Comments on: Instant Messaging on the Blackberry – Who Do You Use?

By: chad

chad — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 06:43:42 +0000

…. Dan… I hate to say I told ya so :)

By: Mike

Mike — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 17:00:32 +0000

Do you have a BES anywhere? (Typically in the company that you work for.) Then you could also install IM clients for either LCS/OCS, Sametime or Groupwise Messenger…

Otherwise the free apps that RIM offer are the Yahoo! Messenger, Google Talk and Windows Live Messenger (I think only available on a couple of North American carriers). Also if you’ve got friends or colleagues that use a BlackBerry you could use BlackBerry Messenger.

By: David

David — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 00:15:16 +0000

JiveTalk is better than oz messenger which at&t offers in MediaNet. Oz messenger uses sms messages instead of the data to send a receive instant messages. Also with JiveTalk you can logg in to more than one account at the same time.

Google’s softwear is also great to have, the new calander sync works very well. Maps is now able to use the built in GPS of the Curve 8310. The mail application also does a really good job with gmail.

Opera is also significantly better than the built in browser with the curve.

By: Jon

Jon — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 21:43:02 +0000

JiveTalk – http://www.beejive.com/products.php

By far the best IM client for BB.

By: Chris

Chris — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 19:02:09 +0000

My wife misses her Curve(GPS, syncing, great camera with flash!), she is warming up to the iPhone but Curve is great.

My favorite program for those crazy sites I read all the time RSS reader viigo(.com)
Google Suite – Search, Gmail, Maps (hopefully 1.1.3 will update so they are comparable), picasa, Docs, Sync get them all.

Don’t forget the 2 GB MicroSD card (buy.com) and a crystal plastic snap-on case (ebay).

My questions: Is it possible to Clone a SIM card so you do not have to swap SIM cards from phones (I know, don’t have both phones even turned on at the same time) but wanted to know if this works for anyone?

By: THE KURT

THE KURT — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 18:48:04 +0000

All the apps listed seem spot on and I live by them, If I were to add to the list would be Viigo for all your RSS needs, after using it I hardly touch Opera anymore. As for messaging the BB pin messenger works great if you can get your friends to make the jump to a blackberry. It adds super easy picture, audio clips, to your messengering.

By: Jesse

Jesse — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 18:46:27 +0000

I have a Curve 8320 and I run several IM apps all at once: AIM, ICQ, MSN, Yahoo!, GTalk, and BlackBerry Messenger. All are logged into their own account (yes, I have too many accounts) and everything works quite well. My only complaint is that I can’t log into more than one of any type of account. I have an AIM account for work and for personal use, so I had to choose one or the other to log into. I am debating getting a 3rd party AIM client so I can us it to log into my personal account. All in all, I love my BlackBerry and hope that you enjoy yours just as much.

By: Dan

Dan — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 15:42:05 +0000

i have an iPhone :)

By: Terry

Terry — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 15:13:53 +0000

Get a iPhone! and wait till Feb:)

By: mmoroca

mmoroca — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 10:07:38 +0000

GTalk is the word. Other interesting software: TwitterBerry for your Twitter replies, Google Maps, Facebook…