It's really frustrating when people who've never used a Blackberry try to make BBM out to be less than it is. No, it's not to replace texting just because it can - it replaces texting because it's infinitely better. It's also not just for anonymity... thanks for assuming that, though. I don't know a SINGLE person who used BBM to hook up with people. It's not automatically the absolute worst thing ever just because SOME people choose to use it that way. Sorry, but this mentality really makes my blood boil...
BBM sends messages faster than texting. BBM has sent, received, and read receipts, which are very, very handy. If you need to get information to someone in a time-dependent manner, and calling isn't an option (say in a meeting) then knowing whether or not they read what you sent can be very important. You can easily send messages over 160 chars. There are smileys. Especially for CDMA users, you can send all of those characters you can't send in a text message (like the little umbrella or whatever) through BBM no problem. The best part? You never get logged off. BBM is ALWAYS on. This is ESPECIALLY important if you (like me) used BBM to communicate with people around the world. Getting logged off means the communication stops. Reliability is key, and BBM wins hands down. Sorry for the rant, but while I hated my BB, I absolutely adored BBM and I hate to see people misunderstand or slander it who've never tried it. It really is the bee's knees.
LiveProfile is definitely the closest to BBM... I've gotten all of my Blackberry peeps on it and I've dumped WhatsApp and Ping!Chat off my device. Who needs them when LiveProfile blows them out of the water? I was never big on group chat, so it's no biggie for me. I just LOVE this app!
Still not liking Live Profile as much as WhatsApp. I get push notification of a message, but then when I go to the app, the message doesn't show up.
I agree (though I don't use WhatsApp). I had this happen all the time when I had Live Profile. Messages also were delayed in sending/receiving. Anyone else have this issue? I'm hesitant to go back to using it because it was so unreliable.
I can't trust that the other party has actually read the message or it only says they have. I finally got my message from yesterday that I had actually read when it was pushed, but never showed up in the actual message screen.
Yeah I have noticed a lot of people with BBM refuse to try anything different
The problem is that we keep asking them to try something different. Kik which doesn't really work with blackberry anymore then what app now live profile. My friends are getting tired of installing new apps all the time.
Its a shame really. bbm is probably the best messenger out there and will always be. the news that it would be available excites me but also baffles me at the same time. That said, when and if it does come i will certainly install it. Even if only half of the functionality is there it will certainly be the app to beat when it comes to a functional messenger. Except for those times when bis is down lol
This is very true and I agree. I would install it pay for it whatever. I believe that there should be some kind of messenger in some sense that goes across all platforms using one simple kind of PIN. I have friends on BBM, LP, Kik, Pingchat etc. Gets kind of annoying
Still not liking Live Profile as much as WhatsApp. I get push notification of a message, but then when I go to the app, the message doesn't show up.
I see this too. There's like a lag, the push notification comes in, then I open up the app, and there's no new message. Then about five seconds later, the new message shows up. It's like the app has to check for new message whenever you open it. It's not instant.
