That Girl who says "When you read the message, i know you read it" Thats my All time favorite feature. I am a very honest person and if you read them and don't respond i will make sure i let you know that i am aware of this... hahahah

...RIM's starting to get the flow goin' :-D

the one in the barber shop is my favorite...im always on BBM when im getting a hair cut...my barber seems pretty interested in it...i think im finally convincing him to switch to #TeamBlackBerry

*update: wooow i never saw any of the BBM commercials on tv until just this second...it was the one with both the guy about the cars and the surfer...

yet typical RIM if you ask me. Is it really good to only show the satisfaction the customers have with the product rather than display the actually uses and functions of it?

I think this is a very worthwhile ad campaign for RIM. In my opinion access to BBM is one of the biggest benefits of owning a BlackBerry. The few times I've considered migrating to a different platform, BBM is what made me reconsider. I really depend on it to communicate with most of my friends and family.

They NEED to figure out how to get my keyboard to show up in BBM chat rooms!

Pimping out one of their currently most unstable features isn't likely the best idea? lol.

Whenever I'm in a group chat (it HAS to be a group chat) my keyboard will never show up. I can hit the "show keyboard" key until my fingers fall off, and it will not show! now on a one-on-one chat...no problems. oh, I have the Storm2.

keep it up, in the groove now :)

Thats funny a BBM commercial coming out at the same time i was about to erase my BBM from my phone. Every1 that i know that had a blackberry dosent anymore, i've got like 5 contacts left and 4 of thosae people i dont really talk to.....some1 let me know when the droid train is comin im bout to jump on.

I especially like that they are not using button up suit types.

It requuires that the people that you comunicate with have a Blackberry. If you are in a corporate setting that requires BB's and all your friends work there then BBM is the way to go.

Most of my "friends" have just purchased their 1st smartphone within the last year... and they were not BB's, so BBM is becoming less and less relevant in my case.

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That this has stirred up the "haters" lol!

ah well to each their own yes?

I love bbm and my Storm 2!!! I think this is mainly for the enthusiasts that are sticking with RIM and the bb phones they own.

To all the ppl that hate it and could care less about why comment? Do you know that that's about 2-5 minutes of your life wasted that you will never get back?

Go to your iphone & Droid forums and be more productive yes?

yeah i have 90+ bbm friends (obviously i dont contact them all regularly) but bbm is going strong. it's one of the main reasons to have a blackberry over any other smartphone in my opinion. as a college student, the people from high school that i've kept closest in touch with have bbm.

i would love it if bbm was compatible with other phones though,(iphone especially).

also the delivered and read functions are amazing - bbm's just... better than texting. it's hard to explain to people who don't use it.

Oh gosh, I absolutely HATE the feature of knowing if the other person has read your msg or not. It drives me nuts. For example, if you are in some type of important conversation or an argument or something and you send a whole damn paragraph... They read it but don't respond. It seriously pisses me off. Other than that, I like it. Hahaha.

I had never seen a use for BBM when I got my phone 4 months ago. I thought it was pointless until my best friend told me to add her to BBM about a month ago. After that I was hooked and am on it quite a bit. I think its awesome and one of the best features. I have never had any issues with its stability either. And the commercials have just the amount of vagueness about BBM that it will draw potential customers to get curious enough to check out BB just to see all the features. I think they did a good job.

RIM, major fail here.

I just don't find any of these people in those situations as believable. You are still trying to make your devices as the platform for all. Yet the bread and butter still seems to be the corporate customer. There wasn't one damn corporate use case in these videos.

And that music in all the videos......I felt like I was at the Country Bears Jamboree at Disneyworld.

What you should focus on for BBM is that you can: BBM/TXT YOUR FRIENDS WHO ARE ALSO ON BBM FOR.....wait for it....FREE.

I love BBM because every single one of my friends, family, and colleagues has a Blackberry, so I can talk to them whenever I want.

Oh wait... only 3 of my friends have a Blackberry, and it's not even friends I talk to that often.

I admit, BBM is great for people who have large numbers of contacts with Berrys. It's a nice application. For me, though, I'm going to have to stick with Google chat - it's cross-platform, which allows me to stay in touch with more of my friends, family, and colleagues than BBM ever could.

That's the only thing they can advertise since everything else sucks on Blackberries. Only BBM is what's keeping people on these devices and it was a hard decision for me to make but it was worth it leaving it behind.

