Blackberry's BBM is coming to mobiles running Android and iOS during this weekend. Only issue is this would be available for user of Android 4.0 and above and iOS6 and iOS7
Smartphone maker Blackberry on Thursday announced it will provide its popular chat application BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) for devices running Android operating system (OS) from 21st September and for Apple iPhone users from 22nd September.
In a statement, the mobile handset maker said, “BBM will be available as a free download for Android smartphones running Ice Cream Sandwich and Jelly Bean (Android 4.0 and later version) beginning at 7 am EDT (Eastern Daylight Time) on 21st September. BBM for iPhones running iOS 6 and iOS 7 will become available for each market on the App Store schedule of 12:01 am local time on 22nd September.”
Android users in India will be able to download BBM from their Google Play Store on their phone from 4.30pm onwards on same day.
BBM, the first instant messaging application for phones, now has more than 60 million monthly active customers on BlackBerry alone, and majority use BBM an average of 90 minutes per day, the statement said.
As per market research and analyst firm IDC, over 5 million out of 6.1 million smartphones shipped to India in January to March 2013 period were Android phones. Apple’s iPhones constitute a very small number in Indian smartphone segment.
BBM customers collectively send and receive more than 10 billion messages each day, nearly twice as many messages per user per day as compared to other mobile messaging apps, it added.
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