Though it lost Vodafone, Omnifone has since become the supplier to RIM's
BBM Music and to Sony's own Music Unlimited service, which runs across all Sony devices but, unusually for the Japanese company, is also open to subscribers who use other device brands like Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) and Android.
The BBM Music service is available now in the UK for a monthly subscription of # 4.99, for devices as far back as the BlackBerry 8520 and 9300 products.
Other features are the ability to create multiple playlists from music in your profile as well as all of your friend's profiles, with one click shuffle of the entire collection of music from
your BBM music community.
RIM announced on April 11th, that Facebook for BlackBerry smartphones, Twitter for BlackBerry smartphones, BlackBerry Travel, BlackBerry App World and
BBM Music will include BBM connectivity within the next 10 days or so.
Why would a company release a beta version of software that is not compatible with another product that the same company currently has in beta?!? What makes this even worse is that BBM 6 is REQUIRED for
BBM Music — one would think (/ hope) that the two beta product managers would coordinate in order to avoid conflicts such as this.
The new version is 6.0.1.25 but this time RIM does not make any mention about users of
BBM Music not upgrading.
We cover a lot of topics on this one, including a lengthy discussion on
BBM Music, and we talk about Joseph's second take review of the BlackBerry Torch 9850 / 99860 as well as Bla1ze's review of the Curve 9360.
The BlackBerry Bold 9900 is a classic BlackBerry smartphone, powered by BlackBerry 7 OS, complete with BlackBerry QWERTY keyboard,
BBM Music and a long - lasting BlackBerry battery.
Twitter for BlackBerry, Facebook, BlackBerry Travel,
BBM Music, BlackBerry App World and BlackBerry Messenger will all receive updates in the coming days that will add them to the list of BBM connected apps.
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The fun is truly when you get to see your college buddies music list, then start to harass them because they've got some Taylor Swift on
their BBM Music collection.
BBM Music requires a premium subscription of $ 4.99 with a two month free trial for accessing millions of tracks, where 50 songs can be chosen each month and downloaded to a BlackBerry handset.
For the socially connected Canadian mobile phone manufacturer Research In Motion has unveiled
BBM Music, a music service that connects into the popular BlackBerry instant messenger application for sharing music collections.
No longer in beta Canadian email phone manufacturer Research In Motion has made available
the BBM Music app, for Canada, the United States and Australia with more regions launching soon.
Within
the BBM Music app, there is a visual timeline that shows the recent updates of all users within a community, giving a chronological view of community updates, including who added new friends, which songs were added or removed, which playlists were created, and what comments were made by your BBM Music friends.
The newly introduced
BBM Music service makes discovering music fun.
As to what
BBM Music offers, RIM has started off with a music catalog that features millions of songs from Universal Music Group, Sony Music Entertainment, Warner Music Group and EMI.
Here's all the details of how
BBM Music will add to your BlackBerry experience: — Build your music profile from a Catalog of millions of tracks (with more to be added over the coming weeks)-- Invite friends to
BBM Music from your BBM contacts and gain access to their music and share your music (once they subscribe or join the free trial)-- Create playlists from your
BBM Music songs plus your friends» songs — Share playlists or single songs with
BBM Music friends — Follow your friends»
BBM Music activity via timelines and comments, or start up a BBM chat about your favorite bands — Cache music for easy offline listening — Seamless integration with other BlackBerry music services
In addition to those 50 songs in your profile, the more
BBM Music friends you have, the more songs you can add and enjoy!
BBM Music lets you share and discover music, but first you'll have to have a BlackBerry smartphone and have BBM 6 installed on it.
A midnight press release and Tweet confirmed all the previous rumours of RIM launching «
BBM Music».
RIM said in a blog post that «
Each BBM Music user can create a profile of up to 50 songs from the millions of tracks available in the BBM Music Catalog.
Not exact matches
This new
music service is integrated within BlackBerry Messenger (
BBM) and «is expected to be commercially available to customers later this year».
I'm currently on the Etisalat network and my Blackberry Curve 3G 9300 is dedicated to
music, software and movie downloads with the occasional browsing, tweeting, facebook and
BBM as well as email.
For one, over 45 million people use
BBM and the new
music service allows you to start your own and comment on other peoples» playlists.
The much anticipated BlackBerry
Music Service (
BBM) which has been in beta phase for quite some time is now live in the US, Canada and Australia.
Using the
BBM service, blackberry fans who love their
music can stream full songs live on their blackberry devices for just $ 5 a month.
Support for 3G networks makes browsing faster, streaming
music smoother, and gives users the ability to talk on the phone while they browse the web, instant message with BlackBerry ® Messenger (
BBM ™) or share their location with friends on popular social networking sites.
It is possible to share 10 of those tracks with
BBM contacts, where they can share their
music with you and others — with the more contacts sharing equals more
music.
BlackBerry's
BBM allows you to share what
music you're listening to on your device's media player by displaying it in your status update.
Support for 3G networks makes browsing faster, streaming
music smoother, and gives users the ability to talk on the phone while they browse the web, instant message with BlackBerry (R) Messenger (
BBM (TM)-RRB- or share their location with friends on popular social networking sites.
If you're a regular BlackBerry user who sends / receives emails,
BBMs, texts, web surfts, listens to
music, and all that other stuff, the you understand how important battery life is to you.
«More than 45 million customers already love the social communication benefits delivered through
BBM and we are thrilled to be extending the experience into a uniquely social and interactive
music service,» said Mike Lazaridis, President and Co-CEO at Research In Motion.
Support for 3G networks makes browsing faster, streaming
music smoother, and gives users the ability to talk on the phone while they browse the web, instant message with
BBM ™ or share their location with friends on popular social networking sites.
«Kik is all about sharing, buying and experiencing
music on a mobile platform, so integrating with
BBM will deliver huge value to our users,» said Kik CEO Ted Livingston.
This allows BlackBerry users to build an evolving, community - based
music library — which is then shared amongst their
BBM friends.
The BlackBerry Classic has BlackBerry Assistant integration that provides users an easy access to features such as Alarm, Apps and Settings,
BBM, Calendar, Email,
Music and Phone among various others.