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RIM Updates All IM Applications!

by Bla1ze on 4 Mar 2009 07:08 AM
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RIM Updates IM Clients!

RIM has quietly released updates for all their instant messaging clients to version 2.1.42. I find this rather funny since it seems like only a few weeks ago that they had updated them to 2.1.41 but as always seems to be the case with RIM application releases, their was no change log provided, nor any real announcement for it either.

Now hopefully there are some changes within these applications, but at this point I can't really find anything different about them. If you have noticed anything, please post what it is in comments so that others may know as well. Now RIM, where the heck is our new Facebook application at?

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Posted by rip14 Wednesday, Mar 04, 2009 1075 days ago

I have version 2.2.22 already, on Storm .109

 
 
Posted by Bla1ze Wednesday, Mar 04, 2009 1075 days ago

Storm builds are different and umm..in any event you still need to update cause currently Storm builds are at 2.2.31 :)

 
 
Posted by CreaseKeeper28 Wednesday, Mar 04, 2009 1074 days ago

Ok, so when i go into my app center on the storm, it shows the 2.2.22 available...where is the 2.2.31?

 
 
Posted by briischamp Wednesday, Mar 04, 2009 1074 days ago

blackberry.com/instantmessaging and select Google Talk. It will upgrade you from 2.2.22 to 2.2.31. I'm not sure why it doesn't pick up the upgrade in the App Center. Mine doesn't either.

 
 
Posted by CasyCasy Wednesday, Mar 04, 2009 1074 days ago

How did you do that? Did you do it yourself? I've not gotten the update yet and I really want it. HELP

 
 
Posted by trackizmy1 Wednesday, Mar 04, 2009 1075 days ago

i cant find AIM on the im list

 
 
Posted by trackizmy1 Wednesday, Mar 04, 2009 1075 days ago

o i fount it i forgot it was ota

 
 
Posted by bobbyhobby Wednesday, Mar 04, 2009 1075 days ago

Does the 8330 curve have a flash player application..

 
 
Posted by Yesterdays Shoveler Wednesday, Mar 04, 2009 1075 days ago

Seems like GTalk is the same version that I already had installed with .109 on the 9530...

 
 
Posted by thesquire Wednesday, Mar 04, 2009 1075 days ago

The last number signifies the minor revisions.....I wouldn't expect to notice any changes.

 
 
Posted by djrams Wednesday, Mar 04, 2009 1074 days ago

Looks like 2.2.31 (storm) shows the complete Friend Details when a name is highlighted, instead of truncating it. That's all I see right now.

And to update the storm, you have to download from the link above. Its not coming up in App Center.

 
 
Posted by marqeagles Wednesday, Mar 04, 2009 1074 days ago

Screw these chat updates, lets get an official OS update.

 
 
Posted by jayrezny Wednesday, Mar 04, 2009 1074 days ago

where's the aim???

 
 
Posted by carla01 Wednesday, Mar 04, 2009 1074 days ago

the link gives you the old version! wtf

 
 
Posted by dean0uga Wednesday, Mar 04, 2009 1074 days ago

hopefully the new facebook app 1.5 is released for download soon!

 
 
Posted by tech4hire Wednesday, Mar 04, 2009 1074 days ago

I am downloading the IM clients from RIM site now and all are coming up with the version of 2.2.31 and not 2.1.42. I am using a BB Storm.

 
 
Posted by ccfixx Wednesday, Mar 04, 2009 1074 days ago

No problems here for my 8330 Curve... all updates are 2.1.42.

 
 
Posted by ress626 Wednesday, Mar 04, 2009 1074 days ago

I went to the update page and only got 2.2.31 on both google and aim

 
 
Posted by onlineaddy Wednesday, Mar 04, 2009 1074 days ago

I would save a few seconds of your time and not bother. I see no discernable changes to the apps.

 
 
Posted by TimNY Wednesday, Mar 04, 2009 1074 days ago

Unless I am looking at the wrong thing mine says 2.2.22 is installed on my Storm (in the Application Center) and I remember it being updated last month.

 
 
Posted by th3gh05t Wednesday, Mar 04, 2009 1074 days ago

I type my password, and it says I have the wrong password. I know that I do not.

How do we downgrade?

 
 
Posted by SiPimpin Wednesday, Mar 04, 2009 1074 days ago

Hey I had the same problem till I tried to take out the @gmail.com and it worked.

 
 
Posted by No_name001 Wednesday, Mar 04, 2009 1074 days ago

hard boot your device, then try again, it should work after that...

 
 
Posted by nunnun Thursday, Mar 05, 2009 1074 days ago

I tried both hard boot and take out @gmail.com but i cant connect Gtalk...
Anyone has solutions?

 
 
Posted by infernl Wednesday, Mar 04, 2009 1074 days ago

Did they offer up an even newer update than was reported here? I have 2.2.22 on all of these applications.

 
 
Posted by rfdesort Wednesday, Mar 04, 2009 1074 days ago

Hm... maybe its just me but i didnt see AIM on that link to update. And why wont by BB Storm pick up the new update on the Application Center if theres all these new additions?

 
 
Posted by geoffrey1 Wednesday, Mar 04, 2009 1074 days ago

I went to install these, and it said "Would you like to replace version 2.4.3 with version 2.1.41.... how is this possible?!

 
 
Posted by funnyjerkz Wednesday, Mar 04, 2009 1074 days ago

my phone tells me i have 2.2.31 not 2.2.41 ? now your saying theres an 2.2.42?

