[richardat]

EDIT: meant to put this under "news"

A viber employee mentioned this in another thread, here's an article about it:


Viber for BlackBerry finally finds its voice — Tech News and Analysis

The Skype and WhatsApp competitor Viber has at last released a beta version for BlackBerry OS that features voice calling, Viber for BlackBerry 2.4.

In a statement on Wednesday, the Cyprus-based startup said the new version of its BlackBerry app, which was previewed in January, included free calls to other Viber users for those on BlackBerry OS5 and OS7, as well as “performance improvements” for OS5 and various other bug fixes. However, BlackBerry 10 – the make-or-break latest version of the platform – is not supported.

“BlackBerry is one of the most important markets for us and represents our third largest user base,” Viber CEO Talmon Marco said. “We are thrilled to bring this community free voice calling, letting them communicate freely with all of their important contacts across multiple platforms.”

The release means that, over two years after Viber first hit the scene, the only remaining major platforms on which Viber is a voiceless, text-and-photo-only service are Nokia Series 40 and Samsung’s Bada OS. The omission of BlackBerry 10 support isn’t as crazy as it might sound — most BlackBerry users will still be on older versions of the platform, and the company is still launching new BlackBerry OS7 devices in emerging markets.

[belfastdispatcher]

Wherecan this beta be downloaded?

[The Selected Fruit]

Wherecan this beta be downloaded?

Go to Blaze's announcement for Viber beta on the CrackBerry front page and the link to the beta is there.

The beta is for the legacy platform and will work with OS5 and OS7. The app for BB10 is in the works.

[sadhana]

Nice sharing.

[lnichols]

Yeah but I moved to bb10. Maybe we'll get it for BB10 in a year with Viber's rapid dev pace

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[BBPandy]

Has anyone used it? I've talked to a couple people on Viber a few times to test it out & our calls kept dropping......guess that's why it's called Beta