BBM - BLackberry Messenger launching on android & iPhone (android link inside)
 

Blackberry Messenger launching on Android, iPhone | News1130


VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) – A feature that people loyal to Blackberry have been asking for is on it’s way this weekend.

Blackberry Messenger (BBM) will be available on Android and iPhone. This opens the door for people on all of the major smartphone platforms to send messages back and forth.

Local tech journalist Akash Sablok tells us it’s something Blackberry is hoping will help them turn things around.

“Putting this out there, expanding the user base, and of course, giving BBM options to people that now can communicate with people outside the Blackberry… will hopefully have people retain their Blackberry.”

“I’ve done a rough survey that people do really this app to be able to communicate with users of other devices. This allows them to hold on to their BBM,” he adds.

One of the big selling points of the cross-platform BBM is group chats, with up to 30 contacts.

But while people who own a Blackberry can send photos and video, that’s a feature that won’t come to Android and iPhone until later on.




**is BBM even relevant anymore?

I would get it to try it out... then switch back to whatsapp.

BBM is too late to the game (again). Whatsapp uses your current phone number as your "pin" so whats the point in remembering another set of numbers really.

"But while people who own a Blackberry can send photos and video, that’s a feature that won’t come to Android and iPhone until later on."

why launch it now then?

Cause if they wait any longer ppl won't even remember what BBM is.

yee nigga bbm is the shit good times

I used to like it because chicks were super willing to give out their pin rather than their phone number.

whatsapp's group chat is up to 50 contacts, so whats their selling point again?

they dondies anyways, time to sell whatever they have
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How long ago did BB (err RIM back then) did they say they were going to do this.. lmao..

I think the main selling point is having a personalized PIN and the send/read receipts. Screen share could be something as well in the future. Although I don't really see a lot of whatsapp/other messaging platform users jumping ship to BBM.

BBM should be here by 4:30pm according to BBM coming to Android and Apple users today, gradual global roll out underway - Sci/Tech - DNA

The big advantage for BBM in my experiences, was the reliability of it. Whatsapp sometimes doesn't send and receive messages instantly. Whereas, BBM was much more reliable. My Whatsapp messages sometimes take 5-20mins to send.

I think the BBM servers are much more secure and reliable than the whatsapp servers. Though, I haven't used BBM in a long time, I still get reliability issues with my whatsapp messages today.

Running it already, if you DL the leaked APK from crackberry.com the servers are up and running. So it works now.

This is only for android. iPhone is live in NZ, australia and indonesia so i'm sure it will move westward quickly...

Everyone uninstall whats app and transition over to the future...

Funny that you mention that because I couldn't send/receive pics all day yesterday with whatsapp
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working.

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/...79778061_n.jpg

This happens almost daily for me. It takes a random amount of time to send/receive whatsapp messages. If I know my message is time sensitive, I will always use SMS or call. I can't rely on whatsapp.

Is downloading the leaked APK the same as the official version? I'm worried to download it for whatever reason.

My friend said his friends with blackberry's aren't getting his BBM messages (he's on android)

I keep getting a "No Connection Found" error on this release while in setup. The beta worked fine for me though.

Edit: blackberrry has blocked service, this is a known issue.

i think they found out and shut it down. my msgs aerent working anymore lol oh whales

Hmm. I'm not sure about the "send" button being on the bottom right instead of being inline with the message box...

spread the word! haha

ya, cant connect

The APP store has been giving me the run around all day too. First it said it's only available in the US app store so I changed my account store information. Then it tells me it's not available in the US app store and that it's only available in the New Zealand app store!

I think it's pertinent to mention that BBM is still huge outside of the west. Indonesia, India, the UAE, etc are faithful to Blackberry.

BlackBerry ceases worldwide BBM rollout, cites earlier Android leak as the cause
 

Seriously?????

But it's still pretty impressive 1.1 million on a unofficial app.
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