 
 
Posted by CasyCasy Wednesday, Mar 04, 2009 1074 days ago

Odd, because my versions on my Storm show 2.2.22 for Yahoo, etc.

 
 
Posted by Lumute Wednesday, Mar 04, 2009 1074 days ago

Hey, thanks for the link for the storm version... just downloaded 2.2.31 and works perfectly

 
 
Posted by wperry66 Wednesday, Mar 04, 2009 1074 days ago

I've been having problems with AIM for about a week now. Couldn't sign in, would get an error every time. Then when I decided to delete the app and re-download it, it said my phone wasn't compatible. This version seems to be working out great. Problem solved.

 
 
Posted by screenname Wednesday, Mar 04, 2009 1074 days ago

No update available for Windows Live Messenger on that Link. My Storm shows 2.2.22. I'm running .75. Is there an update or not? What's the deal?

 
 
Posted by Zzoram Wednesday, Mar 04, 2009 1074 days ago

I have Windows Live Messenger 2.1.37 how many versions behind am I, and how do I update?

Curve 8900

 
 
Posted by kenner30 Wednesday, Mar 04, 2009 1074 days ago

I dont see a windows mobile update! :S

 
 
Posted by Saiyajin Wednesday, Mar 04, 2009 1074 days ago

I had higher versions (2.2.22) on my Storm than this article talked about as well, and I'm still on .75. To upgrade, I used my Storm browser,went to http://mobile.blackberry.com, clicked IM & Social Networking, and found links to AIM, Yahoo!, MSN, and Google Talk. Also some links for ICQ, Facebook, and a few others, if you don't have the latest versions by chance already.

 
 
Posted by PeekPoke Thursday, Mar 05, 2009 1073 days ago

I updated my Storm AIM from 2.2.26 to 2.2.31. It seems to fix the frequent disconnection issue (session lost when idle, sometimes just under one hour, without any warning).

Update: never mind. Disconnection issue still there, bummer.

 
 
Posted by pat-wallace Wednesday, Mar 04, 2009 1074 days ago

I have a curve 8330 on Bell...
All both FB and WLM do not appear to have been updates.
WLM hasnt been working anyway, so I was hoping that was fixed, and a Facebook App LEAK would be slick...
or..

howabout a BBM UPDATE ???
Blackberry Messenger:
Version: 1.0.94
Released: 2005-12-06

2005 ?!~!???

 
 
Posted by Janye Wednesday, Mar 04, 2009 1074 days ago

I have been having a problem with WLM where I do not get people's messages and mine time out a lot and are simply not set. I updated to the new one out for the storm, but the issue is still there. Battery pulls and unintall/reinstalls do not fix the issue. :(

 
 
Posted by Striker317 Wednesday, Mar 04, 2009 1074 days ago

to pat-wallace - you got a bigger problem if you have bbm 1.0.94 installed, you need to upgrade your os for the latest BBM as that is the only way the latest bbm revs come now

https://www.blackberry.com/Downloads/browseSoftware.do;jsessionid=YLByI9...

 
 
Posted by mikells43 Wednesday, Mar 04, 2009 1074 days ago

yea my versions are no where near wwhat u are saying ?

 
 
Posted by DOPEBOY718 Wednesday, Mar 04, 2009 1074 days ago

I WENT BUT DONT SEEM TO SEE ANYTHING FOR THE AOL IM APP OR AN UPDATE ANYBODY KNO WASSUP WITH THAT?

 
 
Posted by BBTelus8330 Thursday, Mar 05, 2009 1074 days ago

Theres some commenters here that are complaining where the updates are. Use your BB browser to go to http://mobile.blackberry.com to get the updates to the IMs cause if your using the Desktop Manager it won't work. i tried then downloaded the updates manually through the website with the BB browser.

Only updated WLM and Yahoo cause i use them more then AIM and Gtalk.

thanks for the heads up about the updates.

 
 
Posted by Krish Sreedharan Thursday, Mar 05, 2009 1074 days ago

Hi,

Just update all my messenger clients. Windows Live Messenger and Yahoo Messenger work fine. Google Talk does not. Get an error "Username and Password do not match". Worked earlier.

Even now, this works from my PC client. Is there any way I can roll back to the earlier version ?

Cheers,
Krish

 
 
Posted by curve 8330 user Thursday, Mar 05, 2009 1073 days ago

Google Talk 2.1.37 to 2.1.42 upgrade working fine for me.

 
 
Posted by Butterfly463 Thursday, Mar 05, 2009 1073 days ago

what is crackberry's mobile download site?

 
 
Posted by li2327 Friday, Mar 06, 2009 1073 days ago

I can't set my pic on yahoo messenger. I click the pic I want just like I did on the previous versions but it won't set the pic. Bummer!

 
 
Posted by Anonymou Saturday, Mar 07, 2009 1071 days ago

THE ONLY DIFF I C IZ THAT WHEN I GO ON AIM IT DOESNT SHOW IM MOBILE AND RIM NEED AN UPDATE SO THAT I CAN PPLS STATUS MESSAGE AND ICON. THEY ALSO NEED TO HAVE AND UPDATE SO WE CAN SET OUR OWN STATUS MESSAGE

 
 
Posted by blopez24 Sunday, Mar 08, 2009 1071 days ago

I keep getting the 2.1.33 update only and not the .42 so where can i get the newer one. Yes ive gone to the blackberry mobile site already.