Tecno customers receive premier access to BBM

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Tecno mobile phones will now preinstall BBM™on TECNO phones running the Android operating system.With BBM preinstalled, customers will be able to easily get started chatting and connecting with friends and family on the popular private social network from BlackBerry®.

BBM, with its privacy, control and immediacy, is very popular in the Nigerian market, where everybody wants a BBM PIN. Continue...

BBM for iPhone & Android release date delayed

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BlackBerry has delayed the rollout of BBM for Android & iPhone

BlackBerry has confirmed that it has aborted the rollout of BBM for Android and iPhone. BBM was scheduled to land on 21 and 22 of September for Android and iPhone respectively, but has now been delayed and the reason is said to be the leaked version of the application, which appeared online last week.
The leaked version of BBM was apparently downloaded 1.1 million times, according to reports. BBM did appear in the App Store in some regions, but the release has now been delayed.
Users who did manage to download BBM via the App Store will still be able to use it, although BlackBerry has now disabled the leaked Android version.
Here’s BlackBerry’s official statement:

Samsung Confirms BBM™ on Galaxy Smartphones

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Samsung today confirmed that when BBM™, the mobile social network, launches for Android smartphones on the 21st September 2013, it will be available as a free download for Samsung Galaxy smartphones across Africa from the Google Play store.

“We are pleased to officially announce that BBM will be available for Samsung Galaxy smartphones across Africa,” said EmmanouilRevmatas, Director of Hand Held Products, Samsung Electronics West Africa. “We are focused on driving consumer experiences based on customisation to suit every lifestyle. By offering an additional messaging service through our Samsung Messaging Hub, it has never been easier to stay connected. This is another way that we are providing our customers with a more integrated lifestyle experience and a powerful new way of communicating and sharing. It’s really about giving the African market what they want – and what they want is choice.”

BlackBerry to launch BBM app for Android, iOS devices on Sept 21

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BlackBerry Messenger (BBM), the most popular service from BlackBerry, will be available for download on Android and iOS devices from the coming weekend.

In a statement late on Wednesday, BlackBerry said the BBM app will be available for free download for Android smartphones running Ice Cream Sandwich and Jelly Bean operating systems beginning at 7 a.m. EDT (4.30 p.m. India time) on September 21.

BBM for iPhones running iOS 6 and iOS 7 operating systems will be available for each market on the App Store starting 12.01 AM local time on September 22.

Blackberry confirms plan to offer BBM app on rival platforms Android and Apple's iOS operating system

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BBM to be available as a free download in the Apple App Store and Google Play store

Mobile phone giant BlackBerry has announced plans to make its instant messaging service available to those with iPhones or Androids.

BlackBerry Messenger, better known as BBM, was previously only able to be used by those with BlackBerry handsets, but will be working on other smartphones by the summer.

The facility, which allows users to send free real-time messages to any of their contacts via a pin code, has more than 60 million monthly active customers, according to BlackBerry.

More than 51 million people use BBM for an average of 90 minutes per day, it said, while BBM users collectively send and receive more than 10 billion messages each day, nearly twice as many messages per user per day than other mobile messaging apps.

If approved by Apple and Google, BBM will be available as a free download in the Apple App Store and Google Play store.