RIM’s anual JanuBerry giveaway has kicked off today and you need to make sure you enter! Sadly, the contest is only for United States and Canada residents and will run until January 4th. These are the prizes: 7 BlackBerry® PlayBook™ 3G tablet 16G 6 BlackBerry Music Gateway Device 6 BlackBerry Headset 14 BlackBerry BBM Pin 6 BlackBerry BBMing Gloves Don’t miss out on this awesome giveaw... »
When the promo video for the L and N-Series devices leaked during Jam Americas, many people missed one huge thing shown. In the video it showed a few clips of users on BBM Video Chat sending each other files. We later learned this will be a new feature, but might not make its way when BB1o is initially launched. The sharing feature during a Video Chat will be very useful for sharing items between ... »
The BlackBerry PlayBook tablet still has yet to receive native BlackBerry Messenger. If you do not have a PlayBook, in order to use BBM you must have BlackBerry Bridge. This is essentially mirroring BBM from your BlackBerry smartphone to your PlayBook.While it works relatively well, it doesn’t allow for groups and few other features. The photos courtesy of BBOTA.cn are said to be of the nati... »
During Research In Motion’s Q3 2013 earnings call, CEO Thorsten Heins mentioned the company is looking at ways to have BlackBerry Messenger provide additional service revenue. How could BBM add to RIM’s service revenue? There are a few possible scenarios, but the most likely is expanding BBM into a cross-platform messenger. There were previous rumors that RIM had been working on BBM. T... »
Research In Motion officially launched today BlackBerry Messenger 7, which has a bunch of cool new features including BBM Voice. With BBM Voice you can make free voice calls to your BBM contacts over a Wi-Fi connection. It’s fast, easy and very useful to stay in touch with family and friends. Some of you might have already tested out the beta version which was released in the Beta Zone last ... »
By now most people know that BlackBerry 10 will feature a revamped BlackBerry Messenger. There won’t solely be a new UI to BBM. No, there will be many new features, one of which includes BBM Video chatting. Way back during BlackBerry Jam Americas, a promo video leaked. The video gave us the first look at the elusive full QWERTY keyboard N-Series and further insight into BlackBerry 10. One th... »
Research In Motion has published a final release candidate for BlackBerry Messenger in Beta Zone. Please see the list of fixed issues for BlackBerry Messenger 7.0.0.121 below: Call stays ‘connecting’ for a very long time In the message “Missed voice” name of the contact is not visible ‘Not talking’ and ‘Not interested’ emoticons swapped Emoticons appear small, regardless of font size E... »
RIM’s BBM service is more than just an instant messaging service. With BBM-connected apps, BBM Voice, BBM Music, BBM Groups, it has become more of a comprehensive social platform for interacting with others in many ways. Today, RIM has announced a new peer-to-peer money transferring service called BBM Money that will be launched in Indonesia. The service should allow you to send money to ... »
BBM 7.0 was launched in the Beta Zone a couple of days ago to introduce the very cool new feature BBM Voice, which allows you to call your BBM contacts through BBM via WiFi. A new version has now been released to fixed some of the bugs reported. Here’s the change log for version 7.0.0.108: BBM will not launch Users gets message “You can’t make a call because you are in a Voice Ch... »
At BlackBerry Jam Asia it was announced that BlackBerry Messenger is #1 in Asia. The statistics are quite the accomplishment: 60 million active BBM customers, 28 million using groups, and billions of BBM messages are being sent each day. »
A couple of days back RIM announced the new BlackBerry Messenger with BBM Voice, a new feature that will allow users to call their BBM contacts via a WiFi network. Today a new update of BBM 7 has been released and now available for Beta Zone member to download. Here’s the full list of bugs fixed with this release: BBM chats were not restored during device upgrade. User has to sign into BBID ... »
Research In Motion has just released BBM version 7. In this beta, users get a brand new featured dubbed BBM Voice. The new feature brings voice chat capabilities to BBM. Features of BBM Voice include: Customers can initiate a BBM Voice call directly, or instantly switch from a BBM text chat to talk, and back again. The split-screen feature allows customers to talk and text at the same time, so for... »
With BBM Voice you have the freedom to chat with your BBM friends the way you want. Type or talk – you choose. For those moments that are too big for text – too exciting, too complex, or urgent – now BBM has voice. You can call BBM contacts straight from BBM for free. BBM Voice includes a number of convenient features: Enhanced calling options – You can open a BBM Voice call directly from a BBM ch... »
Research In Motion has just announced BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) will now feature a new service called BBM Voice. This new feature comes coupled in the new BBM version 7 release. “BBM is the quick, easy way to stay connected to the people that matter to you, and with today’s announcement we’re expanding the capabilities of the service for deeper social engagement and even greater collaboration, be... »
Yesterday Research In Motion announced it would unveil the first two BlackBerry 10 smartphones. BlackBerry users all around were ecstatic to finally have somewhat closer timeframe for BB10′s final release. You can partake in the celebration by downloading the January 30th BBM avatar. Show your contacts that you’re excited for the final unveiling on BlackBerry 10. Download the avatar: T... »
Cellebrite, the leading developer and provider of mobile forensic solutions, today announced an update to their software. The new update brings new decoding capabilities for deleted BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) messages and group chats. “Sales of so many iPhones, and new shipments of Android devices with the 4.1 OS, increase the likelihood that investigators will encounter these devices,” said Cindy... »
Wondered what the native BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) would look like on the PlayBook with BlackBerry 10? Just look at the photo of it above to get an idea. The BlackBerry 10 BBM looks strikingly familiar to what we’ve currently seen of BBM in the BB10 beta since it is the same beta on the PlayBook. Users have been able to hack the BB10 beta to work on the PlayBook! Additionally, from what we&... »
Thought BlackBerry Messenger was only going to remain a kickass messaging tool? Think again. According to Research In Motion’s CEO, Thorsten Heins, BBM will have many more capabilities, as he said to “think about transacting money.” Heins discussed how he wanted to continue enhancing BBM to make it “a very strong platform not just for communication, but also to make it a strong platform for ... »
Research In Motion has had an otherwise saddening story for the last few years of its history. RIM’s stock has fallen nearly 85% in just a few short years after the Storm debacle. Due to the increased competitiveness of the mobile marketplace and RIM’s lackluster response to adopt, it has caused for depressed valuations on its stock. However, RIM’s recent quarter reaffirmed the c... »
T-Mobile will soon be adding BBM to unlimited text packages, so if you have a BlackBerry with no data plan BUT have unlimited text plan then you’ll be able to use BBM for no extra cost. That my friends is one awesome deal. According to the image above, this should be availble October 21st. Are you an unlimited text package user? Excited about having BBM added to your plan? Let us know what y... »
