by untog on 10/21/13, 8:18 PM
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)
by songgao on 10/21/13, 8:29 PM
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 refinement IMHO.
by shurcooL on 10/21/13, 8:35 PM
I'm gonna download this and try to use it on my iOS device. Not because I care about BlackBerry, but because I highly support the fact it's available on iOS, Android, and BlackBerry.
I really really want iMessage to be available on other platforms too, so I can use it to contact people without iOS.
So I'm doing this to send a message and show my support.
by MarcScott on 10/21/13, 9:01 PM
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.
by yefim on 10/21/13, 8:14 PM
The Android app is atrocious. I guess I didn't expect much more out of Blackberry.
by booruguru on 10/21/13, 8:23 PM
At this point I don't know why they even bother releasing new products that are doomed to fail. Releasing products that are DOA will only cause their stock price/company value to plummet even further and ultimately make the company less attractive to potential buyers while eroding the potential sale price of the company at the shareholders's expense.
by jbrooksuk on 10/21/13, 9:03 PM
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.
by cmsimike on 10/21/13, 9:04 PM
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?
by joekrill on 10/21/13, 8:58 PM
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.
by tn13 on 10/21/13, 9:24 PM
It is not there yet. When you install it it says "There is a line for this app, you will have to wait". (or something like that).
by kaoD on 10/21/13, 9:01 PM
I'm so sorry for the engineers who worked on this. Working on a Dead-Before-Arrival project must be depressing.
by jammur on 10/21/13, 9:19 PM
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.
by apunic on 10/21/13, 9:22 PM
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.
by auctiontheory on 10/22/13, 7:11 PM
The iPhone login process is so broken it's sad. We can read about BlackBerry's grand strategic errors, but maybe it's simpler: they just forgot how to execute.
by acc00 on 10/21/13, 10:19 PM
"This item cannot be installed in your device's country."
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I wouldn't mind having something akin to Blackberry Hub on my Android, yet I'm not sure I need another messenger.
by jtgeibel on 10/21/13, 9:28 PM
Google Play shows this as incompatible with both of my tablets (Nexus 7 and 10), so apparently this is only installable on phone models.
by JimmaDaRustla on 10/21/13, 8:13 PM
Was expecting it to be available on my Palm Pre...
by jedanbik on 10/21/13, 8:22 PM
As a never-time Blackberry user, I cannot think of one single reason I would want to install this on my iPhone.
by joshstevens on 10/21/13, 8:34 PM
Hurray! Now I can send a message via BBM to my one friend (soon to be buying an iPhone) with a Blackberry!
by Zaheer on 10/21/13, 9:18 PM
Searching for BBM on the iOS App Store shows BBM only after flipping through 7-8 apps
by robmorgan on 10/21/13, 8:32 PM
they are soo late! Sorry BB!
by mrmondo on 10/21/13, 8:45 PM
Blackberry? What's that?
by auctiontheory on 10/21/13, 8:37 PM