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BBM will soon be preloaded on select LG smartphones
We had already known BlackBerry was planning to have BBM preinstalled on some Android handsets. A news release arrived back in late-November that mentioned how BBM will “soon come preinstalled on a...
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BBM for Android to get Voice and Channels support in 2014
The last quarter of 2013 was a bit of a renaissance for BlackBerry, at least as far as its BlackBerry Messaging service is concerned. Now the company is looking forward to 2014 to expand BBM for...
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Blackberry CEO on bringing security and productivity to Android: ‘We’d love...
With Blackberry seemingly com in apart at the seams, many wonder just how the former smartphone juggernaut would plan to move on. More to the point, with Android and iOS soaking up the market share...
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BBM Channels and Voice Calling arrive for Android beta users
BlackBerry has already mentioned that Channels and Voice Calling would be heading to the Android version of BBM in 2014. But while the timeline has remained fairly open and generic, it does appear that...
View ArticleBBM for Android will soon be available on Android 2.3.3 Gingerbread
While Android Gingerbread may slowly be slipping down the Android distribution charts, there are still a large number of devices, both old and new, that run this almost ancient version. For those...
View ArticleBBM updated to allow you to ‘Find Friends’ on the service or invite others
BlackBerry Messenger got an important update today. Rather than have to share a PIN to chat with another BBM user, we now have the ability to search for our contacts via a 'Find Friends' feature....
View ArticleBBM rolls out ‘Voice’ and ‘Channels’, allows for better Dropbox integration
BBM has rolled out an update for the masses today. A previously beta-only set of features are coming to the app proper, ushering in VoIP and an interesting way to group message. Users will also get the...
View ArticleBlackBerry releases BBM for Android for Gingerbread devices
True their promise, BlackBerry has just made its messaging, and now voice call, app available to more Android users. Now even those running on an ancient Android 2.3 version will be able to enjoy the...
View ArticleBlackberry CEO says he’d take $19 billion for BBM, makes us all laugh
In an interview with CNBC at MWC this week, Blackberry CEO John Chen was asked about the WhatsApp purchase. Considering he runs a company that exists almost solely as a messenger service for consumers,...
View ArticleBlackberry updating BBM to allow for larger file sharing, bigger emoticons
Are you a BBM user? If you are, an incoming update might just make you smile. According to Blackberry, they’re making some important updates to BBM, offering larger file sharing and new features for...
View ArticleBBM 2.1 update adds stickers, group photo sharing, more
BlackBerry began teasing an update for BBM earlier in the month. There were some details offered at the time, however BlackBerry opted to keep any sort of release date a mystery. Well, it seems April...
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BBM for Android 2.2 focuses on roping in new users
Things have been rather silent on the BBM front lately, but that's supposed to change today with the rolllout of the next version of its Android app. In version 2.2, BlackBerry is making it easier for...
View ArticleBBM for Android gets new update, “Timed Message” feature
BlackBerry is still pushing BlackBerry Messenger – more popularly known as BBM – to compete with all the other messaging apps out there. We won’t question their commitment to their once hugely popular...
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BBM for Android update: Lollipop, stickers and longer timer
Just in case you've somehow forgotten, BlackBerry Messenger is still alive and is on other platforms as well, giving the loyal BlackBerry users a free messaging connection to those on Android, iOS,...
View ArticleBBM for Android Wear smartwatches unveiled at CES 2015
As you can imagine Android was in full force at CES 2015 with lots of new products using the OS and designed to run on it. One of the things that turned up at the show that BBM fans might like is a new...
View ArticleBBM update: customizable PIN, Android Wear support
For the 10 people (okay, maybe 20) who still have a Blackberry among your contacts, having a Blackberry Messenger is still very much convenient way of communicating with the rest of the Android,...
View ArticleBBM reaches 100M downloads on Google Play Store
If you think that Blackberry is down and out for the count, you might want to think again. Well, at least when it comes to their Blackberry Messenger on Android devices. The OEM has announced they have...
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BBM Protected now available for Android users through BBM app
BBM Protected is a product that Blackberry has been offering to enterprises to allow employees to chat without there being any danger of any corporate secrets leaking out, since a lot of messaging apps...
View ArticlePushBullet now lets you reply to BBM and GroupMe as well
PushBullet is shaping up to be one very useful but also somewhat rather odd app. What once started as a simply way to "push" links and files is now slowly but surely becoming a courier as well. Just...
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Social gaming now available on your Blackberry Messenger
While Blackberry has taken a huge fall in recent years and has earned a rep for being a poster boy for failing in the age of digital and gadgets, they have been slowly trying to reinvent themselves,...
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