Blackberry Messenger, commonly referred to as BBM, is a free instant messaging application designed to work exclusively with other Blackberry smartphone users. Most Blackberries come with the program already installed.

If you’re using a Blackberry smartphone, you may find the instant messaging to be one of your favorite features. There are some tricks you can utilize that may make using BBM even more enjoyable.

Send Pictures

  1. From the home screen, select the ‘Pictures’ icon, press the track wheel.
  2. Select the picture file, then press the track wheel.
  3. Select ‘Sent to Messenger Contact’, then press the track wheel.
  4. Then select your BB Messenger contact, and press the track wheel.
  5. You’ll see ‘File sent’ when done.

Backup Messenger

1. Open BlackBerry Messenger V5 2. Press the BlackBerry menu
2. Select Contact List Backup Remotely
3. Select Back up files remotely (that means backing up to a RIM server with your email list to RIM)
4. or Select Back up files locally (back up in the media / micro SD card) To restore back, when you reinstall BlackBerry Messenger, BlackBerry Messenger5 deteck your email automatically to restore remotely or you can click the BlackBerry menu and select restore backup to restore with media card.

Instant messaging with BlackBerry Messenger 5.0

With the release of BlackBerry Messenger 5.0 (BBM) RIM really added some overhead in the app. It seems much less responsive than the original and can take a few seconds to open up a chat to view it.

It seems much less responsive than the original and can take a few seconds to open up a chat to view it. Follow these steps to make your BlackBerry Messenger faster:

  1. Open up BlackBerry Messenger 5.0
  2. Press the Menu button
  3. Select Options
  4. Scroll down to where it says Conversation Style
  5. Change the option to Standard

Enjoy

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