Well another newby here have installed berryvine messenger on my BB but cannot get a connection to work. All I see in help is configure to work with TCP in reviewing the options I do not see anything about TCP anywhere. What the heck do I need to do to get it to work??? Thanks in advance. Also as an after-thought I get my service through Alltel who is new to the BB market at least where I live don't know if that has anything to do with it.

Alltel has no support for any 3rd party apps that need the internet.

So I guess this means that I can't use msn messenger huh?

Alltel only provides a limited TCP/IP stack, which essentially means that many third party applications will be unable to access the Internet. I also have a BB on Alltel and was very upset when I found out. If you want to get those third party apps working, you'll need to subscribe to a BES/MDS service such as Link2Exchange or Mailstreet (which unfortunately is another $20/month). Hopefully Alltel will realize that all the other carriers have done away with such restrictons and will do the same soon.

I have the Alltel BB 7250 and the messaging programs work just fine. I use Verichat everyday.

blackberon,

Are you a corporate user? If not how do you have verichar configured for communications?

Mark

No, I'm not a corporate user. I just installed Verichat, set it up with my AOL Instant Messenger info, and it works fine. Downloaded my buddy list and everything.

From VeriChats Website.

What is BES and what is MDS? Do I need these?

BES stands for BlackBerry Enterprise Server. The BES server provides access to your corporate email from your handheld. More information about BES can be found here.

MDS means Mobile Data Services, which is explained on this web page at RIM. MDS provides TCP/IP connectivity for your handheld and allows you to use applications beyond email and WAP-browsing. A variant of MDS is called MDG, which stands for Multimedia Data Gateway. An MDG is a public MDS server and is provided by your wireless carrier. Currently, only Nextel and Telus provide a free MDG with their service.
VeriChat for BlackBerry currently requires a BES server (except for Nextel and Telus devices), and requires that MDS be enabled for your account on your BES server. A version of VeriChat that will not require the BES server is currently being developed.


My company does not have a BES. How do I use VeriChat?

You may want to use a Blackberry device with OS 3.8 or higher on a carrier that supports direct Internet access.

Or, you may want to use a hosted BES solution. There are several providers that will give you BES/MDS for a monthly fee. These include: MyBlueberry, MailStreet, eOutlook, Lanlogic and others. Some more information about these can be found at the BlackBerry Club.


Alltel does not provide Wap or Direct Ip access. If it is working it will stop eventually.