I think the spots are great. But I do think there will be that 20% who don't like it and wont take to it. The same people who don't take to other apps like Twitter or Facebook. At any rate, has anyone else noticed BBM issues the last 3 days? Messages being undelivered or sent in the wrong order, not to mention lack of delivered, and read receipts on some messages.

~Kuttysark

I have a couple of friends who switched over to the iphone, and all they talk about is how they wish they still had BBM....and a phone that can make phone calls. ha.

So how do I send/receive BBMs with the 99% of my friends & family that use iPhones, Android Phones, SideKicks, Palm Phones, etc.. or use Mac, PC, or Linux Computers?

Yeah, I still don't get why I would use BBM.

I'm having more problems today than I've had the past 3 days. And the past 3 days have sucked. The worst communication I've had on a blackberry, I would rather the BBM just didn't work at all. I hope they fix (or at least acknowledge) the problems.

so RIM is trying to get people to stay on the BB based on BBM? sorry not going to happen

The thing I like most about these spots is that they feature 8900s and 9000s and not just 9700s - thanks for showing us older device users some love RIM!

The "no-charge" and hyper-confidentiality bonuses of BBM happen because BBM operates through RIM and NOT the service provider. Once you go cross-platform I think you lose both of these... I'm all for the exclusivity of BBM.

I like these spots. Stupid question, but how can I tell when someone has read a BBM message?

too bad bbm hasn't been working for the last month for me. upgrade is in a couple months and if im still spottty why stay. don't take it the wrong way i love my bb and bbm but maybe its time for a change

While I really like BBM and use it every day, I think the commercials are a little less than what RIM needs to be doing in terms of advertising. It's an interesting concept to talk about BBM and never show a BlackBerry.

At the same time, when you look at the new iPhone commercials about their video conferencing capabilities, it really does make it look like something that could be used and is much more intriguing.

Looking at each commercial, the iPhone ad makes me think video chatting would be a neat option. If I didn't have a smart phone, it would really make me consider the iPhone as a viable option. Watching the BlackBerry ads just makes me wonder what BBM is - it doesn't make me want to go out and buy a BlackBerry.

Maybe it is just me, but I am not seeing anything in those commercials that makes the BlackBerry a "got to have" experience.

BBM's been having a lot of problems on my end for the last week. Messages not being delivered, receiving messages 6+ hours later...very annoying. RIM needs to fix this issue!

I don't know if it is a good idea, but taking on something that was brought up a while ago on here, maybe a commercial that showed what is supposed to be the "always on" feature of BBM...

Something along the lines of a natural disaster (fire, earthquake...). People stuck in a building, cell calls not going out due to the volume calls being attempted. But BBM still working (since it is almost always connected and will wait for an open packet to send). The person could text, send a picture, or even a voice note - something to let a loved one know they are all right.

Kinda dark, I know. I just think they need to show more about what actually can be done with a BlackBerry.

I don't have very many friends, and virtually no family w/ a berry so bbm isn't all that useful for me. I do like it to talk to the few ppl I actually have on my list but I don't ever see myself using it more than a good ol fashioned text

Most of the people i know have iPhones, Android phones or anything but a blackberry - sad but true. This might have been a good selling feature in 2005 when Blackberry was the only smart phone of any note out there..but its 2010. Just use Yahoo Messenger ... works on any phone and pc/mac...seriously..can't believe RIM is blowing their load in marketing this.

Maybe I have a setting wrong or something. But when people that I have in my bbm text me it has the same tone weather or not it's a text or bbm. And the text shows in the bbm too. They are different so keep them apart. And I just don't see a use for it anyways.

I understand that people buy specific smartphones for features they want in a device. BBs are made for messaging and i just don't see other devices closing the gap when it comes to this feature. BBM is only for BBs but it's still by far the best messaging app on any smartphone device. For those that have android and iphones i don't think you can name a messaging app on your device that compares. If BBM was on these other smartphones it would make all other messaging apps obsolete including SMS. Once you use BBM you just prefer it over all forms of messaging. It's just in a class all by itself.

Its kinda cool to me how much things have shifted that way...BBM is a BB staple and needed this kind of spotlight

My only problem with BBM is that... I have zero contacts to share the experience with =[!!

...I will miss when my DroidX shows up. My long standing with RIM is mostly from my adoration for BBM. I will miss it lots but I won't miss all the hundreds of headaches RIM has given me over the years. Later.