For those of you who are like me, have friends in all the four corners of the planet, you should check out using BlackBerry Messenger. I’m surprised how many of my friends don’t know what it is or that it existed.

What It Is

It’s just like any IM program you might use such as AIM or Google Chat.

Why Should You Care?

When you “message” or “bbm” a friend or colleague who you have connected with, you are not charged texting fees. Moreover, if this same friend or colleague is in another country, there are no International texting fees, which I’ve been nailed with and can be as high as $0.40 per sms.

My guess is that because it does not come pre-installed on your BB device, you might not have heard of it.

You can download it directly from BlackBerry – it’s free.