Archive for the 'IM Services' Category
Wednesday, July 9th, 2008
Review: Google Talk for BlackBerry
Cost: Free as always:)
Rating:
Yea yea, you may say why rate, well it’s because I am Google fanatic and only use Google Talk. Anyhow, We jumped onto getting this installed and checked out when Ronen posted that there was a new version available.
As you may have noticed from the past there [...]
7 Comments » | Posted in IM Services, News, RIM
Tuesday, July 8th, 2008
Nikolaus Walch just let me know that there is a new version of Google Talk available.
This is an upgrade from 2.0.46 to 2.1.33. As usual no changelog.
Let us know if you notice anything different!
To download head on over to:
www.blackberry.com/googletalk or go to this link
16 Comments » | Posted in IM Services, News, RIM
Tuesday, June 24th, 2008
I just got a invite using one of TechCrunches invite codes that you can find at this link. I am still trying to install the app but Erick of TechCrunch has confirmed that it does work on the BlackBerry Curve.
The application basically lets you chat with friends in the Jibe network. You can then share [...]
1 Comment » | Posted in Free Software, IM Services, News, User Submitted
Friday, June 20th, 2008
When the hell did this happen? Did I miss a memo? I was messaging my wife tonight and all of a sudden noticed a new menu option in the RIM Google Talk Client. It was titled “Send Media.” I checked multiple times previously and it was never there before.
If you choose file it takes you [...]
14 Comments » | Posted in Free Software, IM Services, News
Thursday, June 19th, 2008
Palringo has added some nice touches to their free IM client we mentioned before. Their latest update has added voice and Picture message support to their IM client. That means you can create a group chat and send them all a voice file or image. Kind of like broadcasting a quick message. Or you could [...]
2 Comments » | Posted in Free Software, IM Services, News
Tuesday, June 17th, 2008
It seems like every day a new application for either GPS or IM comes out for the BlackBerry. Point in fact is a new application that just came out called INSTANGO. It is a new IM client for blackberry that lets you connect to almost all the IM or chat based networks such as Gtalk, [...]
6 Comments » | Posted in Free Software, IM Services, News, Utilities
Friday, June 13th, 2008
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 [...]
1 Comment » | Posted in BlackBerry FAQ, Free Software, IM Services, News
Wednesday, June 11th, 2008
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 [...]
8 Comments » | Posted in IM Services, News, RIM, User Submitted
Monday, June 9th, 2008
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 [...]
4 Comments » | Posted in Free Software, IM Services, News, Utilities
Wednesday, June 4th, 2008
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 [...]
5 Comments » | Posted in Free Software, IM Services, News