Tag: BBM
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Blackberry Debuts New Classic Style Mobile
Intent on turning around the struggling Canadian smartphone brand, new(ish) Blackberry CEO Jason Chen has just announced Blackberry’s new phone. Apparently for the company, the best way forward is to go back to their roots – the new Blackberry classic appears to echo a simpler time, when the smartphone manufacturer was a bit more prolific.…
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BBM Available On Windows Phone
BBM or BlackBerry Messenger has been available on Android and iOS for a while now, but only recently has it become available on Windows phone. The introduction of BBM to Windows started out only being available by invite only for their beta version of the app. Now, two days after launching the invite–only version, BlackBerry…
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BlackBerry Brings Back ‘Classic’ QWERTY Keyboard with Q20
BlackBerry has announced that it will be returning to a tried and tested formula by reintroducing the QWERTY keyboard with its upcoming Q20 mobile phone.
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BBM for iPad and iPod Touch available later today
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After a successful launch which topped 10 million downloads within the first 24 hours, BBM will arrive on Apple’s Wi-Fi-only iPads and various iPod Touch models later today. The ailing Canadian smartphone maker made the choice to end a long-running exclusivity on BlackBerry Messenger, or BBM, bringing the instant chat app to rival platforms iPhone…
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Blackberry BBM App to get video and voice sharing “within months”
With last week’s release of BBM for Apple iOS and Google’s Android operating systems, BlackBerry seems to be on to a winner with its classic instant messaging system. But the company formerly known as RIM is apparently not keen to sit back and let the service just coast along, with plans for video and voice…
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BBM for iOS and Android downloaded 10 Million times in 24 hours
BlackBerry’s BBM service finally landed on Android and Apple iOS on Monday and in that time BlackBerry has seen a massive uptake in downloads for the granddaddy of the free messaging service. The Canadian smartphone company has reported that the app has been downloaded over 10 Million times in the last 24 hours, which is…
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BBM for Android and iOS now available, BlackBerry boasts 5 million users already
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After a failed initial launch, BlackBerry gets its Messenger app onto Android and iOS. Don’t expect it to be smooth sailing, though…
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BlackBerry agrees $4.7 billion buyout with Fairfax Financial
Canadian firm BlackBerry is having a bit of a rollercoaster week (well, year would be more accurate) as over the past 3 days the company announced a shocking 4500 job cuts to its global workforce and today a purchase agreement by Fairfax Financial has been agreed for $9 (£5.63) per share in cash to buy…
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BBM for Android arriving September 21st, iPhone version on September 22nd
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BlackBerry finally reveals the all-important details we’ve been waiting for…
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BlackBerry considering making BBM into separate spin-off company
Soon to be cross-platform messenger could take on Skype and Viber with desktop app…
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BlackBerry goes back in time with the new Curve-like 9720
Canadian co. moves backwards, launches a new smartphone with older 7.1 operating system…
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BBM for Android now on Samsung Galaxy devices, but there’s a catch
Popular instant messaging platform finally arrives on Android, but only in Africa for now…