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chances RIM releases BBM to other phones...

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Try kik messenger. Closest thing to bbm and is cross platform. Bb killed it because it looks so much like bbm so blackberry users no longer have access. I believe the app is developed by someone that worked for Rim in the past. It's a good app and a bunch of us former bbm people use it.
 
Josb0411 said:
long time Blackberry user, jumped ship to verizon iPhone and couldn't be happier...wondering if anyone sees RIM releasing BBM to other phones, possibly as an app...only thing i miss from blackberry...i think this would be a big hit!
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that's one of the few advantages they have left over other platforms...they're not about to give it up
 
Scope1230 said:
Get Whatsapp. It's exactly like bbm IMO
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Nothing will replace bbm. And the iPhone does not have the messaging capabilities as a blackberry device does so it will not work the same. This is coming from a former blackberry user.
 
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Try kik messenger. Closest thing to bbm and is cross platform. Bb killed it because it looks so much like bbm so blackberry users no longer have access. I believe the app is developed by someone that worked for Rim in the past. It's a good app and a bunch of us former bbm people use it.
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I loved kik and even got a handful of friends to use it. Then the service went out once for a day. Sadly this was enough to kill all interest for everyone I know. I guess we are too accustomed to reliable messenging.
 
There are already a number of third party solutions available, and more are certainly on the way. Even if BlackBerry did release BBM - which it probably won't - it wouldn't be anything disruptive. While it's certainly a reason to get a BB, it's not really a killer feature in and of itself.
 
I think the only way it would go to other phones is if they can license it, and make money from carriers (or control the app and charge for it) to line their pockets with.

The only way I even see THAT happening is if they get to a point where they need a cash influx due to loss of market share, but right now they're still pretty in the green even w/ decreasing market share.
 
digitard said:
I think the only way it would go to other phones is if they can license it, and make money from carriers (or control the app and charge for it) to line their pockets with.

The only way I even see THAT happening is if they get to a point where they need a cash influx due to loss of market share, but right now they're still pretty in the green even w/ decreasing market share.
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Exactly. I'd also imagine that it would be cost-prohibitive for BB to support BBM on other platforms. The messaging client doesn't make them money, and I don't see how they could monetize it; it's really just a feature that allows BB to sell devices.
 
Selling BBM to Apple will be the RIM's last stand for a dollar. Then they will disappear into the dust.
 
milani said:
Exactly. I'd also imagine that it would be cost-prohibitive for BB to support BBM on other platforms. The messaging client doesn't make them money, and I don't see how they could monetize it; it's really just a feature that allows BB to sell devices.
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They'd just develop iOS/Android apps, put them in the store, and charge for them. Then the app would have a built in check to confirm it's authorized by the store before letting you sign in/register a BBM account via it's built in BBM system.

It's really the only way to profit from it. It'd have to be subscriber by subscriber.

Figure if they sell it for 4.99 or something they could taken in 500 million easily, but at some point that would start to flatline like all apps.
 
Yes, but correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't RIM maintain the BBM servers? Unless they would migrate to a subscription model, I doubt that a small, one-time fee would be able to sustain the exponentially increasing costs of maintaing a multi-platform messaging system that doesn't necessarily sell any RIM hardware.
 
milani said:
Yes, but correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't RIM maintain the BBM servers? Unless they would migrate to a subscription model, I doubt that a small, one-time fee would be able to sustain the exponentially increasing costs of maintaing a multi-platform messaging system that doesn't necessarily sell any RIM hardware.
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They could also setup a subscription model on their site, and offer the app for free, and require a username/password to login to it which would also allow your PIN it assigns you to transfer between new devices, etc.
 
RIM really needs to make a BBM app for iOS/Android along with the ability to serve email from a BB enterprise server. They could charge for BBM and BB enterprise email service and survive on that alone. The longer they continue to push closed BB devices is like honestly killing themselves
 
I use Meebo for chat and works out that other chat users whether on mobile or PC/mac can chat, not just mobile users. Its always on for me and I get push notifications when someone send me a message.

How is this different than BBM, Kik or any other?
 
It's not going to happen from a technical standpoint. If you want BBM on a non-BB device then you need to find another app with the same or similar features.

BBM relies on RIM's infrastructure so devices have to have BB PIN's and access to the BB APN (i.e. you have to have a BB data plan).
 
After playing with PingChat for a few days, I can definitely say it's the closest BBM alternative on the iPhone.
 
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