When you're on the way down it can often feel like events somehow transpire against you. It can almost feel like the world is against you, and that you just can't catch a break. We can't help but think that's exactly what the people at BlackBerry are feeling like right now.
iOS 7.0.3 for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch was released shortly after Apple’s iPad event yesterday, and fixed a bunch of bugs which users have been facing for quite a while. While the update does patch many potential bugs, it does partially break the recently released BBM for iPhone app, and in this post, we’ll show you how to get around this crash which users might be facing on the app running on iOS 7.0.3.
After quite some delay and uncertainty surrounding the launch of BBM, or BlackBerry Messenger for both iOS and Android, BlackBerry has just released a press statement revealing that both versions will manifest at their respective stores in the coming hours. Such is the way things have been for BlackBerry over the past couple of years, this is arguably the most exciting thing the company has announced since BB10, and with six million consumers having signed up to the progress update feed of BBM's wider launch, it looks as though the wait is now finally, almost over.
Earlier on this year, BlackBerry cited unwavering faith in its BB10 ecosystem as the primary reason for spreading BlackBerry Messenger to the Big Two mobile platforms, but not everybody was so naive as to believe the utterances of a company in abject free-fall. The subsequent revelation that BlackBerry was for sale came as a shock rather than a surprise, which was ultimately followed by the news of BlackBerry’s pulling out of consumer market, but today, we're hearing that a suitor may have been found for the one-mighty brand. According to a press release issued by BlackBerry itself, has agreed a deal with Fairfax Financial to the tune of $4.7 billion, and considering this particular entity already has a large stake in the company, the sum is not necessarily reflective of the Canadian outfit's overall value.
Things have looked bleak for BlackBerry for quite a while now, with Apple and Google eating its lunch both in the enterprise and consumer markets. As Microsoft's Windows Phone also begins to take aim at what was once a proud BlackBerry market share, the Canadian firm was rumored to be on the verge of a reshuffle that would see approximately 40% of its workforce cut. Today, that news was confirmed in a press release by BlackBerry themselves.
There have been rumors around for a long time that the infamous BlackBerry Messenger, better known as BBM, would be going cross platform and becoming available for iPhone and Android. While it was almost entirely certain, now we even have a date to look forward to. Dedicated BBM apps for iOS and Android would be making way to their respective app stores starting September 21, according the official BlackBerry blog.
With the same of Nokia to Microsoft, the world lost one of the original smartphone makers to what some would call natural wastage. Failing to keep up with the times and a lack of recognition of new competitors left Nokia on its knees, and as if one mega phone maker all but dying wasn't enough, it seems the writing is on the wall for another.
Both the iOS and Android versions of BBM are tipped for an October-time release to the public, but apart from that there has been little news or leaks claiming to purport to offer an insight into what is around the corner for BBM.
BlackBerry’s free mobile messaging tool has proven to be an extremely popular IM platform in the past, but dwindling BlackBerry device popularity has ensured that usage has significantly dropped recently. BlackBerry has a lot of work to do to pull back its brand, and it seems like it could all start with the release of BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) for Samsung Galaxy devices.
Blackberry's BBM instant messaging service was once very popular, back when the company was at the top of its game, and indeed, on top of the smartphone market. Things have changed quite a bit in recent years, though, thanks in no small part to the likes of Apple's iPhone and a deluge of Android devices, products have collectively left BlackBerry's once-domineering brand on the brink of collapse. With the For Sale signs now up and the Canadian company on the hunt for investors, the fact that BBM for iOS and Android for both being announced is perhaps of little consequence, but in light of today's leaking of the user guides for both the new apps, it would appear that a release is nigh.
