Blackberry adds IM to devices

RIM has just announced it will be adding AOL and Yahoo IM capability to their Blackberry products.

I've been looking at replacing my cell phone & PDA with a combo device, and have been intrigued by RIM's Blackberries. We run GroupWise at work, and I was impressed by the BlackBerry/Groupwise webinar I recently saw. I demoed

a BlackBerry 7290 from Cingular and was fairly impressed. If only the Blackberry had bluetooth/infared DUN and EDGE compatibility (for emergency laptop access) I'd be buying them for quite a few of my staff - especially since you can get them for ~$200/ea! But with unlimited data running $49.99/mo and no bluetooth data (or speakerphone), I'll stick with a cell phone (MediaNet unlimited $24.99) and PDA combo for now.