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 groups

Please check out out homepage frequently to hear about new releases and features.

Be sure to download the 15-day trial version before you purchase.

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

• BlackBerry OS 3.6 or higher
• Full MDS connectivity or direct TCP/IP
• 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
• 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

You can find more details regarding installation issues in the ''Support'' section of the product website.