All BlackBerry IM Clients Updated to v2.5 – New Features!

by Ronen Halevy on Sep 23rd, 2009 at 8:51 am EST

UPDATED Links now point to both OTA and desktop site

It looks like while I was sleeping our tipsters have been hammering our inbox. RIM let loose with an upgrade for all the IM clients for BlackBerry to bring them to version 2.5.x which is 2.5.27 for my Bold.

Sam sent in this change log:

Add dedicated icons to the Home Screen for one-click access to conversation boxes of specific contacts. The icon appears as the contact’s display picture or avatar.
Add contacts and display pictures or avatars to the address book to easily instant message, email, SMS, or call right from the address book or conversation box.
Search through saved conversations
Add dedicated emoticon icons in the conversation box

Rumor is that these clients also work with the leaked OS 5.0 builds! Let us know what you find! Check them out at:

Thanks to everybody who sent this one in!

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This entry was posted on Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009 and is filed under Free Software, News, Utilities.
Tags: AIM, Google Talk, ICQ, IM Clients, Windows Live Messenger, Yahoo Messenger

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32 Comments to “All BlackBerry IM Clients Updated to v2.5 – New Features!”

Posted by: Nikolaus
September 23, 2009 at 9:15 am EST

I tried to upgrade GTalk on an 8320 with OS 4.5 and RIM’s website said not compatible!!

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- Posted by: Kimberly Cooley
  September 23, 2009 at 9:32 am EST
  
  Same error message here. Using 8330 running hybrid with 4.5.0.169 base.
  
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- Posted by: ShvartzBerry
  September 23, 2009 at 9:47 am EST
  
  Tried Yahoo! and got this:
  Sorry, your device does not meet the requirements that are needed to support Yahoo! Messenger.
  This is with Curve 8330 on Verizon.
  
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  - Posted by: ShvartzBerry
    September 25, 2009 at 12:44 pm EST
    
    Working now! I no longer get the error about not meeting the requirements.
    For some reason, in the AppWorld, the download is over 2 MB !!! but when going through the browser, it’s in the 800’s.
    
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Posted by: bldupree
September 23, 2009 at 9:28 am EST

Is there an OS 5.0 leak for 8350i?

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Posted by: ShvartzBerry
September 23, 2009 at 9:43 am EST

Does anyone else find it ironic that despite the fact that RIM pushes the AppWorld for releasing all sorts of software they still make these available directly through the browser? Or is there a reason for this that I’m not seeing.

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Posted by: David H
September 23, 2009 at 10:07 am EST

I am trying to update my Yahoo client and keep getting “Error 907 Invalid COD”. Hmmmm Trying Google Talk now.

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Posted by: wojtas25
September 23, 2009 at 10:11 am EST

GTalk and Yahoo works good (on Bold with 5.0.0.190)

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Posted by: ShvartzBerry
September 23, 2009 at 10:23 am EST

This is really strange. I decided to try to update via AppWorld. I went in and saw the 2.5 upgrade available but was told I was low on memory. I did a full reset and when I came back, the AppWorld was no longer showing me the upgrade! Something’s fishy here.

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Posted by: DonGato
September 23, 2009 at 11:00 am EST

I do hate vehemently what they are doing to new versions. You lose a lot of screen real state with the new two lines design and with lots of extra padding. We need more information in our tiny screens, not less. Do someone have the old versions backed up so I can downgrade?

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- Posted by: rbeccamari
  October 11, 2009 at 10:15 am EST
  
  I couldn’t agree more about not liking the update. I ise gtalk all the time & hate this format my contact photos used to display but don’t and it takes up too much space. I want to go back to my previous version? It doesn’t seem to be anywhere on the web. HELP!!
  
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Posted by: cnn
September 23, 2009 at 11:03 am EST

AIM work on BOLD with 5.0.190

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Posted by: maquiavelo
September 23, 2009 at 11:13 am EST

Downloaded WLM and now im getting Error 65 connection to the server failed!! ,
i did a battery pull, resend service books and still dosent work!!!
help

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- Posted by: Amir Saad
  September 25, 2009 at 12:18 pm EST
  
  Got the same issue with WLM on Bold, .297 rev.2 on ATT, double help.
  
