Tuesday, October 22, 2013
BlackBerry restarts rollout of BBM for iPhone, Android
BBM rollout back on
BlackBerry Ltd. says it’s back on track and is resuming the rollout of its popular chat app for iPhone and Android devices.
BlackBerry Ltd. says it’s back on track and is resuming the rollout of its popular chat app for iPhone and Android devices.
“In the next few hours, people will start seeing BBM in Google Play, the App Store and in select Samsung App Stores – where it will be free to download,” BlackBerry's Andrew Bocking, who runs BBM, said today on its official blog.
“The demand for BBM on Android and BBM on iPhone continues to be amazing,” he added.
“About 6 million people signed up for information about BBM at BBM.com. As you know, in just seven hours, about 1 million Android users were using the unreleased version of BBM for Android. What you don’t know is that more than 1 million people have found creative ways to ‘side load’ BBM on their iPhone. This is incredible.”
The rollout of the BBM app for rival smartphones suffered a setback in late September when an unreleased version for Android was posted online.
BlackBerry today unveiled a “simple line-up system” for the rollout to help manage the “pent-up” demand.
That involves downloading BBM, entering an e-mail address after installing the app to “hold your spot in line,” and awaiting an e-mail from BlackBerry that will let users know when they’re at the front of that line.
Those who signed up ahead of time won’t have that wait.
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Author: MICHAEL BABAD
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