Earlier today, BlackBerry announced the availability of BBM going cross-platform. When first launched, BBM on iOS and Android will only allow messaging and groups. Over time, BlackBerry intends to open up the more robust features current BlackBerry users have come to love. BlackBerry also announced that BBM will be free for those platforms. But why would they make one of the pinnacle features to a... »
Thorsten Heins announced at BlackBerry Live 2013 that BlackBerry Messenger will being going cross-platform. BBM will become available on iOS and Android. Plans for BBM cross-platform will launch this summer and available for free. At first, BBM on cross-platform will have limited features, such as chats and groups. Eventually, BlackBerry will roll out the rest of the features. »
Earlier today, BlackBerry announced the Tumblr-like feature for BlackBerry Messenger dubbed BBM Channels. We received early access to the new feature to setup a channel for N4BB. Check out the video walkthrough of N4BB’s BBM Channel. You can subscribe to our channel by adding PIN C0001EA85. Let us know your thoughts on the new Channels feature in the comments. »
BlackBerry has announced a new feature for BlackBerry Messenger. BBM Channels seeks to bridge the gap between brand and customer. Utilizing the power of BlackBerry Messenger, a brand can create a ‘channel’ and publish news announcements, while allowing BBM users to engage in such discussions. BBM Channels has launched today in beta. The official version is planned to release later this... »
A few days ago the Asia Pacific region was hit by a BlackBerry Messenger outage. The service was down in many counties such as Indonesia, Australia, Hong Kong, Thailand, India, the Philippines, Singapore, Vietnam, and Malaysia. BlackBerry did not immediately notify or acknowledge that the BBM service was down. Initially, it was thought the outage was only isolated to BlackBerry 10. However, it eve... »
*UPDATE* – BBM services for the affected users look to be back online. Are you still experiencing issues? As I sit here in the airport waiting to get checked in for my proceeding flights to BlackBerry Live, I cannot communicate with my staff, friends, or family. At least, not through BlackBerry Messenger. BBM looks to be down for many users in the Asia Pacific region, which includes the wond... »
BlackBerry Messenger has been touted as the most secure way mobile messaging system. However, that doesn’t seem to stop federal agents from accessing the communications. An L.A.-based drug task force was able to intercept BBM communications in connection with an alleged cocaine and methamphetamine drug operation. The report from the LA TImes doesn’t specify what means the drug task for... »
Ever sent a BBM message to a friend and for some *expletive goes here* reason it failed to send? Good thing BlackBerry makes it very easy to resend a failed message. All you need to do in BBM on BlackBerry 10 is to hold down the message that failed. This will make the options pop-out from the right. Click the ‘resend’ option. It’s as simple as that. BlackBerry Messenger will then... »
BlackBerry Messenger on BlackBerry 10 has a completely new UI and UX. Group pictures in BBM are handled differently than before. Ever viewed an image and thought it was annoying how it cropped it? That’s just the preview thumbnail! Here’s how to view the full image: Step 1 Tapping the image once brings up the title of the image and who it was uploaded by and at what time. Step 2 Tappin... »
Do you have that one contact on BlackBerry Messenger that is constantly filling up the updates screen? They might be listening to a bunch of music, which each song gets shown to you. You might even catch them looking at porn. Whichever the case might be, in this tutorial we’ll show you how to block these erroneous updates in BlackBerry 10. You can either block one specific contact or block a... »
Ever since I got my first BlackBerry over 5 years ago, the feature I’ve loved the most is BBM, and that’s probably the same for most of you. It keeps me connected with my family and friends, it’s fast, reliable and secure but more importantly, it’s free if you have a data plan. There are lots of applications out there that in theory do what BBM does, but I have yet to find ... »
BlackBerry 10 introduces BlackBerry Messenger’s first-ever video chat capabilities. You can view our hands-on with BBM Video here. As you begin using the service, you’ll want to these key points in mind. Donny from the Inside BlackBerry Blog lists the top 5 things to know: Seamless transition between text and video. It’s extremely easy to initiate a video chat with a BBM contact. When ... »
Quite awhile ago we revealed that BlackBerry 10 would offer a light and dark theme. Though, it will only be available with devices that have OLED screens. That’s why the dark theme is missing from the BlackBerry Z10, which uses LCD. By using a dark theme, your power consumption will be less and you’ll thereby save battery life. The BlackBerry 10 Dev Alpha C has an OLED screen and thus ... »
Within BlackBerry Messenger you can send photos to your contacts. These images sometimes suffer some serious compression once transfered through the BlackBerry network. However, you can request a higher quality version of the images that are sent to you. In order to accomplish this, you simply press down and hold on the image thumbnail, within BlackBerry 10. You will then see the following options... »
BlackBerry announced today a new BlackBerry Messenger update that brings BBM Voice capabilities to BlackBerry OS 5 users. Additionally, it was announced that over 50 million BBM Voice calls have been made to date. “Our customers around the world have embraced BBM version 7, which has brought BBM to a whole new level, further strengthening the experience of reliable, fast, real-time engagement. By ... »
BBM Money is launching in Indonesia through a partnership with PermataBank and Monitise. With BBM Money you have the ability to create and access a mobile money account from BlackBerry smartphone and make real-time payments to your BBM contacts. BBM customers can create a BBM Money account with PermataBank and then start loading cash into the account through any of the 70,000 ATMs in Indonesia. Af... »
In December of last year we learned BBM Money would soon become an available product in Indonesia. This will be a new peer-to-peer money transferring service. Indonesian financial institutions such as PermataBank and Monitise have announced they’ve join BlackBerry in support of the new BBM Money service. “We are delighted that Indonesia is the first country in the world to develop a pe... »
During BlackBerry Jam Europe we had the opportunity to chat with Gary Klassen, the famed creator of BlackBerry Messenger, and discuss the newly released BlackBerry 10. We picked Gary’s brain on what the future might hold for BBM and even BlackBerry 10. Gary isn’t directly working on the BBM team, but he’s still the Principal Architect at BlackBerry. In other words, Gary is still ... »
A few days ago we unveiled that no personal data is compressed with BlackBerry 10. This is due to the discontinuation of BlackBerry Internet Service (BIS) that BlackBerry had previously required for use with legacy devices. As we described, the cost per MB of data is apparently decreasing with carriers as time has progressed. However, that’s not the only thing evolving. BlackBerry Messenger ... »
Just started using BlackBerry 10? If you’re like me and are apart of a few BlackBerry Messenger Groups, this little tutorial will be a blessing. When I first started using BlackBerry 10′s new BBM it was going great. This was until I started using groups that had many users. My BlackBerry Z10 was blowing up. Vibrating and ringing almost every second. I couldn’t figure out how to s... »
