Yahoo! Inc. and Research In Motion today announced the availability of Yahoo! Messenger on Blackberry handhelds. The Yahoo! Messenger application leverages BlackBerry “push” technology to deliver instant messaging for Blackberry mobile customers. With Yahoo! Messenger available for BlackBerry devices, your Yahoo! instant messaging comes with you while you’re on the go! Communicate with other Yahoo! Messenger users, whether they’re using desktop computers, a BlackBerry device, or another mobile device.
Most of the features in the regular desktop Yahoo! Messenger client is available on the Blackberry version, including emoticon support, contact list management, shortcuts, and added new features including the ability to set message notification like a tone or vibrate.
To learn more visit:
http://www.blackberry.com/products/service/im.shtml
*Note: At this time, the download link is broken.
looks like they aren’t quite ready yet? link so far just splashes a page to effectively say, “coming soon”
it is posted now .. but u MUST have a rogers or nextel bb to grab it
I’ve got a Nextel, but the install never finishes, it just hangs when trying to get information from the BB. It requires System software version 4.02…
it’s either blackberry or yahoo messenger sucks! (or both)…. It doesn’t install with my BB
Error
An unspecified error has occurred.
Can’t download it from bb’s site just gives an error message. 8/24/06
on my bb it says service not enabled for this handheld
what service?
On my bb it says service not “enabled for this handheld”
what service?
I wrote an article about how to get yahoo messenger to work on AT&T BlackBerrys. http://www.purnell78.com/index.php/articles/1-phones/3-get-yahoo-messenger-version-2-working-on-atat-blackberrys