1. Shanicenicolle's Avatar
    I was wondering if there was ever a specific function for this or is it juss a fun way to annoy yur bbm friends? lolz
    01-07-09 01:46 PM
  2. rachel0179's Avatar
    No idea, never used it, and never use the nudges, or whatevers on my laptop IM programs either, bugs me LOL I want to say "its soooo 1998" LOL
    01-07-09 01:52 PM
  3. Reparkable's Avatar
    Ya I never understood the ping feature in the first place.

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    01-07-09 02:05 PM
  4. username0022's Avatar
    The Ping bugs... I guess those people who send the Ping just want to be a pain in the ***. I mean ****... Rear? Geez...
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    01-07-09 03:13 PM
  5. Chrisy's Avatar
    i like the PING. i have it set so that even if my phone is on silent i still get the PING alert on BBM. it's easier than creating a whole new profile or exception.


    orgins:

    Ping - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


    ps: i miss 1998! HA
    01-07-09 03:16 PM
  6. flop's Avatar
    In networking, the ping is the smallest TCP request and it should never be blocked by a firewall (port 7, if i remember)

    It is used to diagnose connection problems and to estimate route performance.

    Just as a unit circle is loved by mathematicians, the ping is very interesting to a computer geek especially on mobiles because of the aggressive bandwidth charges.

    According to at least one vodafone staff, ping data does count against your fair usage quota. This means you are technically charged just to see if its technically possible to be charged!
    01-07-09 03:29 PM
  7. Username00089's Avatar
    You can't really annoy people because once you've actually PINGED someone you can't repeatedly keep doing it. In order to be able to ping the person again, they must have responded.
    01-07-09 03:39 PM
  8. jhoyt's Avatar
    Seems like a function just to be a PIA!!! Pretty useless haha
    01-07-09 04:06 PM
  9. FightClub's Avatar
    No idea, never used it, and never use the nudges, or whatevers on my laptop IM programs either, bugs me LOL I want to say "its soooo 1998" LOL
    Nudges are the worst
    01-07-09 04:38 PM
  10. 12MaNy's Avatar
    Its meant for impatient people who want your attention RIGHT NOW!!!

    I'll sometimes send someone like 100 PINGS in a row as a prank.
    01-07-09 05:58 PM
  11. lilme08's Avatar
    Never got my Ping to work, never heard it when my aunt Pings me. Must be missing something.

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    01-07-09 09:09 PM
  12. Crackberrykills's Avatar
    Its meant for impatient people who want your attention RIGHT NOW!!!

    I'll sometimes send someone like 100 PINGS in a row as a prank.
    Dude, that is not cool. But, oh so hilarious.
    01-07-09 09:21 PM
  13. SevereDeceit's Avatar
    Every time i come around ya city, Ping, Ping...
    01-07-09 09:23 PM
  14. Crackberrykills's Avatar
    Every time i come around ya city, Ping, Ping...
    Ha ha ha. Oh, no you didn't.
    01-07-09 09:28 PM
  15. SevereDeceit's Avatar
    Ha ha ha. Oh, no you didn't.
    I had to man, i couldn't resist...
    01-07-09 09:31 PM
  16. rrrebo's Avatar
    The ping is just like tapping someone's shoulder. It's kinda rude to just nail them with a question out of the gate if they're in the middle of something. And yes, you can ping repeatedly without a response, but there may be a wait time in between.

    Posted from my CrackBerry at wapforums.crackberry.com
    01-07-09 09:36 PM
  17. 12MaNy's Avatar
    Dude, that is not cool. But, oh so hilarious.
    Hahahaha!!! I know, I know....
    01-07-09 10:02 PM
  18. Tre Lawrence's Avatar
    I ping my wife all the time.
    01-07-09 11:00 PM
  19. f_man8326's Avatar
    Every time i come around ya city, Ping, Ping...
    Speaking of 1998...

    Posted from my CrackBerry at wapforums.crackberry.com
    01-08-09 01:33 AM
  20. 12MaNy's Avatar
    I ping my wife all the time.
    That....just sounded funny. Lol
    01-08-09 01:33 AM
  21. Tre Lawrence's Avatar
    That....just sounded funny. Lol

    Oh my... I am actually blushing.

    Complete Freudian slip...
    01-08-09 07:03 AM
  22. trucky's Avatar
    Before Blackberries and networks the PING was used by sonar in submarines to see who was out there. If they got a reply back then they knew there was somebody or something out there and could then proceed with the appropriate action... communication, torpedo, or just slink silently on by... I can kinda see the parallel thinking with the Blackberry PING.
    01-08-09 10:17 AM
  23. Shanicenicolle's Avatar
    haha wow. this was actually pretty informative lolz. I wass juss using it to annoy mah best friend when she was in class :P
    01-08-09 03:56 PM
  24. French's Avatar
    Its meant for impatient people who want your attention RIGHT NOW!!!

    I'll sometimes send someone like 100 PINGS in a row as a prank.

    Am I the only one that wants to actually know HOW to do this???

    Can you please tell us how?
    01-26-09 11:46 AM
  25. Shanicenicolle's Avatar
    go into an open conversation in your blackberry messenger and click on ping contact. =]
    01-26-09 12:28 PM
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