How to insert symbols into your BlackBerry Messenger name

We’ve received questions on Twitter relating to BBM symbols for a while now, so I figure I’d take the time to go over the best way to get them for your own device. A big thanks goes to TheOnlyJrod at BBOS, because I only thought of the post because he did up his own guide yesterday. The idea, basically, is to copy and paste characters from a source outside your BlackBerry, email them to yourself, and then copy and paste them to the appropriate spots on your BBM display name. There are a couple of ways you can go about this. First is the straight copy paste method that TheOnlyJrod describes. It even appears that they’ll show up in color, though I’m sure that won’t be the case for everyone (it never is). If this is easy enough for you, just copy and paste the characters below, send an email to your BlackBerry email address, and then copy and paste into BBM. You might want to save the email for future reference. (☉ ¿ ☉)
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Joe Pawlikowski is the Senior Editor at MobileMoo.com and has been covering the mobile industry full time since 2007. When he's not writing about the tech scene, he can be found discussing his personal love - baseball (and more specifically the New York Yankees) as well as writing on his personal blog.