BlackBerry Messenger 5.0 now officially available

UPDATE: To download OTA, go to BlackBerry.com/messenger from your device.

Finally, BlackBerry Messenger 5.0 has launched! The easiest way to download it would be directly from App World, as we’ve been having some issues downloading it from the mobile site at blackberry.com/blackberrymessenger.

The latest version of BlackBerry Messenger features:

Avatars can be easily set up and then populated from BlackBerry Contacts.

Group Functionality – allows groups of friends, family and personal contacts to stay connected & share experiences instantly on their BlackBerry smartphones:

ongoing group chat
sharing pictures
organizing tasks and events with shared lists and calendars

Bar-code identity – easily add/invite contacts to BlackBerry Messenger by displaying a 2-dimensional bar code that the invitees can capture with their BlackBerry camera

Large Media File Transfer – up to 6MB

Download it now and let us know what you think!

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1 Chris
October 8, 2009 at 12:21 pm

It’s http://www.blackberry.com/messenger not http://www.blackberry.com/blackberrymessenger. At least that’s what I found last night.
2 sean
October 8, 2009 at 5:53 pm

i lost my contacts when updating, so make sure you back them uo. i did not even realize that i was not backed up, so am starting over trying to remember who was on my list. but the new BBM looks great!
3 Jonny
October 13, 2009 at 12:26 pm

I really hate it, like really really hate it. to send a picture it only sends in full size, gets expensive for Canadians on Rogers without unlimited data plans
4 agus handayana
November 19, 2009 at 5:18 am

Verry good…

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