Following rumours that suggested a September 20th launch, BlackBerry today announced that BBM for Android and iOS will launch on September 21st and 22nd respectively. The “iconic mobile social network” will be available globally. “BBM is a very engaging messaging service that is simple to use, easy to personalize and has an immediacy that is necessary for mobile communications,” said […]
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BBM for Android and iPhone to launch on September 20?
It appears that the launch of BBM for Android and iPhone is only days away now. Only yesterday, BlackBerry promised that the launch would happen “soon.” New details from Indonesian blog TeknoUp now suggest it will launch on September 20th with a staggered fashion with the Android version to lead off and the iPhone version to follow a day later. At least one BBM […]
BlackBerry BBM for Android and iPhone ad spotted on TV
BlackBerry is expected to launch BBM for Android and the iPhone before the end of summer and based on temperatures in Toronto this morning, summer is definitely on its way out. In anticipation of the launch, BlackBerry yesterday ran a very short ad during The Amazing Race Canada. http://youtu.be/geLksY-1Kew At three seconds, the video reveals little except to promise “BBM […]
BBM for Android caught on video
BlackBerry plans to launch BBM for Android and iPhone by the end of the summer. A beta version of the Android version made its way to the BlackBerry Beta Zone last month and even then the app was described as “not bad.” Now a video has surfaced showing BBM in operation on an Android device. In fact, this is a […]
BlackBerry considering spinning off BBM
The once unthinkable could soon happen: BlackBerry is thinking about spinning off BlackBerry Messenger, its messaging platform, into a separate company. With the company about to open BBM up to Android and iOS, the move could help revive BBM’s fortunes against competing platform like Whatsapp, a cross-platform service that earlier this month announced it now had more than 300 million […]
New screenshot of BlackBerry Messenger for Android
BlackBerry will finally open up BBM to other platforms by the end of the summer. Versions of BBM for both Android and iOS are expected later this summer. We now have a new screenshot of the Android app running on a Samsung Galaxy S III. It shows the login screen. According to BGR‘s source, the application “isn’t bad” and is […]
Does BBM have a future on iOS and Android?
I owned a couple BlackBerrys and loved them, but I had to move on when it was quite evident that RIM did not understand the smartphone market – their weaker processors and lack of memory and small screen size were no match for the available Android phone selection. Yet, this new BlackBerry company thinks that we iOS and Android users […]
RIM BBM 7 with BBM Voice now available for download
Research In Motion today announced the availability of BlackBerry Messenger 7. It is the first version of BBM to come with BBM Voice, a feature which lets BBM users make free voice calls over Wi-Fi from within the app to their BBM contacts. BBM Voice comes with a number of features: The ability to switch from BBM text chat to […]