Apr 10
BlackBerry CEO John Chen has been forced to respond to suggestions that the smartphone company is looking to sell off its device business, insisting that making BlackBerry handsets – including … Continue reading
Apr 04
It made sense that BlackBerry would include BBM on its phones. After all it would be considered an exclusive feature and a reason for people to hop on board the BlackBerry bandwagon. However when the company released BBM for other platforms, many were wondering how they were going to monetize the app since it was released for free.
One of the ways BlackBerry went about doing it was with the Channels feature that would allows companies to sponsor posts and updates, and recently another way was to release stickers as in-app purchases for the app. (more…)
BBM Stickers Selling Pretty Well On iOS Devices original content from Ubergizmo. 
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Apr 01
A few weeks back BlackBerry detailed the major BlackBerry Messenger update that it was working on. Since the company opened it up to other platforms last year, its user base has grown to over 85 million active users, while total registered users are over 110 million. BlackBerry now looks to cash in on this growth and it continues to add new features to improve the BBM experience. Today BBM 2.1 has been released. It brings BBM Shop which at first is going to include sticker packs. Other features include group photo sharing and the ability to send larger files.
New BBM Update With Stickers And More Released original content from Ubergizmo. 
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Mar 30
BBM For Windows Phone Coming In Q2
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Last year BlackBerry finally opened up BlackBerry Messenger to other platforms. For now it is only available as a standalone app for iOS and Android. Since it went cross-platform, BBM has added millions of new users, a decent growth on which the company plans to cash in. The company now has set its sights on Windows Phone, Microsoft’s mobile platform, which has outdone it in several markets. BlackBerry CEO John Chen has confirmed that BBM for Windows Phone will be released in the second quarter of this fiscal year.
BBM For Windows Phone Coming In Q2 original content from Ubergizmo. 
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Mar 28
Back in the day before WhatsApp became really popular and other instant messengers flooded the market, there was BBM. The app was available as an exclusive to BlackBerry devices back in the day, at least until last year when BlackBerry decided to open it up to Android and iOS users as well, potentially adding more users to its user base. (more…)
BlackBerry Boasts 85 Million Monthly Active BBM Users original content from Ubergizmo. 
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Mar 28
When push comes to a shove, one would be willing to eschew their ideals in exchange for survival. Having said that, BlackBerry has not been doing too well lately in terms of its sales figures, and the recent fourth quarter fiscal 2014 results have been far from encouraging as sales of their bread and butter Curve as well as Bold devices that run on BlackBerry 7 have started to experience a steep decline. BlackBerry have lost their leverage that they had in their heydays when they did not want to bring BBM to other platforms, and it might be possible that we will see BBM introduced to desktops eventually in an attempt to expand their user base.
BlackBerry Could Consider Bringing BBM To Desktops original content from Ubergizmo. 
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Mar 25
Its no secret that BlackBerry could use some money. The company has been hemorrhaging cash for the past few years, and with device sales not expected to recover anytime soon, it has to look towards other options. Ever since BlackBerry Messenger was opened up to other platforms, its user base has swelled to over 85 million. The company now looks to cash in on that. Its banking on the popularity of stickers, and will also offer brands the opportunity to sponsor posts in BBM channels.
BlackBerry Cashes In On BBM With Stickers And Sponsored Posts original content from Ubergizmo. 
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Mar 18
If there is one feature that we love about smartwatches is the ability to display information such as notifications and alerts whenever we receive a message, a call, an email, and so on. It saves us time from having to take our phones from our pockets or bags, and it also lets us know we have notifications for those times when the phone is on silent.
Well the good news is that if you’re a Pebble owner and you use BBM as one of your main apps for messaging friends, family, or co-workers, you might be interested to learn that your Pebble will be able to get BBM alerts thanks to a BlackBerry 10 app called Talk2Watch Pro. (more…)
Talk2Watch Pro Brings BBM Notifications Onto Pebble original content from Ubergizmo. 
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Mar 09
The other day we reported that thanks to a recent survey, BlackBerry began asking what users might think about the idea of customizable BBM PINs. We thought it was a great idea, although there could be some limitations that might see PIN ideas run out pretty quick.
However it seems that in another part of the survey, it also asked if users would be interested in paying for such customizability, which is a pretty interesting question. Since the survey is a closed survey, we’re not sure what the results were. (more…)
Customizable BBM PINs Could Be A Paid Feature original content from Ubergizmo. 
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Mar 06
Unless you’re constantly giving out your BBM PIN to people you meet, chances are you will have to go through the BBM menu to find the PIN (or the QR code) to give it to someone who is trying to add you. It also doesn’t help that the BBM PINs are a string of letters and numbers, making it a pretty tricky thing to try and remember.
That being said, wouldn’t it be nice if we could customize our BBM PINs? Perhaps make them a little more identifiable? At the moment that is not a feature that BlackBerry is planning on introducing, but thanks to a recent screenshot of a survey sent in to the folks at BlackBerryOS, it seems that it is a feature BlackBerry could be considering. (more…)
BBM PINs Could Be Customizable In The Future original content from Ubergizmo. 
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