Comments on: BlackBerry Messenger 5 Has Been Officially Released

By: Jeff

Jeff — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 17:57:40 +0000

Same here! And everyone I know is complaining about it! What happened to the older and better version???? The new version is crap! Can’t even download any pictures at all. I have to sent thru email now.

like what you said, it just stays at 0.00kb…

By: veronika

veronika — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 20:04:14 +0000

I have the same problem. Very frustrating. After I accept the transfer, the transfer never starts. It just sits there in a Received – 0.00 KB state. I am using storm2.

By: mike jones

mike jones — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 02:49:07 +0000

Jo – my understanding is bbm uses data and not texts. I can’t text n my BB but I can use bbm, so this seems correct. Whether or not you can use bbm and pay per kilobit of data, I’m not sure.

By: Jo_c

Jo_c — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 23:14:47 +0000

Okay so i was able to get a blackberry without having the internet on it. I dont care for the internet on my blackberry 8520. But what i would like to know if its still possible for me to use blackberry messenger even if i dont have it?like would i be charged because i dont have the internet?if someone could answer this it would be most helpful.

Ps. i will not be heartbroken if i cant use bbm please and thanks

By: Aaron

Aaron — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 12:29:41 +0000

How about the picture size. I used to send and receive pics back and forth and they were only 10KB each (I always keep the highest quality for the camera) I guess it automatically shrunk the pics to make them faster to send.

Now, all the pics are at full size. I do not like this feature. Is there a way to have it automatically shrink it again?

If not, I am deleting it and keeing 4.5 version

By: Steve Jenkins

Steve Jenkins — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 09:05:20 +0000

I managed to download a few pics sent by friends at first (yesterday when I upgraded) but now it refuses to download at all..annoying!

By: Bryan

Bryan — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 07:03:17 +0000

Anyone having trouble sending and receiving photos and files with the new bbm? They send and receive fine but I can never download the received files nor can my receipients?

By: scott

scott — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 15:19:12 +0000

Mike Jones, in Canada Data and internet are seperated as two unique things…we have data, so emails, BBM all that is possible no problem, just no browsing the ‘net…here ‘Net doesn’t = Data…they are different…and, it sux!!!….

By: mike jones

mike jones — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 02:35:22 +0000

Scott – if you don’t have a data package, why do you want/need BBM v5? Messages sent over BBM are through data. If you don’t have a data plan, you can’t mwssage in BBM.