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Blackberry released its messenger (BBM) to both the Android and IOS platform some months back and honestly peoples respond to using the app was a success much beyond the expectation of many. But the late arrival of this app to the cross mobile platform still gives it a hill to climb as other competitors such as Whatsapp,LINE, Viber and the rest already have a head lead of many years.
But apparently Blackberry is trying to cover up that gap with their recent deal with several Android manufacturers. The company announced the it has managed to partner with several Android manufactures to have the BBM app pre-installed in their mobile devices. The company announced in a press conference that major Android manufactures in Africa, India, Indonesia, Latin America and the Middle East region, with names that some of you guys may or may not be familiar with such as, Be, Brightstar, Celkon, EVERCOSS, IMO, Micromax, Mito, Snexian, Spice, TECNO, TiPhone and Zen. This is basically just their first step to bring thier app more into the spot light on the android platform, its expected that sooner or later they will take a bolder step in partnering with other bigger manufacturers such as Samsung, HTC, Motorola, LG, and Sony.
When BBM for IOS and Android first arrived, it was received by users on both platform with much enthusiasm with Blackberry recording an estimated download of within a week of its release. On Tuesday, Blackberry announced an update for it's app and this time, support for the Wi-Fi only iPads as well as the iPod touch has been add to on the IOS platform it along side few new features.
The new features that comes with the update includes the ability for users to invite a BBM contact to their groups via e-mail, and also allowing users to share their Pin and barcode directly to Facebook and twitter. it also will let users create categories in which they can organize BBM contacts and they’ll also be able to sort and filter BBM groups. The update is set to go online later tonight. and also most bugs as been fixed.
BlackBerry recently announced a change in direction in its attempts to turn its fortunes around which included a change in the CEO, and now following some screenshot leaks BlackBerry 10.2.1 with Android support is possible soon.
Recently BlackBerry appointed a new interim CEO and in an interview it was stated that it would be too early to decide if the company would adopt the Android platform. Now though the image that you can see on this page is one of many that show a BlackBerry Z10 running the Google Play Store, which would mean Android applications.
If this image is accurate and not some kind of elaborate fake the Canadian company could be hard at work getting its devices ready to natively run Android apps that are directly downloaded and installed from the Google Play Store.
The platform has seen the sideloading of Android apps previously but this new compatibility is rumoured to be coming via the BlackBerry 10.2.1 update that will be pushed out to some of the company’s handsets as well as the BlackBerry PlayBook.
While these images could have been faked it could possibly give the platform a welcome boost with access to the Google Play Store and the numerous applications that are not currently available on BB10 devices.
Do you think this is the real deal and do you hope it does come eventually?
Source: phonesreview
While the rumors were flying for the last few weeks about various companies that may step up to enter a bid for BlackBerry, Lenovo was one of the names to enter the mix. We explored what would happen if Lenovo were to go through with a purchase and the Chinese company had reportedly gone so far as to sign an NDA with BlackBerry in order to view their books.
Now the Globe and Mail has reported that any potential deal between BlackBerry and Lenovo would have been shot down by the Canadian government citing national security concerns, which isn't that surprising given the role of BlackBerry in the government and enterprise space. An anonymous Canadian government official stated "We have been pretty consistent that the message is Canada is open to foreign investment and investment from China in particular but not at the cost of compromising national security."
According to the report Lenovo was extremely interested in BlackBerry, which yesterday called an end to their strategic review and received a $1 billion investment from Fairfax Financial and other institutional investors.
BBRYBlackBerry MediaSource: Globe and Mail
