Why Use Instant Messaging?
Extra communications choice for your BlackBerry. Some people check their email faster — Use your BlackBerry email. Some people prefer phone — Call them via your BlackBerry phone Some people prefer IM chat — Ping them via JiveTalk This can be true, especially if you know people who tend to hang out all the time on at least one of the IM networks. There are many times it can be more discreet than a phone call, and internationally. It can actually be cheaper to chat via IM, than making a roaming phone call. IM is good for realtime chatting. It is typically treated as a text equivalent of a telephone call. Email is almost fast enough to be realtime, but you can’t read and write at the same time — while you can with IM! You can read incoming messages scrolling in simultaneously while you’re writing a reply in IM. At the beginning of 2004, there was only 2 chat programs available for BlackBerry. By the end of 2004, there was over 15 chat programs available, including several instant mess
