After a long period, BlackBerry finally decided to release
BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) on the iPhone and Android platforms. The dates were
set; September 21 for the Android version and September 22 for the iPhone
version. And when it was time, they dropped the app.
The first drama arrived in the form of September 21 coming
and going with no sign of the Android version. Thankfully, the company kept
their word and released the iPhone version on September 22 but the Android
version was still not available despite the fact that it had a one day advantage.
And finally, the company pulled even the iPhone version from the App Store.
According to their blog, an unreleased version of BBM for
Android was leaked online, which saw over 1.1 million people using it in the first
8 hours. This version apparently had issues, so BlackBerry had to stop the
launch of the legit versions for whatever reasons so that they could sort the
issues with the leaked version, which doesn’t really make much sense.
Anyhow, BlackBerry is still working on releasing both
versions of the app once again but hasn’t given any dates this time. Those who
downloaded the iPhone version can apparently use it again after a short period
of the service being down. We’ll let you know when the app hits the respective
stores properly again. Until then, try and stay away from all the fakes that
are floating around, especially on the Play Store.
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