press the key > Create Tag.

•To create a smart tag that presents the option to call a phone number, send a text message, or add a phone number to a contact list, in the URL field, type tel: and a phone number.

•To create a smart tag that presents the option to send a text message, in the URL field, type sms: and a phone number.

•To create a smart tag that presents the option to send an email, view a contact's information, or send a text message with an attachment , in the URL field, type mailto: and an email address.

•To create a smart tag that presents the option to visit a webpage, open an application, or view a map location, in the URL field, type http:// or https:// and a web address.

3.Press the key > Save.

Change a smart tag

You can change smart tags that you have created or smart tags that you have saved on your BlackBerry smartphone.

1.In the Applications folder, click the Smart Tags icon.

2.Highlight a smart tag.

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