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 [...]

It comes as no surprise that when most people hear the name “Enflick” they have no idea who they are or the impact they’ve had on the mobile space. Almost two years ago, when the instant messenger craze was still in its infancy, a small Waterloo based start-up called Enflick saw a void with the [...]

When I looked at my BlackBerry yesterday I was treated to the surprise of an update to popular instant messaging app - and hopeful BBM copycat/killer - WhatsApp for my BlackBerry. The new version of WhatsApp is officially released as v2.6.4130 and promises: - Message delivery improvements. - Tweaks to how group chat media is [...]

In the totally over-saturated world of cross-platform messaging apps, WhatsApp has prevailed as a force to be reckoned with. It works great, gets updated regularly, is quick, clean and an extremely reliable alternative to BBM — for those trying to kick the addiction and move to a different OS platform. The only real downside to [...]