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My girlfriend is going on a vacaction to the bahamas today she is already at the ship. She can't text me normally while she is there because of cost. Her father has the 8830 World by verizon. We don't know if he has bbm or not but if so I need a fast way for her to download it and also is it free from Pennsylvania to the Bahamas? HELP FAST ! I HAVE ALMOST NO TIME LEFT TO TELL HER
BlackBerry Messenger is part of the default build. It should be there now.
Options / Advanced Options / Applications to verify it is installed.
If not:
BlackBerry Messenger �€“ BBM an Instant Messaging App
There is an alternate choice, you can also install the upgraded BlackBerry Messenger v5 from BlackBerry App World. It provides many new features, but it is huge and may not fit in the 8830 available memory space.
She will be charged for data while roaming, but the individual messages are quite small. It is free for you, but it will cost her to reply.is it free from Pennsylvania to the Bahamas? ...
thank you so much shes going to try it you've made both of us very happy =D
If you don't mind me asking also what are the costs for the small charges?
I can tell you what the charges would be from my carrier when I am roaming in the USA, but that may not accurately reflect the cost aboard a cruise ship or while in The Bahamas.
The charge for message up to 1 Kb is just over 1/2 cent. 1 Kb is the minimum granularity, sending a LOL will cost the same as half page message.Data transmission charges of $0.006/kB apply when roaming in the U.S. ...
Calling From Bahamas
The only international data rate I have found is:
Pay Per Use Rate:
$0.02/KB ($20.48/MB)
so for a few messages back and forth its virtually pennies?
yep, its cheaper to txt then to call and use voice mins.
Yes, 2 cents for her to send or receive a message with BlackBerry Messenger.
that's pretty good then