Gather round ye’ BlackBerry users and abusers, good news hath cometh on behalf of RIM’s BlackBerry Beta Zone. This morning BlackBerry Messenger was updated to V6.0.0.111 and comes loaded with a bevy of new features including:

BBM Connected Apps - With BBM connected apps, you can chat with your contacts and other BBM users. You can also do the following:

Post recent app activities to your BBM profile

Host or join events

Ignore app invitations from contacts

Block or report an app

Adding Contacts - The Invite screen has been improved so that you can quickly type contact information in the field at thetop of the screen

BBM Groups - You can easily share links to GPS locations, podcasts, and webpages with a group.

Chats - You can send and receive appointments.

So if you’re registered in the Beta Zone click here to update. If not, register away and await the approval!

[via N4BB]

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