BlackBerry Instant Messaging clients that are third party are also popular. BlackBerry IM clients such as Windows Live Messenger, Yahoo! Messenger, AOL Instant Messenger, Google Talk and ICQ will have some great updates.

Third party BlackBerry IM clients will be updated with the following features:

• Dedicated icons to the Home Screen for one-click access to conversation boxes of specific contacts. The icon appears as the contact’s display picture or avatar
• Add contacts and display pictures or avatars to the address book to easily send instant messages, email messages, SMS text messages, or place a call right from the address book or conversation box
• Easy Search through saved conversations
• Dedicated emoticon icons in the conversation box

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