Chapter 9: Instant Messaging - Blackberry dummies 2 Manual

In This Chapter
Adding contacts
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Chatting
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Sending files
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Broadcasting your message
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I
n Chapter 8, you find a slew of ways to send messages on your BlackBerry
Storm. In this chapter, you get the scoop on another way to send mes-
sages, using a special application known and loved by BlackBerry.
RIM has entered the IM (instant message) horse race in the form of a spirited
filly named (you guessed it) BlackBerry Messenger. This application is based
on the PIN-to-PIN messaging technology (refer to Chapter 8), which means
that it is mucho fast and quite reliable.
However, with BlackBerry Messenger, you can chat with only those buddies
who have a BlackBerry and also have PIN-to-PIN messaging enabled. The
application supports IM features common to many other applications, such
as group chatting and the capability to monitor the availability of other IM
buddies.
Chapter 9
Instant Messaging