When you link a contact with a contact in the contacts application, you might be able to perform additional tasks using BlackBerry® Messenger. For example, you might be able to quickly call or send an email message to the contact from the menu during a chat. Also, if contacts do not have display pictures, their caller ID pictures from the contacts application appear in BlackBerry Messenger instead.

1. On the Home screen, in the Instant Messaging folder, click the BlackBerry Messenger icon.
2. On the contact list screen, in a contact category, highlight a contact.
3. Press the Menu key.
4. Click Link to BlackBerry Contact.
5. Perform one of the following actions:
   • If the contact is in the contacts application, click Select Contact. Click a contact.
   • If the contact is not in the contacts application, click New Contact. Type the contact information. Press the Menu key. Click Save.