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What Is RIM Planning For BlackBerry Messenger?

by Bla1ze on 17 Mar 2010 12:37 PM
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What Is RIM Planning For BlackBerry Messenger?

Honestly, we've been holding off on actually posting this in hopes some more details might actually trickle out. Since that hasn't happened as of yet, here it goes. Yesterday, Research In Motion made a rather ominous post on their Facebook page regarding some cool stuff coming soon for BlackBerry Messenger. While details were slim, they wanted to make sure everyone was fully aware of how to get onto the latest version. The message as posted on Facebook:

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!

If you already have the latest BBM version, 5.0.0.57, then no update is
required.

Cool. But what is it? If no upgrade is required and those already on 5.0.0.57 are fine, how is Research In Motion going to get us excited? As much as I'm hoping for something awesome to happen here, I can't see what exactly it could be if no updates are required. No updates means no new features unless they are server side. Any thoughts on what it might be? Drop your ideas in the comments folks.

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Posted by spasypaddy Wednesday, Mar 17, 2010 696 days ago

hopefully something cool!

 
 
Posted by serpico Wednesday, Mar 17, 2010 696 days ago

It's been a nice version to date and use it a lot to talk with car club members, family and friends. It's probably the main reason I stay with blackberry. I would have switched already. Can't imagine what else besides social network connections.

 
 
Posted by wickedny5 Wednesday, Mar 17, 2010 696 days ago

well there is always texting??

 
 
Posted by don_poky Thursday, Mar 18, 2010 695 days ago

As Cheryl Dubya said: "Were trying tp promote use of BBM case so many people don't know about it!" at conversation over BBM.

Cheryl MyBlackberry Ambassador >>> http://my.blackberry.com/people/cwilliams

 
 
Posted by crackkberrry9630 Wednesday, Mar 17, 2010 696 days ago

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

 
 
Posted by Grizzle2733 Wednesday, Mar 17, 2010 696 days ago

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!

 
 
Posted by awperk Wednesday, Mar 17, 2010 696 days ago

i would love it if they tied facebook chat into BBM. that would be perfect.

 
 
Posted by JRF_8520 Wednesday, Mar 17, 2010 696 days ago

Yep, BBM with Facebook chat compatibility would be awesome! I don't use BBM because none of my friends own a BB (nor any other smartphone) so I'm stuck to MSN, but with FB chat that would be awesome!

 
 
Posted by Bodero Wednesday, Mar 17, 2010 696 days ago

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

 
 
Posted by weaselnoze Wednesday, Mar 17, 2010 696 days ago

that feature works properly.

 
 
Posted by Bodero Wednesday, Mar 17, 2010 696 days ago

I've never gotten it to get a lock whenever I've tried, ever. Even outdoors.

 
 
Posted by kingbernie06511 Wednesday, Mar 17, 2010 696 days ago

older versions of messenger had location-based features, somehow the newer versions did not have them. Maybe they will be reactivated remotely

 
 
Posted by rizzzzoooo Wednesday, Mar 17, 2010 696 days ago

The send location feature works like a charm. I have noticed and experienced first hand that bb's on verizon can not send out their location to others. Probably has to do with verizon locking the gps ability of their phones.

 
 
Posted by KennithG Wednesday, Mar 17, 2010 696 days ago

I am on sprint and was able to send my location to a vzw user, but not to an AT&T....go figure.

 
 
Posted by AgentScribe Wednesday, Mar 17, 2010 696 days ago

I think you hit the nail on the head. Third party GPS apps suck on Verizon.

 
 
Posted by e1gringo Wednesday, Mar 17, 2010 696 days ago

If you are on Verizon, Send Location will only work if you run it from th Blackberry Maps Application. Sending location directly from the bbm application will always fail if you are on Verizon. I had a ATT Bold for a short time and it worked like a champ.

 
 
Posted by LionOfJudah80 Wednesday, Mar 17, 2010 696 days ago

You are absolutely incorrect - prior to using BBM 5.0 "Send Location" worked both on my VZW Tour and my ATT Bold - I still own and use both phones, and since going to BBM 5 - NEITHER phone let's me send my location - be it on the Tour to another VZW user or on the Bold to another ATT customer.

 
 
Posted by xeju Wednesday, Mar 17, 2010 696 days ago

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.

 
 
Posted by alupo790 Wednesday, Mar 17, 2010 696 days ago

going to the host routing table and registering with the network has worked for me in the past

 
 
Posted by archpopoy Wednesday, Mar 17, 2010 696 days ago

Kind of like Voice notes on crack?

That would be awesome.

