App will be free and available for
devices running Ice Cream Sandwich
and higher
BBM for Android (and iOS) is certainly
one of the most popular ideas to come
out of Waterloo in a while. There have
been tons of rumors and speculation,
but BlackBerry has finally set a date —
September 21 for Android, September
22 for iOS.
The app, which will be free for folks
running ICS (Android 4.x) or higher,
has plenty of the same features that
have made it a favorite among
BlackBerry fans. Here are the
highlights, in handy bullet-point form:
BBM Chat – Enjoy real, immediate
conversations with friends on
Android, iPhone and BlackBerry
smartphones. Not only does BBM let
you know that your message has
been delivered and read, it also
shows you that your friend is
responding to the message.
More than chat – With BBM you can
share files on your phone such as
photos and voice notes, all in an
instant.
Keep your group in the loop – Multi-
person chats are a great way to
invite contacts to chat together.
BBM Groups lets you invite up to 30
friends to chat together, and go a
step further than multi-chat by
sharing photos and schedules. And,
with Broadcast Message, you can
send a message out to all your BBM
contacts at once.
Post Updates and stay in the know
– BBM lets you post a personal
message, profile picture and your
current status, and lets your
contacts know instantly in Updates.
Your unique PIN – Every BBM user
has a unique PIN that maintains
your privacy, so you don’t have to
give out your phone number or
email address to a new or casual
contact.
In addition, BlackBerry says video and
voice calling are planned for the
Android version in the future.
The app is insanely popular across the
globe. In fact, it's enough to have
kept people on the BlackBerry platform
while others have migrated away in
droves to offerings from Google and
Apple. Will the app have the same
popularity on platforms where it has
some serious competition is the
question everyone is asking. We don't
have that answer, but you can bet
some of us here will be giving it the
old college try.
Source: BlackBerry
devices running Ice Cream Sandwich
and higher
BBM for Android (and iOS) is certainly
one of the most popular ideas to come
out of Waterloo in a while. There have
been tons of rumors and speculation,
but BlackBerry has finally set a date —
September 21 for Android, September
22 for iOS.
The app, which will be free for folks
running ICS (Android 4.x) or higher,
has plenty of the same features that
have made it a favorite among
BlackBerry fans. Here are the
highlights, in handy bullet-point form:
BBM Chat – Enjoy real, immediate
conversations with friends on
Android, iPhone and BlackBerry
smartphones. Not only does BBM let
you know that your message has
been delivered and read, it also
shows you that your friend is
responding to the message.
More than chat – With BBM you can
share files on your phone such as
photos and voice notes, all in an
instant.
Keep your group in the loop – Multi-
person chats are a great way to
invite contacts to chat together.
BBM Groups lets you invite up to 30
friends to chat together, and go a
step further than multi-chat by
sharing photos and schedules. And,
with Broadcast Message, you can
send a message out to all your BBM
contacts at once.
Post Updates and stay in the know
– BBM lets you post a personal
message, profile picture and your
current status, and lets your
contacts know instantly in Updates.
Your unique PIN – Every BBM user
has a unique PIN that maintains
your privacy, so you don’t have to
give out your phone number or
email address to a new or casual
contact.
In addition, BlackBerry says video and
voice calling are planned for the
Android version in the future.
The app is insanely popular across the
globe. In fact, it's enough to have
kept people on the BlackBerry platform
while others have migrated away in
droves to offerings from Google and
Apple. Will the app have the same
popularity on platforms where it has
some serious competition is the
question everyone is asking. We don't
have that answer, but you can bet
some of us here will be giving it the
old college try.
Source: BlackBerry
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