Yes I know theres VeriChat, WebMessenger, etc however

Jim Balsillie, Chairman & Co-CEO of RIM states to be working with MSN and Hotmail, I wonder what that could mean? Maybe a Microsoft designed MSN Messenger BlackBerry?

http://www.wallstreetwebcasting.com/webcast/dr29/rimm/

From what I understand, there is soon to be a BB OS with built-in support for some messsenger services.

I like VeriChat... Hope the competition brings the price down... Or works as well.

I am totally stoked about this.

Verichat is the best one out there now. It's kind of pricey but worth every strokes on the pad and more!

Well today I added the BB messenger application to my 7250 and it rocks.

[quote=KonTiki]Well today I added the BB messenger application to my 7250 and it rocks.[/

what app did you install. i have a 7250 and cannot get any messenger app to work. my bes server is 3.6 and not stup for mds those jackasses there wont give me access. is there any other app that will work.. please let me know im dying without msn access...

BBmessenger is a pin to pin app between blackberries only if you are looking for an aol aim related app use rambler, this is the link for bbmessenger:http://dangeros.is-a-geek.org/bbota/bbm.jad

and this is the link for ramble:http://wireless.sra.com/ramble/download.html

you can download both of these apps OTA. If you want more info you can do some searches here.

There is a free MSN Messanger at handango. I haven used it but it is there. Just search for MSN.

I guess he was right here it is

Does this use SMS or GPRS?

SHOCK!!! Another prog I can't use :(

On Nextel you can already go into MSN Messenger. Just go to the nextel wireless web, select portals and MSN and then MSN Messenger.

I feel your pain....believe me

I couldn't get it to load the app on my 7100, ahh well, it's not like MSN's all that!!!

stone that way sucks though it takes forever to refresh and sometimes kicks you out all those portal messenger suck. A third party app is the only way to go

you cant load a jar file with the app loader just so the rest know youll have to use javaloader

Get Rogers! Mad Seeg abounds! Full TCP/IP rocks.

cd.

Yeah, I logged into it but I never tried sending messages from it.

oh ok lol

I was under the impression (from RIM) that there were strained relations between RIM and Microsoft, thus this was put on hold, to an extent. There is the LCS/Windows Messenger for internal use coming out with BES 4.1, which I'm sure could easily be ported since they use some of the same basic protocols. I'm still curious if that client will support public IM cloud federation, if the LCS/OC server is federated. That'd be really nice.

any suggestion for a java loader to get this app on bb

well i tried to use java loader and it said it loaded the program but its not showing up on my bb

using 7520 nextel

where did you get the java loader from?

from the Blackberry JDE

anyclue as to why i cant get this to work?

ok do this. from the home page of ur bb Press the half moon key down and then click the trackwheel and there should be an option to show all applications click on it

If you attempted to load a JAR file directly, then it didn't load it via javaloader. You'll have to first convert it to a COD then load it.

You should be able to download it OTA from here:
http://www.funrungames.com/download/eMSN.jad

p.s - its hardly what i'd call 'instant' though... and it includes 'advertisements' while making connections to start a chat with someone (hence the comment about it being 'instant').

it wont let me download it ota. it says download failed invalid jar file

here. please let me know when you download it and i'll remove. if anyone else wants this method, please email it to them.

jibi once again u make blackberry life way easier than the idiots who handle them here at work.... job well done and keep it up!

btw, when converting midlets, they don't retain the pretty little ribbon icon. if you download this over-the-air, it will create you an icon.

how do I download OTA I uploaded it to my website and could not get it to work

http://www.virtualwebbuilder.com/MYBB/eMSN/eMSN.alx

and I tried http://www.virtualwebbuilder.com/MYBB/eMSN/eMSN.cod

but none would load

You should be able to download it from the JAD file link below. However, if you just want to host it on your own webserver for whatever reason, here you go.

Download JAD:
http://www.funrungames.com/download/eMSN.jad

Download JAR:
http://www.funrungames.com/download/eMSN.jar

COD:
You already have.

You'll need to configure the MIME types, as well.

1 - Configure proper MIME types on Web Server
I'll just put everything for COD (RIM Java), JAR (Java Archive), JAD (Loader file for COD and JAR) and ADP (ADPCM Ringtones) file types

For IIS:
- Open up Internet Services Manager (W2K) or Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager (W2K3)
- Expand your virtual server
* Expand Web Sites (only for W2K3)
- Right-click on Default Web Site and click Properties
- Click on the HTTP Headers tab then click on the File (or MIME) Types button
- Click on New File Type and add the following:

Associated Extension: cod
Content Type (MIME): application/vnd.rim.cod

Associated Extension: jad
Content Type (MIME): text/vnd.sun.j2me.app-descriptor

Associated Extension: jar
Content Type (MIME): application/java-archive

For Apache (using .htaccess):
- Open up or create .htaccess file in the directory you will be serving from
- Add the following lines:

AddType application/vnd.rim.cod cod
AddType text/vnd.sun.j2me.app-descriptor jad
AddType application/java-archive jar

For cPanel or other type of Control Panel configs:
Add MIME type per configuration steps within the CP.

For another ~$15 CDN or so per month (ranging up to about $22 CDN per month), you can stay with Telus (or Bell Mobility), and remove the restriction: A BES hosting service.

I get error on both jad and jar files

I already pay full whack for unlimited data, paying another $20 a month is not gonna happen. I just wish I'd done more research before I bought it..... I would've gone with Rogers.

Do these messangers auto load or stay connected at all times? Meaning no matter what you are doing with your phone, you can still receive an IM from any client, mainly if Verichat works like that!

so this is not a rim app like the yahoo app is?

coorect

hi all,

trying to get emsn up and running on 8700 (what a fantastic machine)...but am experiencing a "login error: connection-problem write" response immediately upon trying to login.

I've seen this is a similar issue for many cellphone users out there as well, but was unable to turn up any troubleshooting that resolved the issue, either in the threads or on the provider's website.

Any suggestions...? Your assistance would be appreciated.

I use the blackberry messenger but not yahoo messenger. I haven't liked many off the instant message clients I've used thus far. IM+ was probably the best for me anyways but I really wish there was a msn messenger app for the blackberry similiar to the yahoo messenger that's available. I tried the emsn app that someone had posted above. It's okay but I don't like the delay between messages or the interface either.