What Is RIM Planning For BlackBerry Messenger?

hopefully something cool!

maybe im looking at it wrong but to me its just saying nothings new if u havent gotten 5.0 yet download it to see what youve been missing and thats it. I mean i love bbm and if there is actually something cool comin out then im very excited, but judging by the looks of it their either saying 1 of 2 things. Either download th latest version and were gonna drop some sick up date for 5.0, or in a way their kinda just promoting 5.0

**Edit: Im an idiot, i reread it, then ig uess their saying make sure u 5.0 and then u can download new stuff to 5.0.... I guess

Perhaps they will make BBM features friendlier to tie in with social networking sites such as Facebook, Myspace, YouTube, etc.? I am definitely curious to see what they roll out!

Doesn't BBM5 have some "Location" features that have never worked (like Send Location, etc)? Perhaps it's related to this.

I just hope they fix it so people's display images refresh for me again. I've been fighting with this for a long time now. If anyone has any clues or solutions, please PM me.

Kind of like Voice notes on crack?

That would be awesome.

Twitter integration?

Hmm, I don't know, but I'm curious.

Wishful thinking, but wouldn't it be a super exciting thing if they were to make BBM a truly open/free messenger service, just like Yahoo Messenger?

Probably a scam to get everyone to stop using the previous (buggy) version.

integrated new icon?

cant wait

desktop client would be cool...

Sounds interesting!

WIFI Support???

its supposed to be getting enhanced for more corpate type things like conferences and such, far as the general public i think its just more emoticons, bigger file transfers and bigger groups, thats just stuff thats going around but you know how stuff changes

With this update, BBM will only go offline once per month instead of once per week.

I don't want it to be an open messenger service. If people don't have yahoo or msn or any other IM client that you can talk to them from your phone, why would they get BBM? And the point of BBM is to message between BlackBerry users. I think opening it up to non-BB owners would take away some of the intrigue. I'm sure that if they posted something like that then there has to be at least a little change coming, but who knows what. I like BBM a lot, and I'm not much of an idea person so idk what they'll do with it or what they can do with it, but as long as they don't take away any of the functionality that we currently have then it can't really be a bad thing.

"Great conversations"? Maybe it increases the IQ of the people you talk to? ;)

i think just a bunch of new emoticons

Why Not? Lots of people have been asking for it in the facebook app for ages, but it makes more sense to have it in BBM. Probably can be done through a server update.

They'll make the entire blackberry service have a kill switch so we can access this thing called the INTERNET without having all data being router through their servers. Cause, you know, those things NEVER fail.
I don't have anything against RIM; I just think this would be a good solution for whenever s**t gets real...

It needs to be opened. As much as I love my blackberry, bbm can only talk to bbm, which is exclusive to BB. Now I dont know about the rest of you, but I am one of the few in my circle that has a BB. If BBM could talk to other phones, it could possibly supplant the need for SMS and I wouldnt have to keep shelling out for the SMS plans.

If so many people want it opened, why aren't you using an IM client that already IS open that you can have on your phone? BlackBerry messenger is what it says in the name...it's for BlackBerrys. Yahoo, MSN, AIM, google chat, all of them have applications already open to whoever. they even have like mobile yahoo messenger you can access from a browser if you have a non smartphone. I personally will never have all of my friends available on one IM client and idk how RIM would accomplish that on BBM bc I can only see it requiring yet another app for the non-BB users. Or is there some big obvious option that I'm missing here.

Maybe we'll get to be BBM Friends with that blonde chick.........??

How about opening up the app to other IM-like social networking/chat networks.

How about SMS integration?

Maybe some native FB chat & IM (Gtalk, MSN, etc) integrations on the way??? You never know!

they've gotten so tired of everyone complaining about non-openness that they are just going to integrate free IMing services like yahoo, aim, google etc. into BBM, problem solved.

Seriously though, I personally don't see what they could change without requiring an update..unless of course they already have it built into BBM but haven't activated that part which could be done with a pushed service book or two.

