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Trillian for BlackBerry beta now available for download

by Bla1ze

on 4 Jun 2010 07:36 PM

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Trillian for BlackBerry beta now available for download

Just yesterday we posted that the Trillian instant messaging application would be arriving in beta form on BlackBerry soon. I guess the folks at Trillian weren't kidding. If you head on over to the mobile download page for Trillian you'll find that version 1.0.0.204 is now available for download. The beta they are offering up is trial limited, so at some point it will indeed expire but they do not indicate when. Having used it for the past day, I suggest downloading and giving it a try. The list of supported devices can be viewed via the Trillian website and yes, the BlackBerry Storm is supported already. As well as the BlackBerry Pearl 3G although the website does not indicate that model. You can also share your thoughts on it here in the comments or in the CrackBerry forums.

Filed Under: News & Rumors, BlackBerry Apps; Tags: Trillian

111 Comments

Posted by lakerz4lyfe Friday, Jun 04, 2010 617 days ago

using it for a few minutes and so far it seems promising!

Posted by stoneland Friday, Jun 04, 2010 617 days ago

How large is the app?

Posted by Lefty923 Friday, Jun 04, 2010 617 days ago

Can't log into Facebook. It says "Success" and takes me back to a log in screen.

Posted by jcamputaro8 Friday, Jun 04, 2010 617 days ago

I had the same problem so i deleted my facebook login and retried and it worked. Give that a try

Posted by Lefty923 Friday, Jun 04, 2010 617 days ago

Yup that worked!

Posted by thadialeckt Friday, Jun 04, 2010 617 days ago

so far so good.....does beejive have some competition now...we shall see

Posted by mystic205 Saturday, Jun 05, 2010 616 days ago

tried beejive..its a power hog and doesnt do skype..IM+ was far more energy efficient.. not as pretty.. but more effective

Posted by pistolcity Friday, Jun 04, 2010 617 days ago

It won't let me add my other social networking sites. Helppp

Posted by deloreancowboy Saturday, Jun 05, 2010 616 days ago

Currently Trillian supports FaceBook and MySpace. Are you unable to add these sites?

Posted by mr. go_iLL Friday, Jun 04, 2010 617 days ago

1.8MB. I have a 8900 w/ 25 plus apps and over 110MB left for apps so who cares!!! DL'ed in less than a minute Hybrids FTW!!! Lol!

Posted by stoneland Friday, Jun 04, 2010 617 days ago

Great, thanks for the info. Might have to try it out...but none of my friends really use AIM or Yahoo anymore...or GoogleTalk. They're still stuck texting. :\

Posted by mr. go_iLL Friday, Jun 04, 2010 617 days ago

1.8MB. I have a 8900 w/ 25 plus apps and over 110MB left for apps so who cares!!! DL'ed in less than a minute Hybrids FTW!!! Lol!

Posted by mr. go_iLL Friday, Jun 04, 2010 617 days ago

1.8MB. I have a 8900 w/ 25 plus apps and over 110MB left for apps so who cares!!! DL'ed in less than a minute Hybrids FTW!!! Lol!

Posted by mr. go_iLL Friday, Jun 04, 2010 617 days ago

1.8MB. I have a 8900 w/ 25 plus apps and over 110MB left for apps so who cares!!! DL'ed in less than a minute Hybrids FTW!!! Lol!

Posted by mr. go_iLL Friday, Jun 04, 2010 617 days ago

1.8MB. I have a 8900 w/ 25 plus apps and over 110MB left for apps so who cares!!! DL'ed in less than a minute Hybrids FTW!!! Lol!

Posted by mr. go_iLL Friday, Jun 04, 2010 617 days ago

1.8MB. I have a 8900 w/ 25 plus apps and over 110MB left for apps so who cares!!! DL'ed in less than a minute Hybrids FTW!!! Lol!

Posted by deloreancowboy Friday, Jun 04, 2010 617 days ago

Been playing with it since the release and I have a few feature requests for the Cerulean Studios team... So please bring up any features you want, big or small in this forum... then I'll bring them to the Devs. http://forums.ceruleanstudios.com/showthread.php?t=100021

Posted by ayetim Friday, Jun 04, 2010 617 days ago

when i dled ota on my 9700 it is a zip folder. but no installation... can someone help me?

Posted by collin16 Friday, Jun 04, 2010 617 days ago

Change your browser identification to BlackBerry and go to trillian.im/ through your BlackBerry browser only

Posted by ayetim Friday, Jun 04, 2010 617 days ago

wow all this time i had it on firefox identification...! thanks for the help again =]

Posted by collin16 Friday, Jun 04, 2010 617 days ago

Posted by deloreancowboy Saturday, Jun 05, 2010 616 days ago

Click the BlackBerry Button. "Add Chat" Select the service your contact is on. And then type the username (not the display name).

If this does not work Go to the Trillian forums and in the "Astra Bugs" section add this bug. Making sure to specify that it's on BlackBerry, what model and OS build you are using (i.e. Bold 9700 OS 5.0.0.669) Also if it's a hybrid make sure that you state that, and build of the program (1.0.0.204 is the current build)

Posted by crackberry89 Friday, Jun 04, 2010 617 days ago

I'm having a hard time trying register...anyone else having this problem?

Posted by deloreancowboy Saturday, Jun 05, 2010 616 days ago

I'm unsure as I have been registered on the Astra network for years now. This sounds like a Bug.

