BBM starting to flex its muscles
- The BBM hub trick on BB10 always annoyed me. It shows how inconsistent the OS is. BBM on the Storm 9530 auto rotates. Why in the world don't it do that on BB10, iOS and Android?
Officially, BBM don't work in landscape mode on Android at all. But, we're talking about Android here. We can do things even if BlackBerry don't want us to.
I force everything to work in landscape mode. BlackBerry should do it that way to begin with on all platforms period, but at least Android users have the option to add the feature on their own.Donvald likes this.12-30-13 03:38 PMLike 1 - I think BBM is a superior cross platform messaging app but I'm finding it less reliable ever since it went cross platform. I BBM from my iPhone to my wife who has a Bold 9900 and there are days when it literally takes more than 3-4 hours for the message to deliver. At first, I thought it was just growing pains but this happens several times a week for no apparent reason. I've deleted and reinstalled BBM on my iPhone and deleted and re-invited her as a contact. The same happens with our kids who are also on iPhone. Sadly, her corporate BB won't allow her to install Whatsapp so our only messaging app option is BBM.
Since BBM went cross platform, there has been a real standstill in terms of new BBM contacts for me. I expected many previous contacts (I had upwards of 300 about 2 years or so ago) to be back on BBM but I am still stuck at around 45.12-30-13 06:33 PMLike 0 - The BBM hub trick on BB10 always annoyed me. It shows how inconsistent the OS is. BBM on the Storm 9530 auto rotates. Why in the world don't it do that on BB10, iOS and Android?
Officially, BBM don't work in landscape mode on Android at all. But, we're talking about Android here. We can do things even if BlackBerry don't want us to.
I force everything to work in landscape mode. BlackBerry should do it that way to begin with on all platforms period, but at least Android users have the option to add the feature on their own.12-30-13 08:25 PMLike 0 - The BBM hub trick on BB10 always annoyed me. It shows how inconsistent the OS is. BBM on the Storm 9530 auto rotates. Why in the world don't it do that on BB10, iOS and Android?
Officially, BBM don't work in landscape mode on Android at all. But, we're talking about Android here. We can do things even if BlackBerry don't want us to.
I force everything to work in landscape mode. BlackBerry should do it that way to begin with on all platforms period, but at least Android users have the option to add the feature on their own.
I just realized my Xperia and iPhone won't go into landscape mode on their home screens! WTF! This is bullsh1t...
Are you listening Apple and Google? I WANT my landscape homescreen! This is nonsense...
YAWN.12-30-13 08:29 PMLike 0 - Landscape experience on Android is...rather interesting (to put it politely.) Even when I have screen rotation off, some apps are able to force landscape. Chase bank's app is an example of this.12-30-13 08:33 PMLike 0
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I jailbroke my iPhone to allow landscape on my homescreen. Once I saw it I immediately understood why it was restricted!12-30-13 08:40 PMLike 0 -
I don't know about Apple - I'm not a iOS user, but it looks great on Android. It looks like it should have the feature from the factory. Which it don't, my phone wouldn't auto-rotate the homescreen stock either. I had to modify it. But look at the results:
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It looks like it is factory. Everything is where it should be and everything works as it should, even widgets! What's not to like? I can still use the phone in portrait, but I can also use the entire thing in landscape. Seems like a win win to me.
I know, this is CrackBerry, so anything BlackBerry 10 can't do isn't important to some, but honestly wouldn't having the option be better? For example, the HDMI port would be more useful if the home screens could go into landscape on BlackBerry 10. Wouldn't it?12-30-13 09:09 PMLike 0 - OmnitechDragon SlayerI think BBM is a superior cross platform messaging app but I'm finding it less reliable ever since it went cross platform. I BBM from my iPhone to my wife who has a Bold 9900 and there are days when it literally takes more than 3-4 hours for the message to deliver. At first, I thought it was just growing pains but this happens several times a week for no apparent reason. I've deleted and reinstalled BBM on my iPhone and deleted and re-invited her as a contact. The same happens with our kids who are also on iPhone.
What iOS version are you running?
Not so sad. WhatsApp is a privacy/vulnerability disaster and very sloppily coded. Her work I.T. staff is smart.Taede likes this.12-30-13 10:42 PMLike 1 -
Posted via CB1012-31-13 09:33 AMLike 0 -
If they will, that sure is news to me and I've never seen it happen. Maybe you've got special devices no one else have, but I've only seen the homescreens stuck in portrait with big black ugly bars on each side.12-31-13 10:35 AMLike 0 - I'm not sure what you're trying to say it does, but the homescreens on the Z10/Z30 will not rotate to landscape while plugged into a TV via HDMI.
If they will, that sure is news to me and I've never seen it happen. Maybe you've got special devices no one else have, but I've only seen the homescreens stuck in portrait with big black ugly bars on each side.
Posted via CB1012-31-13 11:18 AMLike 0 -
All I know is that BBM isn't in the top social apps on Android in the US anymore. And a visit to both iMore and Android Central gives a better idea of how BBMx has been "received" on those platforms.12-31-13 03:27 PMLike 0 - I guess if you want to compare BBM to another social platform that is seen as a failure.....
All I know is that BBM isn't in the top social apps on Android in the US anymore. And a visit to both iMore and Android Central gives a better idea of how BBMx has been "received" on those platforms.Omnitech likes this.12-31-13 03:36 PMLike 1 - I'm not sure what you're trying to say it does, but the homescreens on the Z10/Z30 will not rotate to landscape while plugged into a TV via HDMI.
If they will, that sure is news to me and I've never seen it happen. Maybe you've got special devices no one else have, but I've only seen the homescreens stuck in portrait with big black ugly bars on each side.
The homescreen does not rotate on the phone, so it doesn't rotate on the TV either
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