Yesterday BlackBerry‘s proprietary messaging system, BBM started going live on the Google Play Store as well as the Samsung app store, according to a BlackBerry blog post. Here is the jest of it.
The demand for BBM on Android and BBM on iPhone continues to be amazing. About six million people signed up for information about BBM at BBM.com. As you know, in just seven hours, about one million Android users were using the unreleased version of BBM for Android. What you don‘t know is that more than one million people have found creative ways to “œside load“ BBM on their iPhone. This is incredible.
To help manage this unprecedented pent up demand for BBM, we are implementing a simple line-up system to ensure a smooth roll out. Here‘s how it is going to work“¦
BBM Roll Out Details:
- Download BBM ““ the easiest way is to visit BBM.com from your Android or iPhone browser*
- Once you install the app, open it, and enter your email address to hold your spot in line
- We will email you as soon as you reach the front of the line and can start using BBM
There have been problems with the rollout, which was supposed to happen last month, as a lot of “˜fake‘ BBM apps started showing up on the respective App stores around the time BB wanted to launch the product. These have now been dealt with, and they are ready to bring the experience to the other platforms. It isn‘t available in our area as of yet, but according to BlackBerry it should be available worldwide within the coming weeks.
BlackBerry has also released a tutorial video for those who are new to the messaging system. You’d think for the occasion they’d shoot these on an Android or iOS device of some kind, but the overall UI doesn’t change much platform to platform. It’s all pretty straightforward, though potentially useful for those of you that managed to get in line for BBM early.
