New Yahoo! and Google Talk IM Clients Available For BlackBerry

by Robb Dunewood on October 24, 2007 · 22 comments

If you head over to mobile.blackberry.com on your BlackBerry you will see that they have new versions of Yahoo Instant Messenger for BlackBerry and Google Talk for BlackBerry available for you to download.

I’ve only downloaded the Google Talk client as of yet and from what I see so far it appears to be a significant upgrade to the interface. You can see the profile pictures of yourself and your contacts.

I love a good free BlackBerry download…

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Roger October 25, 2007 at 9:41 am

I installed the new Yahoo Messenger over my old version, and now the Icon has dissapeared. There’s no way to access the program. It shows as being installed properly, and I even re-installed it, but I can’t get an Icon! Anyone else have the same issue?

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Eric October 25, 2007 at 11:06 am

Looks like the Yahoo client will now let you chat with your MS Messenger friends (just like the desktop version has let you do). It looks like both the Google Talk and Yahoo Messenger clients got some nice upgrades.

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Eric October 25, 2007 at 11:07 am

Just an fyi: I uninstalled both clients and rebooted before installing the new versions. Seemed like a safer idea to me. I am using an 8703.

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Stinsonddog October 25, 2007 at 3:41 pm

Appears that the YM won’t work on ATT. Maybe new service books are needed which aren’t pushed to the ATT devices.

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Victor October 26, 2007 at 8:07 am

Hi

I have the same problem like Roger (no 3): I have installed the new version of YM and I can not find it on my desktop. And is not hidden.

Can anyone provide a link to where I can download the previous version of YM? Or can anyone provide a solution for this new version of YM?

I am using 8700.

Best regards

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Dave October 26, 2007 at 11:25 am

To those having the problems with YIM… it appears the new version only works with 4.2 devices! Bummer as I too already downloaded and installed it and lost my YIM icon. Way to go RIM!

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Victor October 27, 2007 at 10:25 am

It is not fair what’s happening, I just want the previous version back…

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Dave October 27, 2007 at 5:07 pm

In the meantime I’ve downloaded (and purchased) IM+ from ShapeServices.com. It includes the new MySpace IM and has been working fairly well on my 7130e. Next week I’ll get my hands on the new 8130 (from Sprint) and start all over.

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Victor October 28, 2007 at 4:44 am

Can anyone provide a link to the 1.0 version of YM for BB?

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Victor October 29, 2007 at 3:59 am

I have finally found a solution, tried it, and it works; 2.0 is better than the first!
Here is the text that helped me:
“Found a solution on one of the other forums. Go to Options/Advanced Options/Applications/Modules then scroll down until you see net_rim_yahoomessenger module (v 1.*.*) and delete it. After it deletes, the device will reboot, and when it comes back on, the error is gone and the icon is there.”
You can all try this ;)

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blackwilly November 5, 2007 at 3:33 pm

So I loaded the new Yahoo Mess (heehee) – and well I get to log in – but that’s about it. I cannot see anyone else that is also logged in … any recommendations?
-Uninstalled; Deleted Modules; Restarted; and then tried it all over again – still nothing …

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blackwilly November 5, 2007 at 3:34 pm

PS – I have a WorldPhone – 8830

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sherise November 12, 2007 at 8:52 pm

the link won’t even work to download the program. why are all of rim’s links broken?!!

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javone December 16, 2007 at 6:50 pm

Does anyone know why there is a ‘collapse all’ option, but there is NO ‘uncollapse all’ on either new versions. I can’t see any of the people who are logged on. Helo!!! Javonebeverly@gmail.com

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Antonio February 19, 2008 at 2:29 am

javone,

I just installed gtalk and did the same thing…I collapsed the list and now can’t seem to get it back. Kinda stupid actually. Not sure what do to about that. I tried uninstalling it, and re-installing but I get the same thing showing up as if I did not even delete the damm thing. Anyone have any clue what I am doing wrong?

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MJ May 12, 2008 at 7:55 am

Javone,
try pressing space on the collapsed folder. that should expand it.

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tom June 10, 2008 at 5:28 pm

MJ: That worked for me – thanks. How could that have been left out of the UI? Alas…

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