Have a BBM Christmas

MANILA, Philippines - While Christmas is usually considered the happiest time of the year, it can also be bittersweet, as it makes us miss friends and family far away. But with a lot of Filipinos using BlackBerry smartphones, reaching out to loved ones this Christmas is made more fun with the free BlackBerry Messenger (BBM). BBM is an instant messaging app that forges a bond between two BlackBerry users and enables more possibilities of connecting with each other.

You can make BBM more meaningful by:

Sending unlimited Christmas greetings. With BBM, you feel even freer to send and receive unlimited messages as often as you want. A great thing about BBM is that unlike SMS, BBM messages transfer as data so it in general costs you less than SMS as it is not dependent on how many messages you send. If you have an unlimited data plan, then your BBM is basically free. So even if the recipients are OFWs halfway around the world, you can exchange long BBM messages as if they are just a few blocks away.

Plan and throw Christmas parties via BBM groups. BBM allows users to stay connected to groups of friends, family or co-workers by creating groups of BBM contacts. Members in the group can chat and share pictures, lists, and appointments with each other, making it easier to coordinate meet-up and party details like schedules and locations. This can save you from having to forward messages from one person to the next.

This Christmas, one cool idea you can try out is to throw an impromptu BBM group party for loved ones who are overseas. Simply gather your whole family or barkada into one BBM group and then get them to start chatting, reminiscing, and exchanging jokes just like you did in the good old days, when you were all together.

Capture and share Christmas photos, videos, and voice notes. Ease your loved ones’ homesickness by keeping them up to date on the sights and sounds of Christmas here in the Philippines. Send photos of bibingka and puto bumbong on your way to Simbang Gabi, capture videos of the choir singing Pasko na Sinta Ko, or convince the whole gang to record a carol that you can share via BBM. You don’t even need to wait until you get to your laptop to share these great moments. All you need is your BlackBerry smarpthone, and you’re ready to send these little mementos of home via BBM that are sure to put smiles on their face and get them through the day.

BBM is available pre-installed on all BlackBerry smartphones available in the Philippines today. With the latest BlackBerry Bold 9900 and the BlackBerry Curve 9360 featuring the BlackBerry 7 operating system.

For more information, visit http://ph.blackberry.com/bbm or http://facebook.com/BlackBerryPH .