Posted on May 12, 2010, at 1:57 PM .
Message Scheduler 2.0 allows you to schedule email, SMS, and PIN messages and share them with friends using an auto SMS forwarding system. The app is also useful for creating groups of contacts which you can message at once easily. Message Scheduler also allows you to use attachments, and has many of the useful features of a mail client such as an outbox for unsent messages and message storage.
Other features include:
View Message history by using Drafts, Sent and Canceled Folder.
Access to Phone Book and Call Logs for fetching Contact.
Add new, delete old and edit old message and save and use.
Message forwarding allow you to share messages to friends.
Once scheduled SMS delivered, It can be viewed in Send Folder.
User can Cancel message, which sends to Cancel Folder, where user can send it again.
Work with both GSM and CDMA Phones.
More information about Message Scheduler available here.
Posted on April 23, 2010, at 8:48 PM .
There’s a new app called Pinvote which lets you rate a user profile, sort of like the infamous Hot or Not, but puts a twist on it by allowing you to buy credits to contact a user via BBM. This is a pretty awesome idea and I have a hard time not respecting how aggressive they are with monetizing the service, but you have to wonder who is going to pay for a BBM friend. There are already many social networks that allow you to exchange PINs, but I think they’re all going to have a hard time when RIM extends BBM to desktop.
Head over to Pinvote and give it a try.
Posted on October 6, 2009, at 9:05 AM .
BlackBerry® Messenger is the instant messaging (IM) program that’s unique to BlackBerry smartphone users. You can instantly chat, send and receive pictures, and set your availability status using a familiar desktop IM look and feel—all from your BlackBerry smartphone.
A new version of BlackBerry Messenger will soon be available. We’ve been trying a leaked version of BBM 5.0 for a couple of months now and we couldn’t be more impressed with the new features:
- Enhanced SMS -Allows for a conversational chat-like user experience with a single contact list for the most personal mobile-to-mobile communications
- Avatars -Users can choose a picture from the BlackBerry Smartphone gallery and save it as their personal avatar, which will be seen by their contacts. They can also view other avatars in the contact list and zoom in on the avatars of contacts participating in a conversation by selecting “View participants.”
- Large Media File Transfer -Users can send/receive large file transfers up to 6 megabytes for pictures, files and audio.
- Enhanced Group Functionality -Allows for the ability to update, share & communicate with a subset community.
- Bar-code Identity -A user can add a contact to the BlackBerry Messenger contact list by displaying a 2-dimensional bar code that invitees can capture with their device cameras.
- Reliable Contact Backup and Restore -Contacts are backed-up on a server and do not require the need for BlackBerry® Desktop Manager.
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Posted on July 24, 2009, at 12:18 PM .
Recently, a BlackBerry Cool reader wrote in saying:
“Since 5 PM EST, July 23rd, I started to notice that a lot of my contacts started showing up as ‘contact is unavailable.’ I broadcasted a message to all of my contacts and they seem to be having the same problems! I’m not too sure if this is just a Canadian carrier problem or what, but it has effected Bell, Rogers, and TELUS customers. I’ve asked my friend at RIM and he says they aren’t sure what the problem is.”
According to DataOutages.com:
Trouble Ticket Number: 7392092
Severity: 2-Medium
Description of Issue: RIM is experiencing latency with PIN messages. This will affect PIN messages, Blackberry Messenger, Service Book delivery, and other Blackberry services.
Location of Issue: North America and surrounding areas
Start Time: Jul 23 2009 10:00 AM PDT
Symptoms you MAY experience: RIM Blackberry users may be unable to send/receive messages or may have difficulty connecting to the network.
Estimated time of repair: Unknown
Posted on June 15, 2009, at 9:11 AM .
I use BlackBerry messenger often to keep in touch with both friends and coworkers. The messenger is useful but really boring in its lack of features and functionality. The coming update to BlackBerry Messenger will come with some incredible features and changes.
The upcoming BlackBerry Messenger includes:
* Avatar support — set your own avatar using the Camera or saved photo on your device (this is displayed locally as well as shown next to your Messenger name on your friend’s buddy list)
* GPS location integration — you can now set permissions so friends can always see your location, have to request it each time, or never can see it
* Proximity sensor — we’re guessing this will let you know if you’re within a certain distance of friends (pending, of course, you’re both set to share locations freely with each other)
* Set conversation subjects — this will allow you to organize your convos on the main Messenger screen and label them with subjects to keep track of all your conversations
* Homescreen support — you can pin/sticky actual Messenger contacts directly to the homescreen for easy access!
No word on launch dates yet but it will likely come with OS 5.0. Don’t expect to be able to pick up a leaked OS 5.0 and use this though, it’s still in beta and very much a guarded secret.
Click through for more screenshots showing all the features of the new BlackBerry Messenger
