During its recent event in Orlando, Florida, BlackBerry announced that its popular application BlackBerry
Messenger may be going cross-platform. In summer 2013 BBM will finally come the numerous users of iOS and
Android OS. Notably, the app will be available for free.
For Android – BlackBerry Messenger will run onAndroid 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich and above, while iOS devices
will have to run iOS 6 . BlackBerry Messenger will be primarily offering messaging only and there will be the
support for the group chat. Later, according to an announcement by BlackBerry, the Messenger will obtain some
new features like screen-sharing, BBM Video, and BBM Voice alongside with a new service -BBM Channels,
announced by the company on May 14.
The new features will definitely be loved by the users, and will hopefully get some substantial boost to
BlackBerry user base. The company is seeing some tough times, but recent releases are keeping it afloat quite
well. The new Z10 smartphone and BlackBerry OS 10 are the key to future success, BlackBerry hopes. The new
cross-platform services and apps may help the Canadian once-powerhouse steal some users from other popular
services like WhatsApp and Viber.
BlackBerry Messenger also steps into a market where its powerful rival iMessage from Apple is traditionally
showing extremely high performance. Even the first-party services like it may feel a bit uncomfortable when a
new player like BlackBerry Messenger comes around. Android and iOS users – most importantly – will be able to
reconnect with their BBM contacts. Is BBM coming to android is not a question any more – the release is
coming shortly.

http://imsomobile.com/mobile-os-2/android/is-bbm-coming-to-android-and-ios.html

BBM for android and iOS user guide appears online

The final arrival of BBM for android and IOS users seem to be drawing closer as Blackberry accidentally released the user guides of BBM for iOS and android. This is coming few weeks after the “blackberry for sale sign” is up.

According to techcrunch, the guides explain in detail how the apps function, how to get started and their various feature sets. Previous BBM users from the blackberry network are not expected to find the app difficult to use because most of the app details are similar to the BBM
The apps are designed to allow for real-time communication between contacts and groups the guides explain, letting users share pictures and messages, including broadcast messages, multi-person chats, and group chats. Users will also be able to create BBM Groups, where they can plan events, track to-do’s, share photos, and chat with up to 30 people at a time, without the need to add everyone as BBM contacts.
BBM will work over both cellular and Wi-Fi, the latter option which is meant to help avoid data charges when traveling.
Each user can establish their own BBM profile, where they can choose a display picture, name, and status that their contacts will see, and they’ll also have a unique BBM PIN which they can access by tapping “Show Barcode.” The apps is said to also include support for various emoticons and emoji.

Whether the leak was a genuine mistake or rather one of those accidentally-on-purpose oments tech companies tend to consult when looking for coverage, we can now be fairly sure that BlackBerry Messenger for Android and iOS will be here very soon.

source: (http://techvarsity..com/2013/08/bbm-for-android-and-ios-user-guide.html)

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