If your BlackBerry Messenger Contact list seems to be growing out of control, or you just want to keep things a bit more organized, you can create contact categories to help you out. This is a simple feature that just requires a few menu clicks to get up and running. You can use contact categories to organize your contacts by family members, work contacts, friends or whatever suits your fancy. Keep reading to find out how to create your own contact categories in BlackBerry Messenger.
How to create contact categories in BlackBerry Messenger
- Open BlackBerry Messenger, then press the Menu key
- Choose New Contact Category
- Name your new category
- Choose the contacts you want in your new category
- Repeat the process for additional categories
You're free to create as many categories as you'd like and can move contacts between them as you see fit. To remove a category, just move the contacts to another category (highlight the category and choose Move Contacts to New Category) then press the Menu key and choose Delete Category.
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How to add contact categories on BlackBerry Messenger
BBM list growing out of control? Mine is dwindling due to device defectors much to my sadness.
I guess I should throw in the obligatory...FIRST!
I don't have anybody in my MMb list :( My fiancee, brother, sister-in-law, a few friends, they all defected. i am the only one I know that has a Blackberry, but I won't give up. one day they will come back and I'll be here waiting for them...
lol. uncomfortable truth.
You guys serious?? lol mine is actually growing, maybe because most of my friends are from Canada or Europe??....
I'm currently using the 9300 curve... not sure which phone I should move to... the Bold 9900 or the torch 9810... the only thing that's holding me back is the camera quality on the bold :(
My list in increasing also...with more people using bbm music and ither bbm connected apps my contact list is longer than when all my friends had bb's..
Thanks for the list tip!
ugh i cant wait until something exciting happens...crackberry is kinda lamo during the holidays :(
I wish more people would use this. When folks send out broadcasts, they can choose to send it to a category vs the whole fracking list!
yea i have the opposite problem.. friends list dwindling.. wish more would join the bbm world..
This has been very useful, i used it right away
Thanks.......
none of my friends have bbm. where do i find people that even have it
There are many CrackBerry users here, and you should always be able to find someone with similar interests to chat with on BBM.
Quite useful tip....thanks again Crackberry
CrackBerry does it again, another useful tip!
I just organized everybody by family, girls, and guys. I have way to many guys on my bbm, I need to get out more lol
My BBM list only has my wife in it since she is the only one I know that has a BB. The people I know that have smartphones all have Apple or Android. Kind of a bummer really. Anyway if Blackberry doesn't hurry up with my freaking rebate I may be gone too but dang I love BB. I just wish they would hurry and get up to speed with the rest of the world and stop being 2 years behind everybody else. I guess one could look at it in two different ways. Maybe BB is taking their time to get things right on their BB 10 devices. I am running out of patience though
Can anyone tell me how I can combine icons together on my playbook?