Currently BVM has the following features:

• A direct connection between the BlackBerry and the IM service, which means:
  • Only pay a onetime license fee, then use the application for as long as you like, without any additional application related periodical or hidden costs
  • No third party involvement whatsoever, its just you and the IM service
  • No need to register or create a user account with any third party servers or services
• Single person chat
• Group chat
• Basic ''''smiley'''' support
• Support for general status changes (online, offline, busy, away, etc)
• Support for nickname setting and changing
• Block/unblock contacts
• Add/remove contacts
• Order contacts in groups
• Add/remove/rename groups
• Configurable chat screen font size and family
• UTF-8 support for non-roman charactersets!
• BIS-B support, allowing most non-BES BlackBerry users without valid direct TCP settings to still use the application!

Be sure to download the 7-day trial version before you purchase.

Requirements
To use BerryVine Messenger please check that you have the following:

• BlackBerry OS 3.6 or higher
• BlackBerry Desktop software, when you are not performing an over the air (OTA) installation.
• One of the above mentioned BlackBerry models
• Full MDS, Direct TCP or BIS-B connectivity
• If you have a BES behind a firewall, be sure that connections to all servers in the passport.com and hotmail.com domains are permitted and ports 80, 443 and 1863 are opened for internally initiated connections
• Be sure you have the ''''Desktop [IPPP]'''' service book installed
• If applicable: make sure to have ''''allow HTTPS connections to untrusted servers'''' enabled in the MDS configuration settings on the BES