I just got this via email.

CrackBerry Newsletter Edition #9

Friday, April 11th we are having a ONE DAY ONLY vendor sale in our ShopCrackBerry.com software store. Shape Services, makers of the popular IM+ Messenger Application are letting this best seller go for 50% off its normal price. You can pick it up for $24.95 vs. the regular $49.95. This link and the image at the top of this post will take you to the specially priced product page, but only after 6pm PST today (that's when the 1/2 price product link will become live). We'll have details up at CrackBerry.com too, so you can always visit the site and click your way through come Friday morning. Don't miss out!

For anyone who didn't wanna pay $50 plus here is your chance.

Yep, just downloaded it, and now my Pearl is bricked.

Thanks, I'll try this when I get home tonight. Now, my phone is just in a reboot mode where I get the red light and white screen and hourglass, will this still work when the phone is in this state? Man, 4 more hours of work and my 60 mile drive home without my phone.

If you have not done so, pull the battery on the BB, hold a minute, and replace to reboot.

Report back?

If the constant rebooting continues, you may need this also:
What to do next if Jl Cmder will not connect and wipe - BlackBerryFAQ

Tried the batt pull. Will try the above mentioned steps when I get home tonight. Guess it's a good thing the Verizon Curve is coming soon. If all else fails I'll have to revert to my Razr for a few weeks. Thanks for the help.

The above procedures will work, just follow the instructions as posted and gather all the downloads ahead of time (Desktop Manager and the OS if you don't already have it).

Post back here if you need help. Good luck with it.

My Berry is back. Thanks for the advice. I'll be looking in to a different im program. Thanks to folks here and on Crackberry.com for all the help.