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When I’m talking to friends and family, for the most part I use GChat and AIM. Yet when it comes to business, it seems that colleagues and clients tend to use MSN Messenger. It makes sense, then, for me to get the mobile application for my BlackBerry. I remember trying to do it about a year ago and seeing that Verizon did not allow the application. That has apparently changed between now and then. As far as I can tell, you can get MSN/Windows Live Messenger on any BlackBerry device.
The best way to do this is to navigate to http://www.blackberry.com/livemessenger from your BlackBerry device OTA. You then have to agree to the terms and conditions, which will bring you to the download screen. Bada bing, bada boom, you’ve got your Windows Live Messenger. You can also go to that site from your desktop browser, but it has to be Internet Explorer. Sigh. You can download it and get it on your BlackBerry with desktop manager.
There are alternatives, of course. If you like to spread your messaging among a number of services, an all-in-one messenger might work best for you. We go over a number of these in our article about BlackBerry instant messaging. I don’t use one of these, so I’m not in a position to recommend any of them. If nothing else, EQO seems popular.
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8 Comments ↓
please help me to get my windows messenger running, it’s already downloades in my bb storm but when I try to sing in I get the message: service not enabled for this handheld.
my provider is bell canada
I hope someone can helpme thank you.
Antonio, I’m not sure what to tell you. I’m not sure, but maybe Bell doesn’t support this application? Any Bell users out there?
The most likely scenario, judging by the error message, is that the application is not supported for the Storm. You might have to wait for an update.
MSN Msgr is a fee for service feature with bell canada
Anthonio, I got that message too, and same with facebook app. I just took out the battery, took out the SIM card etc… left it out for a minute and repalced everything…. and guess what? everything works!
Bob, thanks, worked for me to, the sim card was took a lot of wiggling to get out, but thanks.
I am having the same problem.. I am with bell aswell so bell doesn’t use sim cards.. However a friend of mine has the exact same phone and is also through bell and theirs works.. I do have a data plan so it’s not that… :( Help!
Hey I’m having a problem.. The other day I lent my BB to a friend of mine. When she was playing with it she came about an alternate msn account I use when I just want to be available with close friends and family. Needless to say she was upset. The new version of the messenger saves usernames… Is there a way to clear them after each use? Thanks!
Has anyone with Bell figured out how to fix that error message about “service not enabled on this handheld”
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