BlackBerry's BBM coming to Windows Phone and new Nokia X devices

[Justin Kahn]

BlackBerry has announced that its BBM text messenger will be making its way to two more platforms starting later this year. Already available on Android and iOS, BBM will now be coming to Windows smartphones and the now officially revealed Nokia X devices.

Today at Mobile World Congress 2014 in Barcelona, BlackBerry said that BBM will be available as a free download on Windows Phone starting this summer and that the messenger would be available on Nokia X devices as the platform rolls out. The new forked Android handsets were officially revealed this morning at MWC 2014 where BlackBerry said the Nokia X would be launching immediately and the X+ and XL would be coming in Q2.

Since going multi-platform in October of last year on Android devices and iPhone, BlackBerry has introduced new features that some have suggested could open up mobile ad revenue opportunities for the company. A post on the BlackBerry blog regarding the announcement says the company is hard at work developing new features for the service along with development on the new Windows and Nokia X versions.

The company confirmed that its president of Global Enterprise Solutions John Sims would be taking over for Blackberry Messenger head Andrew Bocking about two weeks ago. “BBM continues to grow in popularity as millions of people use our mobile platform for chatting and connecting with friends or colleagues, and we are very excited that we will soon welcome Windows Phone and Nokia X users to the BBM community,” said Sims in a press release from Barcelona.

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[Skidmarksdeluxe]

Bah. I see no sense in this app because we already have the likes of WhatsApp, Telegram, Viber etc. I tried it for a while then dumped it because I know no one who uses it apart from a few Blackberry users. How many messaging apps do we need anyway?

 

[Lionvibez]

Bah. I see no sense in this app because we already have the likes of WhatsApp, Telegram, Viber etc. I tried it for a while then dumped it because I know no one who uses it apart from a few Blackberry users. How many messaging apps do we need anyway?

BBM is superior to all of those apps. The problem you have is you don't know enough people using it and for some that is reason enough not to use it. However if you have contacts it still is the best messaging app out and is only getting better.

 

[gamoniac]

With WhatsApp now part of FaceBook, I am not sure how privacy will deteriorate. BBM might come just in time. If it provides tangible benefits, features, and quality over the other services, people will switch.

 

[Skidmarksdeluxe]

BBM is superior to all of those apps. The problem you have is you don't know enough people using it and for some that is reason enough not to use it. However if you have contacts it still is the best messaging app out and is only getting better.

It's all a matter of taste. As some forum members have pointed out, if FB manage to screw up WhatsApp I will likely find myself switching to another messaging app, it depends which one is the most popular with my contacts and if it's BBM then so be it. At the end of the day they all do the same thing.

 

[Guest]

Blackberry has the slow decline of SEGA written all over it.

 

[Lionvibez]

Blackberry has the slow decline of SEGA written all over it.

yet Sega still lives today!

 

[Lionvibez]

It's all a matter of taste. As some forum members have pointed out, if FB manage to screw up WhatsApp I will likely find myself switching to another messaging app, it depends which one is the most popular with my contacts and if it's BBM then so be it. At the end of the day they all do the same thing.

Facebook will screw it up and I see that 450 million user based will be cut in half in 2 years time