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by Jon Chase on December 9, 2009 at 06:30 AM

A life-changing tip for BlackBerry power users to add to their keyboard-command arsenal: Switch instantly between applications by holding down Alt and tapping Esc. Icons of your open apps will pop up; tap Esc until the one you want appears, then release Alt. It's akin to hitting Alt-Tab on a PC (or Apple-Tab on a Mac).

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DanDec 9th 2009 12:01PM

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This has been around for a very long time...

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phoenix563Dec 9th 2009 2:24PM

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You can also just hold down the BB menu button (at least on the 8900 Curve II).

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