BBM for Android and iPhone is here • Hacker News Board

Re: BBM for Android and iPhone is here

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Post by berberous » Mon, Oct 21, 2013, 8:49 PM UTC

peawee wrote: post #16

songgao wrote: post #10

Downloaded, installed, and opened App hoping to see a modern Blackberry. And here's what I got: Due to the incredible demand there is a line-up to start using BBM. Incredible demand? You just launched it and there's not even a review on App Store yet. Not sure if this is part of their marketing or something, but now I feel bothered and not expecting at all. Btw, the UI of the "line-up" screen really needs some refine…

You don't even need to wait for it. I just clicked through the waiting screen and logged in.

This doesn't work for me (on an iPhone).

Re: BBM for Android and iPhone is here

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Post by NN88 » Mon, Oct 21, 2013, 8:51 PM UTC

hahainternet wrote: post #20

untog wrote: post #5

A few years ago this would have been a killer app. Now I don't know a single person that owns a Blackberry (outside of a few that have them as work phones - and so, I won't BBM them)

Don't ask me why, but young women for some reason have them. I can't get a straight answer out of them either.

BBs are cheap and easy to text on.

Re: BBM for Android and iPhone is here

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Post by fleitz » Mon, Oct 21, 2013, 8:51 PM UTC

hahainternet wrote: post #20

untog wrote: post #5

A few years ago this would have been a killer app. Now I don't know a single person that owns a Blackberry (outside of a few that have them as work phones - and so, I won't BBM them)

Don't ask me why, but young women for some reason have them. I can't get a straight answer out of them either.

Low cost device paired with BBM, with the major feature being BBM PINs are essentially anonymous and decoupled from the ph#

Re: BBM for Android and iPhone is here

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Post by sp332 » Mon, Oct 21, 2013, 8:56 PM UTC

hahainternet wrote: post #20

untog wrote: post #5

A few years ago this would have been a killer app. Now I don't know a single person that owns a Blackberry (outside of a few that have them as work phones - and so, I won't BBM them)

Don't ask me why, but young women for some reason have them. I can't get a straight answer out of them either.

Maybe full keyboards are easier to type on with long nails?

Re: BBM for Android and iPhone is here

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Post by interconnector » Mon, Oct 21, 2013, 8:58 PM UTC

yefim wrote: post #3

The Android app is atrocious. I guess I didn't expect much more out of Blackberry.

Why is it atrocious? Other reviewers are ranking it close to 4.5/5. (source:https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bbm&hl=en)

Re: BBM for Android and iPhone is here

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Post by joekrill » Mon, Oct 21, 2013, 8:58 PM UTC

Wow this app just feels so.... crappy. The UI just feels very amateurish. The whole smiley face logo thing or whatever it is makes me feel like I'm using AIM circa 1999.

Re: BBM for Android and iPhone is here

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Post by kaoD » Mon, Oct 21, 2013, 9:01 PM UTC

I'm so sorry for the engineers who worked on this. Working on a Dead-Before-Arrival project must be depressing.

Re: BBM for Android and iPhone is here

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Post by MarcScott » Mon, Oct 21, 2013, 9:01 PM UTC

I don't get why Blackberry would do this. Quite a large number of my students have Blackberry devices (its fairly popular with under 16s still), and when I ask them why, they inevitable lament the awful phone but say they need it as their friends use BBM. Now they have exactly zero reasons to purchase new Blackberrys.

Re: BBM for Android and iPhone is here

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Post by jbrooksuk » Mon, Oct 21, 2013, 9:03 PM UTC

Their application is poor. They're trying to build up hype using the same technique as Mailbox. Only, their app is poorly designed — the smiley for instance doesn't seem to be retina — and they've missed out a crucial element which built up further hype with Mailbox, the counter.

Re: BBM for Android and iPhone is here

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Post by cmsimike » Mon, Oct 21, 2013, 9:04 PM UTC

I will happily replace any third party messenger I currently use with one that sends notifications to all my devices (like iMessage does). I haven't tried this with BBM yet but does anyone know of a third party service that would send messages to all my devices with the app installed?