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Parental controls for BlackBerry
Its official. BlackBerry now offer their customers Parental controls. This gives some parents a breath of relief as they can now remove web browsing on their son's BlackBerry whilst allowing him to access BBM. However if you want to let your child use a browser but to filter porn, then click here
You can use parental controls to switch any of the features below on or off:
BlackBerry Parental Controls is now also available on BlackBerry App World™ for customers with a BlackBerry® 6 or BlackBerry® 7 OS smartphone. For those using BlackBerry® OS 5, a compatible version of Parental Controls will be available in the near future. For more information, please visit: http://helpblog.blackberry.com/2012/07/blackberry-parental-controls-now-available/
The new BlackBerry® 7.1, the latest version of the BlackBerry® smartphone OS, includes Parental Controls for BlackBerry® Internet Service customers. The new BlackBerry Curve 9320comes pre-installed with the new BlackBerry 7.1 OS. BlackBerry® 7 smartphones that can be upgraded to BlackBerry 7.1 include the BlackBerry® Bold™ 9900, BlackBerry® Torch™ 9810, BlackBerry® Curve™ 9360 and BlackBerry® Curve™ 9380 smartphones and the BlackBerry® Porsche Design P'9981. For more information on how to upgrade your smartphone’s software, visit: http://za.blackberry.com/services/blackberry7/.
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You can use parental controls to switch any of the features below on or off:
- SMS
- BBM
- Web browser (If you want to allow your child to use a browser but want to filter porn then click here)
- exchange of files over Bluetooth
- location services
- uploading videos to YouTube
- apps
- new email accounts
- Facebook & Twitter
- camera
BlackBerry Parental Controls is now also available on BlackBerry App World™ for customers with a BlackBerry® 6 or BlackBerry® 7 OS smartphone. For those using BlackBerry® OS 5, a compatible version of Parental Controls will be available in the near future. For more information, please visit: http://helpblog.blackberry.com/2012/07/blackberry-parental-controls-now-available/
The new BlackBerry® 7.1, the latest version of the BlackBerry® smartphone OS, includes Parental Controls for BlackBerry® Internet Service customers. The new BlackBerry Curve 9320comes pre-installed with the new BlackBerry 7.1 OS. BlackBerry® 7 smartphones that can be upgraded to BlackBerry 7.1 include the BlackBerry® Bold™ 9900, BlackBerry® Torch™ 9810, BlackBerry® Curve™ 9360 and BlackBerry® Curve™ 9380 smartphones and the BlackBerry® Porsche Design P'9981. For more information on how to upgrade your smartphone’s software, visit: http://za.blackberry.com/services/blackberry7/.
For more information click here