- OK, so I've been a BB guy now for 4+ years (a rookie compared to many here) and I have NEVER used BBM. I'm a Verizon guy, so with phone/data/sms as a package I've only ever know that. What is the big deal with BBM, if I install can I use it as a standard SMS/MMS tool for my PB? I don't think that is the case, but I just don't get it. I've got hundreds of contacts in my phone, and not any one of them (many are BB users) ever asked me to message them using BBM, only a normal SMS message. Anyone?05-02-11 01:05 PMLike 0
- OK, so I've been a BB guy now for 4+ years (a rookie compared to many here) and I have NEVER used BBM. I'm a Verizon guy, so with phone/data/sms as a package I've only ever know that. What is the big deal with BBM, if I install can I use it as a standard SMS/MMS tool for my PB? I don't think that is the case, but I just don't get it. I've got hundreds of contacts in my phone, and not any one of them (many are BB users) ever asked me to message them using BBM, only a normal SMS message. Anyone?05-02-11 01:08 PMLike 0
- OK, so I've been a BB guy now for 4+ years (a rookie compared to many here) and I have NEVER used BBM. I'm a Verizon guy, so with phone/data/sms as a package I've only ever know that. What is the big deal with BBM, if I install can I use it as a standard SMS/MMS tool for my PB? I don't think that is the case, but I just don't get it. I've got hundreds of contacts in my phone, and not any one of them (many are BB users) ever asked me to message them using BBM, only a normal SMS message. Anyone?05-02-11 01:09 PMLike 0
- free international messaging, delivery/read notification, no 140 character limit. Those are the big ones for me. All my BB contacts use BBM over SMS.
Also, keep in mind that you may have an unlimited SMS package, but the person you're messaging may not. Since I hardly use SMS (and most of the SMS I do use is international and not covered on an unlimited plan), I choose not to pay AT&T for an unlimited messaging plan, so I ony get 200 messages/month. I have unlimited BBM.05-02-11 01:11 PMLike 0 -
I recently just dropped my text message plan down to the lowest possible plan05-02-11 01:17 PMLike 0 - You can share files via bbm (music, pics, even .zip files)
You get instant delivery and read confirmation.
You have the ability to group chat with up to 30 contacts at once.
It has a plethora of uses...
And its COOL
Posted from my BlackBerry using BerryBlab05-02-11 01:20 PMLike 0 - Don't forget voice notes. I've been trying to use these more often lately, especially while driving. I just wish they would make it quicker to use. I dont wanna dig through a menu to find it. If they could turn voice notes into something as easy to use as Nextel's push to talk that would be amazing.05-02-11 01:27 PMLike 0
- I have international partners that have BBM and its a quick easy way to send quick messages or check up on them.
I also have my employees on BB-- so if i need to send them a quick message/question -- ill send through BBM instead of email (no non-business hours) so that i know for sure if they read it... lol
At work conferences.. its great for coordinating quick meetings/get together.
My wife and i use BBM to communicate during the day/ or on business trips..
Sending contact files, pictures--
I mean its the same as Live Messenger/AOL, etc---- except that is always on-- and your never logging in from multiple places-- is all on your phone..
I have about 25 contacts---
only gets annoying when people change their BB and dont give you their new Pins.. lol.05-02-11 01:29 PMLike 0 - I never understood it until I actually used it a few years ago. At first I used it just for 2 people, then gradually more and more people got added to my BBM contact list.
The things I love about it are that it is instant, always on (unless the phone is off), and you can tell when your message has been delivered (not just sent like SMS, but actually recieved on the other phone) and when the person has read the message. Sometimes you need to get a message across to someone pretty quickly. If you send them an SMS, you don't know if they actually read it unless they respond. With BBM, you know if they have read it or if you need to call them or something like that.
There are also a ton of other things you can do such as send videos, pictures, and voice notes without any special mms plan.
Another thing you can do is have a group chat with more than one person at a time and everyone can see the flow of the messages in the order they are meant to be. This works great for making plans. Think of it as a chat room with only the people you want in there.
Basically BBM is SMS on major steroids!05-02-11 01:34 PMLike 0 -
- Another good feature of BBM is the ability to send and receive larger files. Files up to 6MB can be transferred using BBM. This is much larger than MMS or email.05-02-11 01:36 PMLike 0
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- Millions of reasons, its an instant messenger, you can send voice notes, pictures, videos,(or any other file on your BB) you can be in a group and chat wit many people at once (ie work group) you can send broadcast messages, its secure. (sms goes through your carriers servers while bbm goes through rim) <-- also why i doubt we will see it on the playbook. you can see when a message is sent or read. and there are some others but my fingers are getting tired....05-02-11 02:09 PMLike 0
- I often use it to simply send a picture of where I am to a friend (to get them to meet me, or to rub it in that I'm at an event that's difficult to get a ticket to, whatever). No words, just a picture. You can also send your location with BB maps.
The threaded conversations, and the group conversations are also HUGE pluses.
For some reason BBM'ing is better than SMS'ing when you're drunk in a bar and have lost the people you came with. So it's a drinking friendly tool!
Most everybody I know has a BB. When I have to SMS somebody who has Android or an iPhone, it just feels so ghetto.05-02-11 02:33 PMLike 0
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