finally a BlackBerry Messenger that works on OS 5.0.

Research In Motion (BlackBerry) released a new BlackBerry Messenger, version 5.0.0.33.

Download-

You can download it by searching for it in BlackBerry App World. If you don’t have App World, you can download it by going to http://mobile.blackberry.com and downloading it directly from there.

Few new features-

• You can now create groups. This can be an awesome feature if you have, let’s say, a lot/most of your friends with BlackBerry smartphones or if your work uses BlackBerry. Groups make sharing pictures and calendars or chat in group chat or list things that need to be done really easy. The group shows up as a homescreen icon for quick access.
• If someone chats in the group, a notification icon of the groups icon shows up.
• there’s an ability to backup and restore the Contact List… just in case you’re afraid to lose your contacts.
• I mentioned this before but it works on BlackBerry OS 5.0.
• I did a mini-review of the other features, but they’re about the leaked version. This version of BBM 5.0 is a little different, but it talks about the Bar Code Scan.

I’m still playing around with it so I don’t know all the cool little things it can do. To quote my girlfriend, though, she says…

This rocks. It’s messenger on steroids.

One issue I have found is that while I’m in the group, it won’t notify me with an audible sound when something new has occurred in the group (like new chat). Hopefully RIM will fix this in the next version.

So far, though, I’m loving the new BBM. It’s pretty darn awesome.