When I’m talking to friends and family, for the most part I use GChat and AIM. Yet when it comes to business, it seems that colleagues and clients tend to use MSN Messenger. It makes sense, then, for me to get the mobile application for my BlackBerry. I remember trying to do it about a year ago and seeing that Verizon did not allow the application. That has apparently changed between now and then. As far as I can tell, you can get MSN/Windows Live Messenger on any BlackBerry device. 
The best way to do this is to navigate to http://www.blackberry.com/livemessenger from your BlackBerry device OTA. You then have to agree to the terms and conditions, which will bring you to the download screen. Bada bing, bada boom, you’ve got your Windows Live Messenger. You can also go to that site from your desktop browser, but it has to be Internet Explorer. Sigh. You can download it and get it on your BlackBerry with desktop manager. There are alternatives, of course. If you like to spread your messaging among a number of services, an all-in-one messenger might work best for you. We go over a number of these in our article about BlackBerry instant messaging. I don’t use one of these, so I’m not in a position to recommend any of them. If nothing else, EQO seems popular.
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please help me to get my windows messenger running, it’s already downloades in my bb storm but when I try to sing in I get the message: service not enabled for this handheld.
my provider is bell canada
I hope someone can helpme thank you.
Antonio, I’m not sure what to tell you. I’m not sure, but maybe Bell doesn’t support this application? Any Bell users out there?
The most likely scenario, judging by the error message, is that the application is not supported for the Storm. You might have to wait for an update.
MSN Msgr is a fee for service feature with bell canada
Anthonio, I got that message too, and same with facebook app. I just took out the battery, took out the SIM card etc… left it out for a minute and repalced everything…. and guess what? everything works!
Bob, thanks, worked for me to, the sim card was took a lot of wiggling to get out, but thanks.
I am having the same problem.. I am with bell aswell so bell doesn’t use sim cards.. However a friend of mine has the exact same phone and is also through bell and theirs works.. I do have a data plan so it’s not that… :( Help!
Hey I’m having a problem.. The other day I lent my BB to a friend of mine. When she was playing with it she came about an alternate msn account I use when I just want to be available with close friends and family. Needless to say she was upset. The new version of the messenger saves usernames… Is there a way to clear them after each use? Thanks!
Has anyone with Bell figured out how to fix that error message about “service not enabled on this handheld”
Hallo Intressante post, helaas is mijn engels alleen niet zo goed. Ik kom zelf vaak op nederlandse msn websites. In nederland worden veel chat gerelateerde artikelen gepubliceerd.
Anyone have a problem loading or changing the profile pic on MSN once I load the oic and save it it continues to go back to having no pic there, is there anything in the setting that may be worng please help
I’ve been using MSN on my blackberry all the time since I got the phone, and then all of a sudden about a week ago my phone froze and when I reset it, my Msn icon is now gone. I’ve tried reinstalling MSN and everything and the icon just wont come back. Is there any way I can fix this?
please help me to get my windows messenger
running, it’s already downloades in my bb storm but when I try to sing in I get the message: service not enabled for this handheld.
my provider is t mobile USA
I hope someone can helpme thank you
@sam Do you have a full BlackBerry data plan for your device? If yes then I suggest deleting and re-installing the app to see if that works. Take a look and see that it has all the permissions it needs assigned to it as well.
Good luck.
I have some issue …
If i downloaded the MSN app, does it cost every time a message comes in if i have unlimited texting? i don’t have unlimited data.
@Emily It is not charged by message exactly but it is billed as data usage. Every message you send uses a tiny bit of data. You are billed for the amount of data you use in the month.
If you do not have unlimited data I would use the app sparingly to ensure you do not max out your available data while messaging.
me too i have your broblem :service not enabled for this handheld …
can help me someone ? plzz?
hey i got a problem on my blackberry 8520 when i downloaded windows live messenger and tried to log on it all it said was service not enable for this hand-held can somebody please help
My msn icon has disappeared off my phone, i have looked in every folder and its not been hidden anywhere but my bb world says that i have downloaded it and its on my phone? please can you help :) x
I have a problem on my bb , by sighning in comes a msg my adres or password is invalid . What should I do to fix it ?
Ever since I downloaded Windows Live Messenger on my Blackberry Curve 9300 (Rogers), all my WLM contacts got deleted. Why’d that happen and how can I get them back?