

On first login, if your PIN is new, you will have no contacts waiting for you. It is unique to you and can be used on BBM on any platform, be it BlackBerry, Android or iOS. This is what you give out to contacts that you want to connect with on BBM. Once logged in to the app, you are presented with your PIN.

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The option to recover/rest your password is available if you have forgotten it. Installation/ActivationĪfter downloading and launching the app, you are presented with a login screen with the option to create a BlackBerry ID if you have never used the service before. Here is a quick review with tips and information for your benefit. req.I have had a couple of hours exploring BBM for Android, and I am convinced that this is the instant messaging app to beat. see this Wall Street Journal article (sub. As part of that deal, the company replaced CEO Thorsten Heins with former Sybase CEO John Chen. Instead, BlackBerry will receive $1 billion in financing in the form of convertible notes from Fairfax and other investors. During the fall, BlackBerry had lined up a $4.7 billion deal led by Fairfax Financial Holdings, its largest shareholder, to go private, but that transaction fell apart earlier this month. BlackBerry has also said it will cut 4,500 jobs, around 40 percent of its workforce. The company recently posted a $965 million loss in its most recent quarter, which was primarily due to a $934 million charge it took related to unsold inventory of its Z10 smartphone. And BlackBerry has reported significant interest in BBM since it launched the service on rival platforms: The company said it counted over 20 million new active users in the first week of BBM's availability across Android and iOS.īlackBerry's BBM momentum stands in stark contrast to the company's ongoing strategic and financial troubles. However, BlackBerry earlier this year extended BBM to Android and iOS devices after failing to ignite customer interest in its new BlackBerry 10 devices, including the touchscreen Z10 and Qwerty Q10.

BlackBerry said BBM Channels will be added to its Android and iOS apps in the coming months.īlackBerry for years used its BBM messaging service, previously only available on its BlackBerry phones, as a way to tie users into the BlackBerry ecosystem. BBM Channels essentially represents an expansion of the core BBM messaging service into the social networking realm and sets the stage for BlackBerry to make money off the service by charging brands and marketers to access to users. Separately, BlackBerry is rolling out its previously announced BBM Channels service across its BlackBerry phones, according to a number of reports. We are therefore thrilled to be working with the BBM team at BlackBerry to preinstall BBM on our devices, making it easier than ever for our customers to get connected to BBM contacts and start chatting," explained Janto Djojo, chief marketing officer of EVERCOSS. "BBM is incredibly popular in Indonesia and since its availability on Android, it's become the must have messaging app for our customers. The news is not a total surprise BlackBerry executives hinted in June that the company was in discussions with other handset makers about pre-installing BBM on their devices.Īlthough the participating OEMs are relatively small, the action is intended to increase the usage of BBM in emerging markets like Africa and Indonesia where the OEMs sell phones. Further, the company launched its BBM Channels service, a Twitter-style social engagement platform within BlackBerry's Messenger service that allows customers to connect with businesses, brands, celebrities and groups.īlackBerry said Android phone makers Be, Brightstar, Celkon, EVERCOSS, IMO, Micromax, Mito, Snexian, Spice, TECNO, TiPhone and Zen will add its BBM Android application to phones before they are sold to end users. Struggling phone maker BlackBerry (NASDAQ:BBRY) offered some positive news this week with the announcement that 12 small Android phone makers have agreed to pre-install its BBM messaging application on their Android phones.