Please, Go to the Trillian forums and in the "Astra Bugs" section add this bug. Making sure to specify that it's on BlackBerry, what model and OS build you are using (i.e. Bold 9700 OS 5.0.0.669) Also if it's a hybrid make sure that you state that, and build of the program (1.0.0.204 is the current build)

Posted by eklisiewicz Friday, Jun 04, 2010 617 days ago

I keep getting api errors, even after rebooting.

Will not open.

Has been removed.

Posted by deloreancowboy Saturday, Jun 05, 2010 616 days ago

What OS are you on? How many apps are loaded on your BlackBerry? Did you try to uninstall the app, reload your BlackBerry and then reinstall it? They can't fix these types of Bugs if we don't tell them that they are there.

Go to the Trillian forums and in the "Astra Bugs" section add this bug. Making sure to specify that it's on BlackBerry, what model and OS build you are using (i.e. Bold 9700 OS 5.0.0.669) Also if it's a hybrid make sure that you state that, and build of the program (1.0.0.204 is the current build)

Also, please keep an eye out for updates as these bugs may be resolved in the future.

Posted by ayetim Friday, Jun 04, 2010 617 days ago

lol maybe thsi is why its called a beta!

Posted by Vix Friday, Jun 04, 2010 617 days ago

I can't even log in :( get an error message saying 'some internal server error'.. Boo :(

Posted by deloreancowboy Saturday, Jun 05, 2010 616 days ago

Same thing I said to the others. Try uninstalling the program, restarting your Berry and reinstall... If that doesn't work submit a bug report.

Posted by Azothyran Friday, Jun 04, 2010 617 days ago

I downloaded it and tried it out, only to find out it doesn't seem to work properly. It is locked in portrait orientation, for one, so that forces me to use the condensed suretype or tiny full keyboard. On top of that, I struggle with the T-9 input method to set up an account only to find that it doesn't do anything when I confirm the details. I don't like BeeJive anyway, so I think I'll stick with the wonderful official Windows Live Messenger that hasn't been updated for a considerable time.

Posted by deloreancowboy Saturday, Jun 05, 2010 616 days ago

This feature request is in the Trillian Forums already. Please check back for an update. Hopefully it'll be resolved soon. Also, check out our "feature request" thread at the trillian forums and add any other features you think should be added.

Posted by don.new Friday, Jun 04, 2010 617 days ago

Please add contact-online notifications and Skype chat support.

Posted by Kero_1116 Friday, Jun 04, 2010 617 days ago

+1 for those features tooo

i would like it to group contact list for each IM account. So the list on 1 of my msn accounts will be grouped in one group in the contact list and my other msn account will have it's contact list group in another.

also, can u add a preference where i can change the size of the text in the contact list. i would actually like it smaller so it can fit more contacts in the screen at once!

thanks!

Posted by deloreancowboy Saturday, Jun 05, 2010 616 days ago

Skype Chat support is in the feature request thread. The other two have been added.

Posted by eklisiewicz Friday, Jun 04, 2010 617 days ago

Beta applications should still open without throwing api error messages about secure modules. Have no idea what that means, but I can't use the application, so it's gone. Too bad, I liked the desktop application for this.

Posted by deloreancowboy Saturday, Jun 05, 2010 616 days ago

Did you send in a bug report? Like I said to others, they can't fix what they don't know is wrong. That's what Beta is all about.

Posted by dling1971 Friday, Jun 04, 2010 617 days ago

9550 will not sign into FB chat.......tried deleting and re-adding...no dice......

Posted by rstevensjr Friday, Jun 04, 2010 617 days ago

Just downloaded it and been playing around with it for about a hour. Has some promise. Not bad at all.

Posted by UnityDivides Friday, Jun 04, 2010 617 days ago

Will not allow me to be signed into Astra on both desktop and BlackBerry clients. One or the other. That's a little frustrating. Also, the contact status icons are a little finicky about showing up.

Posted by deloreancowboy Saturday, Jun 05, 2010 616 days ago

Are you a Pro user on the Windows client?

Multiple signons are a Pro only feature. Along with other cool feature you can currently get Trillian Astra Pro for $15 (down from $25)

Posted by jstray Friday, Jun 04, 2010 617 days ago

How do I switch in between aim and facebook? And is there a way to set the messages to appear on my main message list?

Posted by deloreancowboy Saturday, Jun 05, 2010 616 days ago

With Trillian you don't switch between the services. They are all on there at once. If you're talking about on a metacontact click the spacebar and it will drop down their individual contacts. You can chose from where to send the IM.

That feature request is the first one on our feature request page. Hopefully they get that added in very soon.

Posted by deloreancowboy Saturday, Jun 05, 2010 616 days ago

sorry wrong post

Posted by Brandon 8ch Friday, Jun 04, 2010 617 days ago

Umm it keeps saying. "Captcha data is loading. Please wait!" What does that mean?

Posted by pauliesmom Saturday, Jun 05, 2010 616 days ago

Yep, same problem here, Curve 8300 OS 4.5

Posted by kyleresq Friday, Jun 04, 2010 617 days ago

Anyone know how to deny a contact request? I keep clicking "deny" and yet the request is still in my list and if I "end" the individual chats, the requests pop up again when I log back in.

Posted by tfrankson Saturday, Jun 05, 2010 616 days ago

I'm having this same issue..

Posted by kanehusky Friday, Jun 04, 2010 617 days ago

Installed and everything seems to be working well! First thought is I'd like to see Messages integration like other IM apps. And the LED alert blinks even after the message has been viewed; had to turn it off.