BBM Going Cross Platform - Will You Use It?

[BlaineP]

I have an iPhone and an Android phone. No Blackberry, I'm not a hater on other phones. I will definitely download it. I have friends on all 3 systems.


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[scorpiodsu]

Nope. Don't have time to be trying to add people and get them to add me. If I can't chat with them via text, iMessage or facebook chat i.e. the stuff I already use today, then it wasn't meant to be LOL. It's one thing to use a messaging platform that's already integrated into what you already use but if it's a standalone app where I need to maintain and different set of contacts then no. Even if it's able to add contacts from my address book or facebook, chances are I'm already chatting with those people using the aforementioned method. Nope.

 

[Judson50]

Will it be an auto select like iMessage ???


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BBM doesn't (or didn't) work like that in Blackberry. You needed to have a persons pin and that was their "address".

So you open the app and the app has contacts and you choose that contact and send a message.

 

[bunjy]

Probably won't download it. Nobody I know carries a BlackBerry anymore, and I don't think my iOS and Android friends will use it.

 

[Nyan_Cat100]

​It doesn't work that way on the BBs so I doubt it works that way over cross platform messaging.

There is an option to add your sms contacts into bbm so that you can still sms people without bbm in the same app

 

[meashishnd]

still today i never seen BBM on ios and google play store , .. no one news or reply from RIM to announce bbm goes platform on today
before sometime is heard like this link also
http://forums.crackberry.com/app-announcements-f281/bbm-cross-platform-releases-june-30-a-822101/
BlackBerry Release Date For BBM On Android And iPhone This Summer, Set To Launch A10 And Other Handsets By Year :no:

 

[vakama94]

I still have my old blackberry account so I'll probably try it if I see some of my contacts using it. I'd rather have them using Path or LINE since I've only added some friends to both.


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[Cameron Brinkman]

I don't know any blackberry users and am happy with I message and text plus/ used to use what app . It does seem like a good service for what is and might give it a look.

 

[KarmelVixen]

I use to have a blackberry till I jumped ship to apple & android. So I can't wait till bbm is available on either platform. I miss it.

 

[qbnkelt]

Wow you're so clever!...this thread is pointless. Like asking BB users if they'd use iMessage if it were cross platform. Some will some won't. If you can't look at stuff objectively these barbs at BB are childish.

If the thread is pointless why have you participated?


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[stoneland]

I personally won't. None of the people I communicate with are on BlackBerry and it would be a feat to get them to start using yet another messaging platform.

 

[mikeo007]

Looks like some early beta testers are getting access to the Android version of BBM. http://m.crackberry.com/cross-platform-bbm-hits-beta-zone-gets-pictured-android

 

[hockey1299]

Yes I will use it.

 

[Fausty82]

Upon further review... nothing here of interest to me... I only know one person still using a BlackBerry... everyone else I know from those days has moved on to other platforms... going back would seem like a re-make of a really bad '80s coming-of-age movie like Breakfast Club.

 

[rayz336]

I'll definitely use it, I can't wait

 

[meashishnd]

here is some news come BB testing start work on BBM goes cross platform,
BlackBerryOS.com - First Look: BlackBerry Messenger For Android

iClarified - Apple News - BlackBerry is Inviting Select Users to Test BBM Beta for iOS and Android

 

[Unreal.images]

I would use it. It might be better than some of the current ones out there. Plus Blackberry is really good at this kind of thing.

 

[FFR]

I would use it. It might be better than some of the current ones out there. Plus Blackberry is really good at this kind of thing.

They used to be...
I was excited, but now, not so much, the rumor is it's going to be neutered, so what's the point.

If you think about it, blackberry needs iOS more than iOS needs blackberry. Think users.
BBM users were around 50 million in May of this year, with blackberry users at 70 million and plummeting. Dropping s fast, Blackberry has decided to halt the disclosure of these metrics.

 

[rayz336]

They used to be...
I was excited, but now, not so much, the rumor is it's going to be neutered, so what's the point.

If you think about it, blackberry needs iOS more than iOS needs blackberry. Think users.
BBM users were around 50 million in May of this year, with blackberry users at 70 million and plummeting. Dropping s fast, Blackberry has decided to halt the disclosure of these metrics.

Even if it is a stripped down version at launch, it will still be better than most offerings. I'm pretty sure it was said that it will debut with the core messaging functions with other features to be added through later updates. I'm ok with core messaging at launch, BBM is very feature-packed and when they bring in BBM Voice, Video, and Channels it will be vastly better than the current offerings.

 

[Nyan_Cat100]

Hell yeah I'm gonna use it BBM was a kick *** messaging platform and I loved it when I used to have a bb


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