What I think they might be doing, or what the SHOULD do is make bbm available on all phones and not just blackberries. Thats also why I dont think current software updates would be an issue, because they would just have to a way to get BBM on no blackberry phones!!! Then you can use bbm to chat with anyone with bbm they may have to pay for it though.

I think these are the best two suggestions so far, both of these would be awesome!

But I think FB chat support would be the best

Perhaps the 5.0.0.57 has some auto-update functionality in the code that RIM hasn't yet activated or we haven't seen yet -- so that a new version and/or new features are added automatically?

for the love of God rim please release your twitter for blackberry app

Isn't the point of BBM to be always able to send someone a msg, because their phone is always activated? People are not *always* on FB, aim, msn, or any other service that isn't tied into their phone being a phone. Opening it up would be ridiculously stupid unless it was just iphone/android integration... Now that would be cool.

Am I the only one that thinks that the current BBM is just fine? sure, adding social networks and all that is great, but is it really necessary?

I read this and my first thought was "Hey RIM, BBM is fine, why not work harder on getting that webkit browser to us faster?"

there are more important things to be working on than a few more emoticons, and the ability to send your location to someone.

"There are some exciting things coming for BlackBerry Messenger in the days (and weeks!) ahead. Make sure you have the latest version of BBM so that you can be a part of it!"

I predict this is going to be entirely about hype. So probably contests. They'll be marketing crap flung around that the nth respondent wins a widget or something pointless. It probably won't require the current version but involve emoticons or crap that wasn't present in older ones, rendering "wrong" for them.

I don't see anything in this wording that suggests there's anything feature-wise to look forward to.

"be a part of it". Right, get the new version to be part of the events, not the software.

Hopefully this new and exciting thing, is the ability to disable BROADCAST MESSAGES... they are real annoying! oh and some additional emoticons :)

BBM on NON-Blackberries? Why not use MSN or Yahoo or any other chat program? You actually think someone on say, an iPhone, would sign up for BBM service when they would no doubt already have another chat service on their phone? Sometimes you guys come up with the dumbest ideas.

Who is going to Gut the BBM to find out what is hiding inside..?

I WANT MORE SMILEYS!!

lol. i would actually be quite upset if that is all they did

wuts Research In Motion facebook??

I think that it might be setting BBM up as a community to pass along updates and information to BB owners instantly via broadcast messages, as well as sending advertisements, etc just like email, but to a captive audience of BB owners.

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I THINK MANY OF BB CUSTOMERS TURN THEMSELVES INTO "ANDROID"
CUZ,THEY ARE FASCIANTED BY THEM

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Not sure of what it is hopefully new icons and more...but until then we will see.

the ablitiy to communicate across varying phones. Maybe? I think that BBM is good software - phones and service seem to be be failing it though.

and you'll see that it really does nothing except highlight the features which already exist. Who says that there will be any feature updates?

THE POINT IN BLACKBERRY MESSENGER IS TO ONLY BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE WITH OTHER BLACKBERRY USERS, WHICH IS AND ALWAYS HAS BEEN BRILLIANT. IF YOU DONT LIKE THIS THEN USE MSN OR YAHOO etc BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT THEY ARE MADE FOR. IF RIM DECIDES TO BE COMPLETE IDIOTS AND OPENS IT UP IM 100% CHANGING PHONES. :)

Whatever it is, I bet Verizon makes you upgrade to the $45 plan while the rest of the carriers enjoy it for free.

There's a known bugs for those with over 100 contacts whereby you can't get your status updated properly. People in your contact won't get either notified nor got your status message at all.

Sometimes the new BBM message notification icon got stuck at the home screen. Though a battery pull mostly solve the problem, but it does stay stuck for certain people for unknown reason. It's really annoying that you have to wipe your phone and reinstall the OS just to clear the icon.

BB group can get really slow at times.

Animated emoticons would probably enhance the enjoyment of BBM-ing.

And oh, somebody mentions about disabling receiving the broadcast message. I would really agree on that.

Video sharing, photo comments?

The only new thing I've noticed is that it asks of I want to back-up contacts, wirelessly. Whooppee...

