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BBM for Android and iPhone is here

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Re: BBM for Android and iPhone is here

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Post by cmsimike »

MarcScott wrote: post #28

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.

They are trying to stay relevant.

Re: BBM for Android and iPhone is here

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Post by alex_anglin »

NN88 wrote: post #22
hahainternet wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

Further to your point about cheap, traditionally BBMs wouldn't incur text message fees. These days though it seems like carriers offer plans with a sufficient number of text messages for most people... which isn't a surprise given the huge markup that they've always had.

Re: BBM for Android and iPhone is here

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Post by ceejayoz »

MarcScott wrote: post #28

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.

At some point, those folks aren't going to tolerate shitty hardware for BBM, especially as their friends give up on it. Relying on BBM as the sole selling point for hardware is doomed to failure.

Re: BBM for Android and iPhone is here

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Post by k_bx »

MarcScott wrote: post #28

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.

I think they were inspired by the fact that Skype was sold for more money than Nokia.

Re: BBM for Android and iPhone is here

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Post by Angostura »

ceejayoz wrote: post #33
MarcScott wrote: post #28

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.

At some point, those folks aren't going to tolerate shitty hardware for BBM, especially as their friends give up on it. Relying on BBM as the sole selling point for hardware is doomed to failure.

I agree. And yet, and yet... at the moment, it's pretty much all they've got, and they're giving it away.

Re: BBM for Android and iPhone is here

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Post by xanderstrike »

sp332 wrote: post #24
hahainternet wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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?

I heard this all the time when I worked at a Verizon. Girls with nails can type at 60+ wpm on the blackberry keyboards, it's unbelievable.

Re: BBM for Android and iPhone is here

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Post by jammur »

It's interesting that they have a waiting list. I guess it could just be for marketing purposes, but you'd think that BB probably has the most experience of any company building scalable messaging infrastructure. I can't imagine their system would buckle under the load of a couple million users.

Re: BBM for Android and iPhone is here

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Post by apunic »

As much as I love(d) Blackberries, the messaging experience and the BBM—this page looks like pure irony.

5 years ago, yes, this would be massive and had the potential to get bigger than any other messenger. But now, where tons of messengers are avail with Whatsapp leading the way, no chance.

This is so sad.

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