[RafiqK]

BBM Releases important update for Android and iPhone | Inside BlackBerry

Availability

BBM v2.2 for Android will be available starting later tonight from Google Play and will be coming to iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch in the coming days.

BlackBerry users ? hold tight, we have a special release of BBM coming for BBOS and BlackBerry 10 smartphones in a couple of weeks. This special release of BBM for BlackBerry smartphones will include many of the things we?ve talked about here?and a few special things added for good measure.

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[VR6]

Can't come fast enough

[Emirati]

Just fired up my cheap android device and the update was already available.

Here are some of the new emotions (might have missed one or two).



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[tinochiko]

Does it now show sweat on the sweat emoticon in the selector?

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[akabbani]

Still no...

- Add Yourself As Contact
- Share Multiple Photos at Once
- Autosave Received Photos
- Share Original Size Photo (option)
- Hide Bottom Bar When Scrolling (ALL)

What a JOKE of an update

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[shorski]

Still no...

- Add Yourself As Contact
- Share Multiple Photos at Once
- Autosave Received Photos
- Share Original Size Photo (option)
- Hide Bottom Bar When Scrolling (ALL)

What a JOKE of an update

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You can't have it all.
If you have it all now, what would get in later days?

Z30 - The BlackBerry Experience

[akabbani]

You can't have it all.
If you have it all now, what would get in later days?

Z30 - The BlackBerry Experience

Whatsapp has practically all those options. Why can't BBM?

And we'd get new developments, DUH!

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[shorski]

Whatsapp has practically all those options. Why can't BBM?

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Simply because blackberry does not own whatsapp

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[johnnyuk]

So I'd guess this update for BB10 will be the same as the version currently in the limited beta in the Beta Zone.

It brings landscape orientation and inline pictures sent to Group Chats, that's what I can remember about it anyway.

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[nico2004]

Still no...

- Add Yourself As Contact
- Share Multiple Photos at Once
- Autosave Received Photos
- Share Original Size Photo (option)
- Hide Bottom Bar When Scrolling (ALL)

What a JOKE of an update

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Have a breather there, baby steps goes a long way, patience pays off


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[nico2004]

Simply because blackberry does not own whatsapp

Z30 - The BlackBerry Experience

Yet....

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[Bor Navas]

Add yourself as contact - what for?

Autosave received photos - no, please I would have my phone full with thousands of useless pics, I just save the ones I want

Share original size photos - most of my friends have small data plans, that's better for them, and most of the times I don't need a HQ pic (although it could be easier for newbies)

So, different people, different needs. It's fine for me.

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[tinochiko]

Still no...

- Add Yourself As Contact
- Share Multiple Photos at Once
- Autosave Received Photos
- Share Original Size Photo (option)
- Hide Bottom Bar When Scrolling (ALL)

What a JOKE of an update

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Why do you need to add yourself as a contact?

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[grover5]

Still no...

- Add Yourself As Contact
- Share Multiple Photos at Once
- Autosave Received Photos
- Share Original Size Photo (option)
- Hide Bottom Bar When Scrolling (ALL)

What a JOKE of an update

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OK. Why would anyone want to add them self as a contact? I would go crazy if my phone auto saved any pictures I received. The inability to hide the bottom bar is important to you? I'm not feeling your pain.

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[shorski]

Yet....

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Don't even think about it. It's not going to happen.

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[akabbani]

Have a breather there, baby steps goes a long way, patience pays off


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Why babysteps if bbm was developed long before whatsapp? And WA has these options...

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[KemKev]

Why babysteps if bbm was developed long before whatsapp? And WA has these options...

If those are imporant to you, and I take it that they are, then use whatsapp until BBM catches up. Then again, BBM may not adopt some of the same functionalities. It's nice to have choices, doesn't it?

[tinochiko]

Why babysteps if bbm was developed long before whatsapp? And WA has these options...

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bbm is one part of BlackBerry

WhatsApp's entire team work on improving WhatsApp

BlackBerry works on 10000 things

And WhatsApp is nowhere near bbm capability, fb messenger has more features than WhatsApp..whatsapp doesn't have real groups for one..

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[nico2004]

Don't even think about it. It's not going to happen.

Z30 - The BlackBerry Experience

yet....

[shorski]

Seriously?!

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[eldricho]

whatsapp doesn't have real groups for one..

Personally gotta stop you here
I use BBM for most of my communication, but have all my groups on WhatsApp. Why? Because all my group friends and I agree that the implementation of groups on WhatsApp is very superior to what BBM offers for what we use the group for. One thing I'd love to come to BBM Groups is the message counter. Currently when opening a chat, it takes you to the bottom of the chat and not at the last read message. Not a problem if you have a small group, but when you have some very active ones (talking 1.2K in one and 800 in the other average daily, it's something that is really wanted. Not saying you should agree, but just stating my (and about 50 people who've told me) opinion.


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[tinochiko]

Personally gotta stop you here
I use BBM for most of my communication, but have all my groups on WhatsApp. Why? Because all my group friends and I agree that the implementation of groups on WhatsApp is very superior to what BBM offers for what we use the group for. One thing I'd love to come to BBM Groups is the message counter. Currently when opening a chat, it takes you to the bottom of the chat and not at the last read message. Not a problem if you have a small group, but when you have some very active ones (talking 1.2K in one and 800 in the other average daily, it's something that is really wanted. Not saying you should agree, but just stating my (and about 50 people who've told me) opinion.


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And I'll charge right ahead..

You're talking about multi person chat there not groups (even though it's called groups it's not groups like bbm is)

And I actually agree that that's a feature that should have been in bbm long ago(in multipersom chats and groups) , but that doesn't change my statement that whatsapp doesn't have real groups..

Groups on bbm is business orientated (synced calenders synced notes etc. Things whatsapp 'group' doesn't have) but there are still a number of features lacking..

The main reason from my perspective that people wouldn't use bbm groups or bbm in general (in developed economies) is lack of users. Everything else is minor, you can have all the great features but if people don't use your app then it won't go anywhere, BlackBerry need to maintain a high growth of adoption numbers for at least a year to bring bbm back on the table, that's more to do with advertising and on the whole marketing than one feature (imho)


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[blackburberry]

BBM Releases important update for Android and iPhone | Inside BlackBerry

Availability

BBM v2.2 for Android will be available starting later tonight

Running the Android update now on a Nexus 5 and it *looks to me* as though the BlackBerry connected icon is broken. It disappears when app is closed and reappears when the app is restarted. That said, the Android version is by far the better interface of the two apps built for other os's.

Over at Android Central BlackBerry and BBM are getting a new one ripped by the locals.

http://www.androidcentral.com/bbm-ve...icons-and-more

[Thesmartmale]

Running the Android update now on a Nexus 5 and it *looks to me* as though the BlackBerry connected icon is broken. It disappears when app is closed and reappears when the app is restarted. That said, the Android version is by far the better interface of the two apps built for other os's.

Over at Android Central BlackBerry and BBM are getting a new one ripped by the locals.

http://www.androidcentral.com/bbm-ve...icons-and-more

Yes, was just talking about that here.

http://forums.crackberry.com/showthread.php?t=935044

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[blackburberry]

OK Thanks for the link.