Push to Talk via BBM

It's going to be the ability to see all of your available contacts on a map, so you can see where they are. Very cool.

I need a search option when sending files on BBM..

I need recent updates feature to change to something more useful. I don't care what someones name used to be.

I need file transfer size to increase to atleast 10MB

Its not Palm Messenger, its not Droid Messenger, its not Iphone Messenger, its BLACKBERRY Messenger. Why would RIM want to open it up for other phone manufacturers to take advantage of?

Worst idea ever.

Although it is not clear, perhaps they meant that a new version will be released. Altthough the wording makes it seem like there will be chanegs to current version.

Given that bbm isn't such a big deal in some countries, the person that suggested that its about promoting awareness of the app via competitions and such is probably right.

If this is the case then here's hoping that people realise that RIM promoting their products is a good thing and don't sulk and whine that it wasn't random feature x being added.

As far as those people who still mention opening up bbm, that is an idiotic idea, it would increase the load on rim's infrastructure while at the same time reducing a reason for having a blackberry.

what are the chances of RIM maybe someday coming out with a service for say $5 or $10 a month to have bbm on other platforms, but keep it free for bb, that would maybe keep the number of bb deserters lower then it would if it were totally open

Sounds to me like RIM wants everyone to update their BBM to
v5.0.0.57!!

Issues with BBM and the older versions!?

;-)

I'm about 99% sure someone will call me stupid for asking this, but what is the big advantage of BBM? All it means is that I can only use it with other BB owners. And the majority of my friends don't have a BB (and although I don't agree with their choice I don't hold it against them). I know I must be missing something so help me and my ignorance; but with threaded SMS and nearly everyone having an unlimited text plan, what's the advantage of BBM? With SMS I can chat with anyone regardless of device and carrier. I guess no character restriction is nice... But I can actually send/receive SMS while talking on the phone, unlike with BBM.

Now voice chat over BBM (like skype) would be cool!

Not sure if its just not showing when I check my BBM software in Applications, but it only shows I have 5.0.0

There is plenty of room for it to have the whole 5.0.0.57. Is this just me? Or am I really not running .57(my OS is leaked official 5.0)

But is it possible they are setting it up so that we can "surf" our BBM for chat rooms? I know that BBM groups are supposed to serve that purpose, but they take more effort to find, so a lot of people don't go to the trouble or even know how.

I had an old version (4.6 or something like that) of the BBM so this post gave me a reason to update. It's a new and shiny world for me.

A BBM application for non-Blackberry devices like the iPhone, or whatever??

Would be cool if the new features were, Windows Live Messenger or Yahoo Messenger integration, as you would only need one Messenger app for all three messenger service. Or maybe they are going to add Facebook chat to BBM.

Roland

I agree the idea of opening BBM to other phones is a bad one, since it would increase the load on RIM's infrastructure (possibly causing MORE drops) and would make it less exclusive. And in today's world of "why-mine-is-better-than-yours" being promoted 24/7 by everyone, this doesn't make sense. I have heard there IS an app for doing this on an iPhone though--someone I follow on twitter mentioned having it. Not sure, but I almost DMed him and said f-no. More sharing files and whatnot would be cool, and better groups, i.e. when I was in one on 4.6 OS for the Bold my memory dropped like a stone. But that would most likely require an upgrade as it would more than likely be a code issue with how something is written.

they might roll out like a push to talk type service for bbm where you can talk instead of having to type everything out. it goes with how you're always connected, say whatever is on your mind etc..idk, it's just an idea.

I adore BBM and it`s one of my favorite features on a blackberry...I would never agree,if u ask me,to be opened to other phones but Blackberrys..although am the only one of all of my friends that has a BB!!
Blackberry messenger is MOJO in IM for Blackberrys...;))))

I'm really getting tired of Rim devices but I rather enjoy BBM. I know this sounds crazy but it would be cool if they added like a live video chat feature to BBM. Just thinking outside the box here!

I really hope they turn BBM into a RIM sponsered Nuimbuzz/Beejive!!!

