I like this new trend. Up until now WiFi used to be relatively pointless unless you were using it for T-mobile@Home UMA access. The problem was that only the browser, email, and UMA made any use of the WiFi connection. This was a real pain for people using 3rd party apps that could not connect over the [...]

I just read a post on GOS about a great feature that exists in Google Talk that I had never heard of before. It turns out that Google has translation Bot’s for over 18 different languages. All you have to do is add the translation Bot as a friend in Google Talk and send them [...]

Josep just sent me a link to a new portal on RIM’s website for all the native RIM Instant Messaging applications. The applications are still restricted to specific carriers by service books but if your carrier does support them the links are now all in one place.
I also noticed on the AOL Instant Messenger page [...]

I have been waiting for Google to introduce a group chat feature for ages and they have finally done so. The only problem is that the function is just not available on the BlackBerry client. (At least as far as I have seen) So I pose the question:
Q: Has anybody managed to get group chat [...]

If you are one of those people (like me) who has to have the latest version of everything…RIM has just released updated versions of the Google Talk and Yahoo Messenger clients. The version is a bump from 2.0.33 to 2.0.38. As usual RIM has provided no release notes or change log so we have no [...]

Josep just pointed me to the new Jivetalk version 1.0.3 which has added quite a few new features under the hood since last time I gave it a look. Personally I use the native IM clients but I know many people who swear by Jivetalk who will gladly welcome these upgrades. Personally I find myself [...]

I just got the scoop from Josep about a new discovery by the guys at the Google Operating System Website about some new features that seem to be coming to a Google near you. They have been looking at the code of the newly released Gmail 2.0 and have discovered some interesting things.
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I just discovered a great new feature in GoogleTalk that I thought might interest some. The new version of Google Talk allows you save a Google Talk Contacts picture onto your BlackBerry. The directions are pretty simple but not something you would expect to find if you were not looking for it. Since I have [...]

Ernie Oporto let me know that many users were having problems upgrading from the older Yahoo Messenger 1.0 to the new 2.0 version. I stumbled by a new knowledgebase article on RIM’s website that explains how to fix the issue and get your messenger back working. It seems that if you upgrade from 1.0 to [...]

Spencer_CDS has posted an update to his great tutorial on BlackBerryForums.com on how to get the RIM Yahoo client to work on AT&T. For all of you who are privlidged enough to have Yahoo working on your carrier just ignore this post. AT&T has never provided the service books required to get Yahoo messenger working [...]