BBM users fashioning Android Wear devices will soon have a new way to chat to others on BlackBerry's messaging network.
Samsung and others offer screen sharing over Wi - Fi direct and other close - quarters connections, but
BBM users can do it over a simple IM chat from miles and miles away.
One major reason according to me, for which many people will want to use BBM, is to be able to make free voice calls to their contacts who are BlackBerry users since calls are free between
BBM users.
The feature is currently limited to
BBM users in the US and Canada.
Please note that certain features, such as the Quote Message, will only work with other beta
BBM users.
Still, there are more than 60 million
BBM users worldwide.
The new BBM Video feature is available to
all BBM users and will let them use both front and rear - facing cameras on the new smartphones.
Sure, I can see the advantage in that you could have the same PIN as your name or social network user name, but is that a huge deal for
BBM users?
Basically it's like making a phone call (or using Skype or FaceTime without the Face so I guess EarTime) but completely free for
BBM users.
Indonesia is one of those countries that boasts highest BlackBerry Smartphone and
BBM users.
When this officially becomes available,
BBM users can opt in for a $ 4.99 (USD) monthly subscription.
This new version of BBM (which by the way in beta and only available to beta testers) allows
BBM users who find themselves in areas with Wi - Fi connections to easily chat with other
BBM users on wi - fi with voice.
is a BBM social network, custom made help you meet new
BBM users online.
Simply create your profile and start meeting other
BBM users.
The Canadian company claims that it currently has 150 million registered
BBM users and 85 million monthly active users, which is still far short of the 465 million users on WhatsApp.
«What we are talking about is enabling and facilitating those brands and businesses to enable
BBM users to follow them... and those types of interactions would be paid - for interactions,» he said.
Not exact matches
WhatsApp dwarfs
BBM with 400 million
users, and it doesn't really have a meaningful revenue model, either.
I have 91 million active
users on
BBM and I expect to make almost $ 100 million in revenue next year from zero.
Users loved it, and when BlackBerry began to hit hard times in the face of competition, they would tell you that
BBM was the reason they were sticking around and not defecting to an iPhone or an Android smartphone.
Even Kik, founded by a guy who worked at BlackBerry as a student at the University of Waterloo, claims to have 100 million
users, which would make it larger than
BBM.
BBM has 80 million
users; employing the same — and admittedly crude — calculation,
BBM is worth a staggering $ 3.4 billion.
One of the Waterloo, Ont. - based company's top developers said Wednesday that while
BBM will be available to
users on Apple's iPhone and Android operating systems for free, there are other ways to generate revenue.
BlackBerry will seek to grow
BBM's monthly
user base and increase time spent in the app, CEO John Chen says.
While
BBM started out as a proprietary feature for BlackBerrys, the company last year opened it up to iOS and Android
users through an app, garnering a great deal of buzz and no small amount of adoption.
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There is also the
BBM hot key, which has been a hit with its current
users.
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.
The company did not provide any reason for the delay but noted that
users will still be able to use the Blackberry Bridge to access
BBM on the Playbook.
UPDATE 21 Oct 2013:
BBM for Android has launched officially in Africa but seems to be exclusive to Samsung
users for now via the Samsung Apps store.
BlackBerry App World 3.0 has Social Sharing too, where
users can share an app directly from its details screen through
BBM, Facebook, Twitter, email and SMS.
In addition to supporting the new BlackBerry 7 OS, each smartphone also features a range of powerful hardware enhancements including a 1.2 GHz processor, HD video recording, 24 - bit high resolution graphics, and advanced sensors enabling new augmented reality applications such as Wikitude that can be seamlessly integrated with
BBM 6 - all designed to deliver the ultimate in communications, multimedia and productivity for
users around the world.
This should give
users who use video and audio programs such as
BBM a reason to upgrade.
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.
Not until RIM guys are able to allow
users to access their
BBM account with both the BlackBerry smartphone as well as the PlayBook tablet, something that is troubling RIM engineers right now.
As of now the
user would have to load two
BBM apps, one each on the BlackBerry and the PlayBook independently and individually maintain contacts on the smartphone and tablet separately.
Not since the early days of BlackBerry Messenger (
BBM) have
users been so loyal to a platform in an attempt to retain the use of a single app.
The news was better for BlackBerry during their Q2 fiscal 2015 earnings call than it has been in a while, with CEO John Chen announcing that their popular
BBM can now boast over 91 million active
users.
With the Wikitude Augmented Reality application,
users can find nearby
BBM (BlackBerry Messenger) contacts in real - time, read reviews on restaurants close to them, or get the story behind an interesting landmark and points of interest.
This will allow
users to invite contacts to
BBM simply by tapping their device (which must support NFC).
That ties into
BBM big time as that is one of RIM's famous services, and some of you Berry
users out there favor that feature over anything else.
On the side of device
users can find the short cut keys for
BBM and
BBM Voice feature.
The new Facebook ® for BlackBerry smartphones (2.0) app introduces features like Facebook chat and
BBM integration that makes it easier for
users to connect with their Facebook friends in real time utilizing push notifications.
Further proof blackberry
users are tech - morons who will buy anything for their precious
bbm.
The most common scenario on a BlackBerry smartphone involves the
user receiving a hyperlink to a malicious website either through SMS, email, or
BBM.
The
BBM Money service allows
users to instantly create an account from their BlackBerry and make real time payments to anyone from wherever.
BlackBerry Bridge gives both devices access to one another's file system, and allows PlayBook
users to access messages, SMS messages, calendar, contacts, memo, tasks, and
BBM.
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.
Of course,
BBM still trails a long way behind the current instant messaging leader, WhatsApp — a service, owned by Facebook, with over 600 million active
users (while hoping for enough growth to bring that number closer to the 2 - 3 billion mark).
We're excited to offer iOS and Android
users the possibility to join the
BBM community,» revealed Andrew Bocking, Executive Vice President, Software Product Management and Ecosystem, at BlackBerry.