How about the make sure that if you have over 100 contacts your bbm wont stop updating. Anything over 100 stops my status from updating. and there are a lot of other ppl wit the same problem as i've search for a resolve and cannot find one

While i dont agree with intergration with msn,yahoo and aim. I believe this is what the new and "exciting" things coming up. I do not think the average customer knows about beejive or anything like those services. Bbm is already on the phone so it would be as simple as syncing up screenames. I personally think it might be facebook and or twitter intergration.

i think that it's gonna be hardly anything at all to get excited over, personally :)

There is no way in hell RIM would open BBM up to other phone. I realize that PIN's have been assigned to other phones via BB, but RIM'd never do this on a large scale, because RIM itself knows that BBM is one of the only features keeping users from leaving for an Android or iPhone, and that if they did open it up, their network would go kaput.

There is no way in hell RIM would open BBM up to other phone. I realize that PIN's have been assigned to other phones via BB, but RIM'd never do this on a large scale, because RIM itself knows that BBM is one of the only features keeping users from leaving for an Android or iPhone, and that if they did open it up, their network would go kaput.

There is no way in hell RIM would open BBM up to other phone. I realize that PIN's have been assigned to other phones via BB, but RIM'd never do this on a large scale, because RIM itself knows that BBM is one of the only features keeping users from leaving for an Android or iPhone, and that if they did open it up, their network would go kaput.

did any of you bother to read the comments before you post? they are literally the exact same things over and over again repeated in a loop, first its a round of "open bbm up to other phones and IM apps" then followed by a round of "youre and idiot that would be a terrible idea" followed by "open up bbm to other phones and IM apps, followed by youre an idiot that would be a terrible idea, only this time in all caps! followed by open it up to other phones again...whyd i waste my time reading that? or writing this? o right im stoned

Hmmmm what could be new? I think there is a big promotion or contest afoot.

Hope it connect with social media status update like : Facebook, Twitter etc

Yup. That's what it will be.

I said it before, I'll say it again. I'm a new BB user and I don't get the point of BBM. 99% of my friends & family use AIM, Yahoo, or MSN for IM and do not own a BB. I added 5 people to BBM, I've exchanged about 10 messages via BBM, but I chat to those 5 people via Yahoo instead of BBM. I Just see no point to a messaging app that is only for BB users to chat to each other with.

I would love to see BBM incorporate with Blackberry Maps more than just sending your location. I would like it to work like Google Latitudes and Loopt, etc. They already have the status updates feature. My 2 cents.

I mean really, if somebody you know has a blackberry, PIN message them. BBM takes up too much space for how often it doesn't work.

Now, if they gave basic PIN messages BBM functionality, that would be lovely.

I think it would be pretty cool is BBM was to offer a VoIP service like the googleTalk desktop client.

whats the news

I'm guessing it'l will be a skype-ish style voice chat
purely a wild guess though

I'm trying to get answer to this. Been on BB for about a year now. I use BBM to keep up a lot with friends and always understood it to be PIN based, and BB only. But, this morning my father-in-law added an AOL contact into his BBM. The AOL contact is on an iPhone not a BlackBerry. This happened just this morning and I'm bewildered...now, is this new or something I've just never knew about. I thought I understood how BBM worked, no I am confused.

I think they make bbm available for other phones? just a guess, as i know personally i like bbm rather then regular sms and mms.

V I D E O !!!!!!!!!

what this app needs is the ability to send msgs via voice and have them played back as text-to-speech. the nuance module is on-board, let's use it for something great!

ANYONE PLEASE IF YOU FOUND A TEDDY BEAR OR A PAW FOR BBM PLEASE HIT MME UP MY PIN : 2185D2E2

Hey everyone

Wat the fuck we only talk bout phones

Wat the fuck we only talk bout phones

Wat the fuck we only talk bout phones

I'm really tired of now having anyone to share my BBM with. I'm 12 and no one I know has a blackberry. P.s.

If you know any forum topics that are age appropriate for me that would be great.

I meant pin sharing topics that r age appriate.