 
 
Posted by jfs101 Wednesday, Mar 17, 2010 696 days ago

Awesome idea indeed... In fact, they should do it!!!

 
 
Posted by crackkberrry9630 Wednesday, Mar 17, 2010 696 days ago

i like ur answe the best... RIM TAKE A LISTEN TO THIS GUY HES GOT AN AWESOME IDEA ;)

 
 
Posted by boardopboy Wednesday, Mar 17, 2010 696 days ago

Twitter integration?

 
 
Posted by AgentScribe Wednesday, Mar 17, 2010 696 days ago

Official Twitter for BlackBerry integration with BBM?

 
 
Posted by Jonneh Wednesday, Mar 17, 2010 696 days ago

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

 
 
Posted by Super Vervet Wednesday, Mar 17, 2010 696 days ago

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?

 
 
Posted by xeju Wednesday, Mar 17, 2010 696 days ago

This would vastly increase their server load and require more support (if they have support for BBM). All that, and no benefit to RIM. BBM would no longer be part of the reason to buy a BlackBerry device or upgrade to a newer one instead of going to iPhone or Android.

 
 
Posted by MissGerman Wednesday, Mar 17, 2010 696 days ago

That would suck if they did that!! I wouldn't even want a blackberry anymore!! Lol

 
 
Posted by samgbx Wednesday, Mar 17, 2010 696 days ago

that would just destroy it for me and probably thousands of other blackberry users. BBM is one of the main reasons people ugrade or buy a blackberry.

 
 
Posted by psiclne Thursday, Mar 18, 2010 696 days ago

I hope not - that would suck big time.

 
 
Posted by toddrob Wednesday, Mar 17, 2010 696 days ago

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

 
 
Posted by keirazka Wednesday, Mar 17, 2010 696 days ago

integrated new icon?

 
 
Posted by R4stA Wednesday, Mar 17, 2010 696 days ago

cant wait

 
 
Posted by snowsquirrel Wednesday, Mar 17, 2010 696 days ago

desktop client would be cool...

 
 
Posted by shimojunk Wednesday, Mar 17, 2010 696 days ago

+1 that would be sick.

Unfortunately I don't have many BBM contacts :P

 
 
Posted by andriakaye Wednesday, Mar 17, 2010 696 days ago

Yes, desktop client would be the best ever.

 
 
Posted by eduardo.objio Wednesday, Mar 17, 2010 696 days ago

that would be just superb!

 
 
Posted by Varadigm Wednesday, Mar 17, 2010 696 days ago

Agreed.

 
 
Posted by doolaik Thursday, Mar 18, 2010 696 days ago

i've been thinking about this more and more and i think that this might be the case. or at least a web browser client.

the reason behind this is that (to my knowledge) online syncing of contacts has been a recent development which leads me to believe that we could soon log on to our bbm online and send messages to other bbm'rs, without the use of our phone, which saves us from battery drain!

this morning when i checked my bbm, it even asked me to sync my contacts online. granted, i just updated my OS and hadn't used bbm since, but i don't recall it asking me sync it when i checked 2 days ago (when i updated).

 
 
Posted by mstiffany7 Wednesday, Mar 17, 2010 696 days ago

Sounds interesting!

 
 
Posted by ronsonger Wednesday, Mar 17, 2010 696 days ago

WIFI Support???

 
 
Posted by Blacklac Wednesday, Mar 17, 2010 696 days ago

If I turn off my mobile network, BBM works fine over just a Wifi connection. ??

 
 
Posted by ronsonger Wednesday, Mar 17, 2010 696 days ago

i tried it on my storm2 and i cant send or get messages :-(

 
 
Posted by synwars Wednesday, Mar 17, 2010 696 days ago

You do have BIS/BES data plan, right?

 
 
Posted by synwars Wednesday, Mar 17, 2010 696 days ago

It does support transmission via WiFi!

 
 
Posted by Evilkefz Wednesday, Mar 17, 2010 696 days ago

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

 
 
Posted by sahively Wednesday, Mar 17, 2010 696 days ago

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

 
 
Posted by andriakaye Wednesday, Mar 17, 2010 696 days ago

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.

 
 
Posted by fabs109 Wednesday, Mar 17, 2010 696 days ago

i'm soooo with you. i don't want it to be open. if you don't have a blackberry then you should be able to talk to those who do. that's what msn and aol and yahoo are for

 
 
Posted by zarzamora_hermosa Wednesday, Mar 17, 2010 696 days ago

There are so many open IM clients. If someone wants a completely open client, he or she might as well just buy BeeJive or something similar that aggregates all IM accounts into one, except BBM. I just wish BeeJive could include BBM, then it would be perfect, for me anyway.

 
 
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