Finally, our favourite Blackberry A.K.A BB by Research in Motion (RIM) has decided to make available them all too important Blackberry Messenger (BBM) APP!!!!
According to RIM,
"BBM set the standard for mobile instant messaging with fast and reliable service and an added layer of engagement with delivered and read statuses. You've shared with us your stories about how BBM has kept you connected when it mattered most to you. Upon release of the multi-platform BBM service, you can broaden that real-time connection to friends and colleagues on other supported mobile platforms".
In the first version of multi-platform BBM, iOS and Android users are expected to be able to experience the following BBM features:
The immediacy of BBM chats
Multi-person chats
Voice note sharing
BlackBerry Groups, where BBM users are able to set up groups of up to 30 people and share calendar, photos,
files and more!!!
The team @ BlackBerry has definitely been working hard to bring the much-adored BBM experience to a wider group of mobile users. In a recent press release at BlackBerry Live 2013, Andrew Bocking, Executive Vice President, Software Product Management and Ecosystem, at BlackBerry had this to say:
“For BlackBerry, messaging and collaboration are inseparable from the mobile experience, and the time is definitely right for BBM to become a multi-platform mobile service. BBM has always been one of the most engaging services for BlackBerry customers, enabling them to easily connect while maintaining a valued level of personal privacy. We’re excited to offer iOS and Android users the possibility to join the BBM community.”
BBM Quick Facts:
* More than 60 million monthly active users
* More than 51 million daily active users who are connecting with friends or colleagues an average of one and a half hours every day.
* BBM users send and receive more than 10 billion messages each day, nearly twice as many messages per user per day as compared to other mobile messaging apps
* Almost half of BBM messages are read within 20 seconds of being received; indicating how truly engaged BBM customers are!!!
********URRRRG!!!! impossible for all of the above in my country..OR continent sef-NETWORK PALAva!!!
BlackBerry also announced BBM Channels, a new social engagement platform within BBM that will allow customers to connect with the businesses, brands, celebrities and groups they are passionate about. BlackBerry plans to add support for BBM Channels as well as voice and video chatting for iOS and Android later this year, subject to approval by the Apple App Store and Google Play. If approved by Apple and Google, the BBM app will be available as a free download in the Apple® App Stores and Google Play store. Additional details about system requirements and availability will be announced closer to the launch.
That’s some pretty big news, indeed!!!
Why will it not be Big News when Microsoft is now serious with them mobile and PC platforms (Windows 8-PC and Mobile), and Almightty OPEN-Source FR3e ANDrOID is TAKING over the would with Samsung taking the lead, HTC and now Tecno - the youngest and fast growing competitor in the field!!!
If you ask me, we helped all these companies grow in AFRICA!!! without us, they will be nowhere, na lie???
Source: BB Blogs
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