BlackBerry today announced that it is bringing its BBM app to Android devices still running on Gingerbread. With Gingerbread (versions 2.3.3 up to 2.3.7) still accounting for more than a fifth of all Android devices out there, the move should help BlackBerry pick up more than a few more BBM users. This “special release” is now moving to the external […]
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BlackBerry to add BBM Voice on BBM for Android and iOS in February?
Broadening the availability of its BBM instant messaging app to Android and iOS netted BlackBerry some 40 million Android and iOS users in the first 60 days that it was available. The company has already confirmed that it plans to enhance the app with BBM Voice and BBM Channels in a future release but a timeline has remained elusive until […]
BBM adds 40 million users in last 60 days
Among the quarterly highlights that BlackBerry announced its latest financial results, including a massive US$4.4 billion loss, the company revealed that it added some some 40 million Android and iOS users to its BBM user base in the last 60 days. At the same time, BlackBerry did not reveal the size of its total user base. BlackBerry released BBM for […]
BlackBerry’s BBM to come preinstalled on LG smartphones (Updated)
There is more good news coming from BlackBerry today. Following yesterday’s appointment of John Sims as President, Global Enterprise Services, the company today announced a new a bundling agreement with LG Electronics that will see BBM installed preloaded on LG smartphones. The LG G Pro Lite will be the first LG device to offer BBM out-of-the-box. “People across the globe […]
BBM to be pre-installed on Android smartphones in emerging markets
The BlackBerry BBM messaging platform user base jumped up by 20 million within one week of the company launching BBM for Android and iPhone. While the company has not announced further numbers, the app has remained at the top of charts in a number of countries including Canada and the UK. BBM is also well established in emerging markets and […]
Updated BBM for iPhone adds iPad and iPod touch support
As promised, BlackBerry has pushed out an updated version of BBM for Android and iPhone to their respective app stores. It adds a number of new features and enhancements (as well as bug fixes) including, in the iPhone version, support for the Wi-Fi-only iPad and iPod touch. According to BlackBerry, BBM for iPhone version 1.0.4.133 comes with Support for iPod […]
BBM for Wi-Fi-only iOS devices coming “within 24 hours”
BlackBerry is set to expand the reach of its BBM messaging app to additional devices very shortly. Andrew Bocking, Executive Vice President, BBM at BlackBerry, told SlashGear today that a new version of BBM for Wi-Fi-only iOS devices like the iPad and iPod touch will be available in the App Store “within 24 hours.” Bocking pointed out that the rollout […]
BBM adds 20 million users in last week alone
Following its announcement that it had topped 10 million downloads of BBM for Android and iPhone in the first day of availability, BlackBerry today announced that BBM now has over over 80 million monthly active users (defined as users who send or receive any data through the BBM service within a given 30-day period.) BBM saw 20 million more users […]