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BlackBerry Messenger 5.0: Get friends with barcodes
In: web resources
8 Oct 2009
BlackBerry Messenger 5.0, now with mug shots.
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BlackBerry (RIM)
The mobile carriers have in-network calling, and BlackBerry users have BlackBerry Messenger, a BlackBerry-to-BlackBerry instant messenger that works more like e-mail than SMS to send real-time messages through RIM’s servers. On Wednesday, RIM released BlackBerry Messenger 5.0, a version that pads the messenger with “avatars” (but they’re more like your standard social networking mug shots), group chat, and photo-sharing.
In addition to sending photos to contacts, BlackBerry Messenger 5.0 now opens the gates for transferring large files–up to 6MB in size. That’s the equivalent of several photos, or one or two songs. Maybe a very short video. The quantity comes down to the size of your media.
RIM also adds a new way to find friends. Users have been able to connect with a PIN, e-mail address, or name. Now they can lock onto each other with bar codes and cameras. One BlackBerry produces a bar code and the other snaps a photo that Messenger 5.0 can read and translate. It may not be as flashy as the Bump app for iPhone, but we’ll take it.
Originally posted at The Download Blog
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1 Response to BlackBerry Messenger 5.0: Get friends with barcodes
Jacob V
January 28th, 2010 at 8:07 pm
Verizon and cingular are pretty much the only carriers with enough to call it service in montana, and both are pretty spotty and mainly along the major highways