BlackBerry Messenger
BlackBerry isn't doing too badly, if you only pay attention to one of the company's products: BlackBerry Messenger. The BBM app finally became available for Android and iOS in the past week or so, and it's really taking off. According to BlackBerry, over 20 million new users have signed on.
After a rocky start, BlackBerry Messenger is taking off, at least on iOS devices.
After a jittery start that coincided with the company's fiscal crisis, BlackBerry Messaging app for iPhone, Android, and other iOS devices is finally on its way.
It didn't get there first, but then again, the company certainly isn't struggling: Samsung's ChatON messaging services has more users across Android, iOS, Windows Phone, and BlackBerry, than BlackBerry Messenger.
The problems keep piling up for BlackBerry Ltd., as the once dominant Canadian smartphone company announced that the release date for the BlackBerry Messenger app on iOS and Android would be delayed until next week.
Even if smartphones don't work out for BlackBerry, the company still has a popular product in its BlackBerry Messenger, which is being released for the first time outside of BlackBerry's lonely walled garden on Saturday for Android and Sunday for iOS devices.
According to a report by the Wall Street Journal, BlackBerry is considering spinning off its messaging service into its own semi-independent unit, according to unnamed sources close to the company. The spin off subsidiary would be called BBM Inc., and would operate with more independence from BlackBerry.
