Enhanced Features on BlackBerry Messenger 5.0 for BlackBerry smartphones
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Research In Motion (RIM) has just launched an enhanced version of BlackBerry Messenger and it features a new user interface together with a variety of expanded capabilities.
Enhanced features of BlackBerry Messenger 5.0 include: · New Group Functionality - You can easily create or join a group of people in order to stay connected and share experiences in real-time. You can chat and share location updates, address books, calendars, photos, lists and more. A single group can contain up to 30 members. · Bar-code Identity – Automatically invite a new contact to join your BlackBerry Messenger contact list by scanning a special bar code on the BlackBerry Messenger screen of their BlackBerry smartphone (ie you scan their bar code identity using the camera on your BlackBerry smartphone). · Avatar – Users can set up a display picture as their personal avatar, which will automatically be seen by their contacts. BlackBerry Messenger 5.0 also populates avatars for contacts from BlackBerry Contacts · Large Media File Transfer – With BlackBerry Messenger 5.0, users can share large media files of up to 6MB in size, including higher resolution pictures and longer voice notes.