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The Number One Reason RIM Should Take BBM Cross Platform…

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I personally have been calling for Research in Motion to take BBM cross platform since March of 2011.

Although rumors pointing to such a move are pretty easy to find, BlackBerry Messenger, what I believe to be the best mobile IM client of all time, is still only available on BlackBerry devices, and, sadly, has a shrinking potential user base.

Former BBMers, like myself, would return to using BBM on our non-BlackBerry OS smartphone operating systems in a heartbeat, if it were available, but the truth of the matter is that the longer you go without using BBM, the less you long for it.

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Should RIM Take BlackBerry Messenger Cross Platform?

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My youngest brother just graduated from college this past Saturday, and, on Sunday had a graduation party / open house where I was able to see a lot of old friends and family that I don’t regularly see.

One of the more interesting conversations that I got into was if there was anyway that one could run BBM on Android or iOS.

There isn’t, of course, but, the meme that seemed to get started was that it would really be cool if there were.

My question to you is, “Should RIM take BlackBerry Messenger cross platform?”

We would love to hear what you think, so, drop us a comment and let us know how you feel…

 

It Doesn’t Look Like Any BBM Licensing Deals Are Coming Any Time Soon

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We’ve heard rumors that Research in Motion would license BlackBerry Messenger for use on non-BlackBerry platforms for some time.

A big part of former RIM co-CEO and board member, Jim Balsillie’s, plan for turning things around including licensing BBM and other proprietary services currently available only to BlackBerry users.

Even though RIM CEO Thorsten Heins is open to certain types of licensing deals with other hardware manufactures, it doesn’t look like BlackBerry Messenger is going cross platform anytime soon. [Read more…] about It Doesn’t Look Like Any BBM Licensing Deals Are Coming Any Time Soon