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Mazrim · 08-06-2010, 02:47 PM

Instant communications: BBM is extremely fast. Text messages are incredibly slow unless you're on the same carrier, from what I can tell.

Can send multimedia through it: MMS is outdated, and the ease of sending pictures through BBM has been great for me.

Conferences: Multiple friends in the same conversation has been very useful to me.

Statuses: My friends use the status line to tell us if they're busy in a meeting or at dinner or something. Helpful for planning things or just trying to avoid being annoying.

Seeing if a message is delivered and read: Two separate things that help a lot. If I need an answer quickly, I can see if they're actually at their phone to respond. And just like MSN, you can see when someone is typing a message. I don't get offended if I don't get an answer right away like some people who watch the "name is typing a message" like a hawk.

As a side note, I would browse the internet more on my blackberry if it was faster...EDGE is not exactly great for loading non-mobile versions of sites.

08-06-2010, 02:47 PM	#222
Mazrim CP Gamemaster Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: The Gary Exp:	Instant communications: BBM is extremely fast. Text messages are incredibly slow unless you're on the same carrier, from what I can tell. Can send multimedia through it: MMS is outdated, and the ease of sending pictures through BBM has been great for me. Conferences: Multiple friends in the same conversation has been very useful to me. Statuses: My friends use the status line to tell us if they're busy in a meeting or at dinner or something. Helpful for planning things or just trying to avoid being annoying. Seeing if a message is delivered and read: Two separate things that help a lot. If I need an answer quickly, I can see if they're actually at their phone to respond. And just like MSN, you can see when someone is typing a message. I don't get offended if I don't get an answer right away like some people who watch the "name is typing a message" like a hawk. As a side note, I would browse the internet more on my blackberry if it was faster...EDGE is not exactly great for loading non-mobile versions of sites. Last edited by Mazrim; 08-06-2010 at 02:50 PM.