first i delete old IM applications and Im service books that i tried to install when they first dropped then i used Download manager delete all my service books then loaded these BlackBerryForums.com : Your Number One BlackBerry Community then i installed this with download manager http://www.knology.net/~acidmax/blac...im_clients.zip then after installed this http://webpages.charter.net/john.clark/IM_Apps.zip also with download manger hope it works for every one as it did for me and dont forget to resend your service books and register the host routing table

Tried this with an 8100 and while the stuff loaded when I tried to sign in to AIM it just referred me to blackberry.com/aim/ and said to register with the service. In other words it did not work.

Just out of curiosity, which OS version do you have installed on your 8700g right now?

I'm wondering if this'll work on 4.1.0.346, or if I'll have to upgrade to 4.2 and live with how much slower it is on some functions.

i have the t-mobile 4.2 when the posted it up but they pulled it back off but i think any 4.2 would do and it runs great its not slow plus i have all three aim clients running and ICQ even though i never tested it cause i dont use it

It's way easier to just install JiveTalk. One time $30 and it's trouble free and works with 4.1 and 4.2 OS's.

Recommend one of you to download beejive :: JiveTalk mobile messaging for 30 days free trial, if you'll like it then order it for once a time $19.95
There is read descriptions... Honest I love it to have 3 in one of aim-yahoo-msn,but also have google talk, Icq, Jabber and my space IM!!! You can log in all IM sametime with no Interrupt or disconnect better than Ramble IM. Take my word!

You can do the $19.95 version of JT but if you change devices for any reason you have to buy it again. I suggest paying the extra $10 and getting the fully transferrable license. That way, if you have to get a warranty replacement device, or you upgrade, etc. you aren't out of luck and have to purchase again.

I can confirm that this works with my T-Mobile 8700g. Although it worked with just the first group of IM clients installed. I didn't need the ICQ part. I now have AIM and MSN working with Google and Yahoo. Thanks for the instructions!

i am a BB newb, but can AIM be installed via USB and desktop manager, is that what the main post is talkin about?? i dont have web on my phone yet and i cant download it through there

sorry for the double post but i tried adding aim via usb and the program is on the BB but i also got that blackberry.com/aim error message so i guess it didnt work for me also

edit: i forgot to resend the service books and i didnt get that error message this time. but for some reason it wont connect to the messenger. i let it sit and try connecting for about 10 minutes and got nothing. i will try to get it to work

Nobody's been able to get good service books for this? How about getting it working on AT&T?

Click here for how-to instructions for using the Instant Messenger on AT&T if the other IM apps dont appeal to you.

Ouch. Thanks for the crackberry link.

The only problem with JiveTalk is that it doesn't come include in the BIS ;) So for people that don't have unlimited data AND BIS, ... well they're kind of out of luck!

I have unlimited usage of BIS, so all the GOOGLE APPS and E-mail and web browsing, but if I use a APN they charge (damn vodafone). So that's why people want the original apps

i did everything,but i cant get aim to work on it,can someone help with that