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BlackBerry Messenger Is Also Coming To Your Desktop

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BlackBerry failed miserably in its attempt to bring BBM to Android and iOS last week, but the Canadian company hasn’t given up on making its popular messaging service available to all. In fact, it isn’t just targeting other mobile platforms, but it’s also planning to bring BBM to your desktop, too. BlackBerry showed off BBM for Windows during BlackBerry Jam Asia this week. It looks exactly how you’d expect a desktop instant messaging client to look, only with BlackBerry 10’s buttons and menu bars. A Mac application wasn’t previewed, but given the company’s new focus on making BBM available to all, we’re assuming there is one in development. N4BB reports that BBM for desktops works similarly to BBM for the BlackBerry PlayBook; rather than allowing you to login to BBM on two devices, you create a “bridge” between your computer and your smartphone and messages are sent and received through your phone. A desktop app could give BBM a much greater chance at competing with already-popular

BBM For All…Coming September 21st Officially!

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It’s official folks . BBM is finally coming to Android. This week. It’ll be available for free and to devices running Android 4.0 and above. BlackBerry Messenger is one of those Blackberry features that’s the only reason why Blackberry still has any market share. However, it’s great that Blackberry is beginning to see things the way that Google has, and that’s to get their services on as many platforms, thus as many devices, as possible. Earlier this year, Blackberry announced that their messaging app, BBM, would be making its way to Android and iOS this summer. And boy are they cutting it close. BBM is launching on Android on September 21st and iOS on September 22nd. So what kind of features are we going to see? Well let’s see what our friends in Waterloo have in store for us with the new BBM app: BBM Chat  – Enjoy real, immediate conversations with friends on Android, iPhone and BlackBerry smartphones. Not only does BBM let you know that your message has been delivered and read, i