BlackBerry Takes Advantage of iMessage Spam Reports to Tout BBM

[iBlazed]

Lol yeah, right on it...

 

[joejoejoe]

Six spam messages over three months is hardly even up to the level of "annoyance". You click one button and they are gone (well, slide then click). I have seen the same happen with SMS on Android (which makes sense when you note that 30% of spam on close to 50% of active devices isn't exactly iMessage getting more than its fair share of this spam).

Personally, I've gotten three messages in the past couple weeks. A little more than you, but I don't find it annoying really (although I don't have my phone set up to become annoying every time a text message comes in).

Those don't include the many that I've erased and blocked from my phone. Those are just the ones that are left.

Regardless, don't you think Apple should have a system in place to prevent spam? Either a filter, a better reporting system, or some other method?

 

[MLMcMillion]

Number of spam messages received via iMessage: 0

Number of people I know using BBM: 0

 

[chr1s60]

BBM is safe because, well, nobody is using BBM to receive your message or spam you.

 

[miamialley]

Who the f&$! uses Blackberry?

 

[Moto G]

Who the f&$! uses Blackberry?

People with BlackBerrys? RIM employees? Fruit product makers?

 

[irnchriz]

No spam on BBM as only 3rd world countries use it.

 

[age234]

this is why you use gmail for email and icloud only for people you trust

This. I've never gotten any spam, but I don't really use my mac.com/me.com/iCloud.com email for anything but my accounts.

 

[iolinux333]

What in the Hell are you talking about? It's a word. In the dictionary. And if you worked in the IT world you might hear it 5-6 times a day.

http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/10394?redirectedFrom=architected#eid39980450

Wow I am so sorry you have to hear that word in the real world.

 

[tennisproha]

They lost me at "architected."

why? it is a real word.

 

[Medic311]

how ironic, considering most of what RIM/Blackberry announces these days could be considered spam anyways

 

[diegogaja]

BBM vs iMessage

BBM is (was?) solid at one time. But it doesn't really doesn't do what I need it to do.

Voicechat: iMessage has FaceTime Audio.
Voice Memo: Next month. iOS8
Location sharing: Next month. iOS8
Stable Group chat: iMessage has group chat.
Read/Receive: iMessage has it ( I turn mine off)
QR Code/NFC: OK. I'm not sure what this is for but iMessage doesn't have it.
Ping: This is like poke on FB? Thank you, no. iMessage doesn't have this.
Encryption: Shown to be one of the more secure.

What BBM doesn't have:
Facetime (as opposed to just FaceTime audio).
Video messaging
attachment browser (Next month. iOS8)

and lastly...iMessage sync'd and total functionality on my iPhone, iPad mini, iPad air, macbook pro, and mac mini. Only with iMessage for now...but with all SMS soon (say it with me....Next month. iOS8).

So. I guess BBM has some things iMessage has. If I ever need QR codes/NFC or to ping someone...well. I can't see myself needing those things.

But everything iMessage does to include things that BBM doesn't do...is exactly what I need.

• Voicechat
• Voice Memo sending
• Location sharing (you can set the desired time)
• Stable Group Chat
• Read/Received Notification
• QR Code / NFC Invites
• Ping
• Encryption

 

[rdlink]

Wow I am so sorry you have to hear that word in the real world.

Honestly, you should find more important things to be bothered by.

 

[iolinux333]

Honestly, you should find more important things to be bothered by.

Well that's a win win observation. I can smell your synergy. Did you get value add with that? Let's just peel back the onion shall we and use leverage!

 

[JKarnsy]

Is the other 70% on BBM?

 

[Amazing Iceman]

I get no spam on iMessage.

 

[Nevaborn]

Some people are even getting confused by the term imessage. I have never recieved spam via it. Normal text messaging I have a few times but a delete or block is easy enough. The worst is the phone calls from companies keep asking for a person who is not me about a car accident >.>

 

[peterdevries]

Nevermind

 

[MrWillie]

Do I understand correctly that if I put my mobile number on my business card that no-one can send me a message on BBM on that number? They first have to email me their contact card then we can text?

They can't BBM you, people can still send you SMS or MMS texts.

 

[Xenc]

Yosemite has an option in iMessage called "Notify me about messages from unknown contacts". It defaults to unchecked:

All that's needed to fix this problem is for that option to be in iOS 8.

 

[Dionte]

No spam here.

 

[Zyriab]

I'm certainly not going to use any messaging service that can't even use English properly like what she is spoke - "architected" FFS!!!!???

 

[jonnysods]

I love iMessage. Just sometimes my computer and phone aren't always jiving together. How does BBM make money by asking me to use them instead? Always wondered that.

 

[AppleInLVX]

Oh Look! the 4 people still using BBM haven't had spam!

To be fair, no one using BBM *ever* had spam. BBM was the thing that kept people staying for so long. I'm as much of an Apple fanboi as you'll find, but even I have to admit that BBM got it right and airtight from the get-go. Apple stood on their shoulders.

 

[rdlink]

I'm certainly not going to use any messaging service that can't even use English properly like what she is spoke - "architected" FFS!!!!???

Once again, it's a word. Look it up.

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I love iMessage. Just sometimes my computer and phone aren't always jiving together. How does BBM make money by asking me to use them instead? Always wondered that.

They're flailing, trying to keep themselves relevant. Or more accurately, trying to make themselves relevant again.