The default location of the icons on a Blackberry are not to my liking. I prefer to change my Blackberry icons by relocating them so that the handful of functions I access most often are on the top row of the home screen. This puts them right at my fingertips. To see how easy this is, here is a walkthrough on a Blackberry Pearl in which we move the Address Book icon to the top row.

1. First, browsing around with the trackball, locate the Address Book icon. In this example it is one of the last icons. After you find it, the icon should appear highlighted.

2. Now, click on the menu button. On this Blackberry, it is the little “paw prints” button to the left of the trackball. This will bring up a context menu. With the trackball, scroll up or down to select the Move option and clik the trackball.

3. The context menu goes away and now we see that the Address Book icon is surrounded by a little box indicating it is under our control.

4. Use the trackball to slide the Address Book icon around until it is in the desired location. If you mess up, just hit the menu button and select Move again.

5. After you have the icon where you want it, click on the trackball and it will stop moving. In my case, I like putting the Address Book as the third icon on the top row.