I have been asked a million times if there is a way to get Google Talk to work with group chat on your BlackBerry and finally got fed up. So I started looking for a solution and found this great post on Google System from last year.
Turns out that some Google employee runs a conferencing [...]

Just got a great tip from MrGAtWork an unnamed hero (at least for now). Some details on the upcoming Windows Live Services for BlackBerry.

So far the details include: RIM and Microsoft announce the availability of Windows Live services via BlackBerry Internet Service

Windows Live Messenger offered with BlackBerry Service

Fully-branded client experience
Best-in-class BlackBerry push data performance and [...]

DexRex is an innovative new startup focused on helping you save and backup your IM and SMS messages. Josep just let me know that they have just released a free BlackBerry client that lets you archive all of your SMS messages to their server. It also lets you analyze them but I have no clue [...]

Aston just let me know that eBuddy has released a beta client of their IM software for all of the 8000 series BlackBerry devices. The best part is that it is free. I have not had a chance to try it myself but it looks pretty cool. It is compatible with AIM, MSN, & Yahoo [...]

I know that there is already Viigo and Newsgator Go for BlackBerry but this is a new twist on getting RSS to your Berry. IM Feeds lets you setup a feed service that Instant Messages you feed items as they come in. This is a great way to keep up with time sensitive news (such [...]

I just got an email from Loopt that they have released a BlackBerry client for their social network. Personally I have no clue what Loopt does that Facebook does not but I am not much of a social networking buff.
So far the application seems to only be available for Sprint BlackBerry devices but supposedly Verizon [...]

Do you remember the days when it was impossible to get an instant messenger for BlackBerry since there were no clients? I remember looking for one for my 7230 back in the day. The best I got that year was Webmessenger.

Well, the tables have turned since and now we have an overabundance of IM applications [...]

I know there are a ton of BlackBerry specific instant messenger applications. The problem is that I am the type who has to try every new application to see if it is better than the current one I use.
Josep just let me know about an announcement by Palringo that their instant messenger client now supports [...]

Yet another version of VR+ was announced today, 2.4.1.
The one thing I hate about SHAPE is the lack of change logs. Well, I guess I hate that in most software houses that develop for the Blackberry. How much of an impact would a darn change log have on their quarter’s bottom line? What does it [...]

Another piece of news I really want to post today so maybe you can give it a try during the weekend. Gizmo5, a notorious VoIP-slash-chat application, sent me an e-mail today with the following announcement:
Gizmo5 now connects to every major IM network in the world:
Gizmo5, MSN, Yahoo, AIM, MySpace, Jabber (including Google Talk), QQ, iChat, [...]