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Posted by: Nikolaus Walch
September 23, 2009 at 12:06 pm EST

I love that I can give my GTalk contacts their own homescreen icon, however I then noticed I can do that same with BBM 5.0.8. Was this always the case or was I just all doped up?

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Posted by: rockon83
September 23, 2009 at 1:00 pm EST

New version of gtalk isn’t on the App World yet. Took me a little while to find.

http://www.blackberry.com/googletalk/

from your BB to download.

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- Posted by: Ronen Halevy
  September 23, 2009 at 1:04 pm EST
  
  Why not just use the link in the article?
  
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  - Posted by: ShvartzBerry
    September 23, 2009 at 1:12 pm EST
    
    Those links don’t point to any place where you can download the software that I can tell.
    Can someone post a link directly to the OTA download? I think you can view Page Address on the actual download page.
    
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    - Posted by: Ronen Halevy
      September 23, 2009 at 1:18 pm EST
      
      links are updated
      
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      - Posted by: Mendy
        September 23, 2009 at 2:52 pm EST
        
        woohoo.. i contributed
Posted by: automan69
September 23, 2009 at 3:35 pm EST

MSN works great on my Tour (5.0.0.230)

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Posted by: bnorwood
September 23, 2009 at 4:29 pm EST

Apparently RIM is trying to tell all the users running 4.5 that they are either not important anymore or that it’s time to spend some more money on a 5.0 compatible BlackBerry. It also appears they are supporting leaked copies of 5.0 since they are the only ones this update works for. (Not working on my 8310 w/ .163)

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Posted by: delikid
September 23, 2009 at 4:32 pm EST

well… not ALL messengers. BB messenger wasn’t updated for non-4.5.x-OS users. I think bnorwood is right that anyone with a non 5.0 phone is QUICKLY getting left for dead. And given most of us are locked into plans that renew for multiple years if we so much as sneeze at changing, I have to wait until the end of 2010 to make changes. joy.

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Posted by: Parabola
September 23, 2009 at 4:44 pm EST

I think it’s a bit early to jump to the conclusion that these only work for 5.0. I’m happily using the new version on an 8330 (4.5.0.131).

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Posted by: bnorwood
September 23, 2009 at 4:52 pm EST

I was about to add that it might just be a fluke and they will add support for older devices. Ok, let me see if it works for me now…

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Posted by: Kenny
September 23, 2009 at 8:40 pm EST

Everything looks huge. Why are they using up too much space for nothing.
It’s redundant to have a green dot (means the person’s online) and then a whole other line to say “available”

I tried these on my vzw 8330 and including bbm 5.0, it only shows about 3 people online on the main screen, whereas you could see about 7-9 people online without scrolling.

Aim buddy icons are still not working…SMH

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- Posted by: DonGato
  September 24, 2009 at 8:30 am EST
  
  I agree with you. They need to provide a slim version option. We don’t need all that wasted space in an already small screen. I would like to downgrade but I’m not able to find the old versions on the net.
  
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  - Posted by: Michael
    October 3, 2009 at 6:34 pm EST
    
    I feel the exact same way and have spent the last 2 hrs trying to downgrade with no luck. Every site leads me back to Blackberry/Google’s official site which is the newest version (2.5.27).
    
    If anyone can find me an older version of Google Talk that works for my Blackberry 8820. I will send you either a Google Voice or Google Wave Invite.
    
    Thanks
    
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    - Posted by: rbeccamari
      October 11, 2009 at 10:19 am EST
      
      I also have searched the web for a previous version of gtalk. I have curve 8330 & it upgraded no problem but I hate the wasted space & now my contact photos don’t display anyone having luck downgrading?
      
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Posted by: gamb
September 23, 2009 at 9:17 pm EST

The article says:
“Add dedicated icons to the Home Screen for one-click access to conversation boxes of specific contacts. The icon appears as the contact’s display picture or avatar.”

Very nice feature but…. How ?

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Posted by: Trena
November 5, 2009 at 4:38 pm EST

i downloaded the new version of YM and now it keeps giving me an error msg..Failed to execute last action(100)…i’ve been trying to fix this for 3days. i’m at my wits end…need my YM…is anybody else having this problem? if so did you figure out a way to fix this? HELP!!!!!

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