Sa 2nd na araw natin sa BlackBerry Live Conference, napatuloy natin ang pagkikisap sa iba pang pangangailangan na nag-aaral sa mga pangunahing direktoryo upang iaskin ng mga tanong tungkol sa aparato, mga partnership, mga aplikasyon, at ang paglipas ng pag-uuglay ng serbisyo ng BBM sa Android at iOS. Ito ang mga resulta na natukoy natin sa pananaliksikang ito.
Q. Mga bakyoterang bakyoter para sa ibang porma ngayon?
A. Kailangan ng panahon. Ang BlackBerry ay nagmamahal na ngayon ang pagiging lugar upang magingbuhon ang serbisyo ng BBM. Maligáng nagbibigay sila ng loob na ang BB 10.1 OS, ang koleksyon ng mga dispositivo, at ang 120,000 mga aplikasyon sa BB World ay na-abot na sa isang malakas na basis na nagbibigay-aayos ng kanilang user base at matuloy na magingbuhon ito hanggang sa Android at iOS.
Q. Is BlackBerry not concerned about no longer attracting new customers into their ecosystem now that BBM can be used on any iOS or Android device?
A. Nope. This move is a showcase on how strong, fast and efficient the BBM service is. The BBM service will still have the best experience on a BB 10 device along with the most complete and updated features. BlackBerry alreay has over 60 million active BBM users and is looking to grow that with the introduction of iOS and Android apps.
Q. Will BBM now compete with cross-platform messaging services like WhatsApp, Viber, WeChat, etc?
A. Not really. Each app has their own strengths an weaknesses. BBM has a strong feature-set (like BBM Video with Screen Share) and BlackBerry believes it will run smoothly alongside all other messaging apps in the market.
Q. When will it be available in the BlackBerry World storefront?
A. Sometime in summer (US) or starting this July.
Q. Will it come with all the features of BBM on BB OS 10.1?
A. The basic BBM services will be available initially with regular, incremential updates to be introduced in the months ahead (before December).
Q. How about Windows Phone 8 OS?
A. BlackBerry based its decision on what the market wants and for now, there's not much demand from WP8 users so there's no plan for it yet. BlackBerry will eventually add it once there's enough request for that platform.
Q. How about a desktop client?
A. There's also no demand for BBM for desktop so there's no plan for that yet.
BBM users will soon be frustrated since there’ll be less and less they could interact with using this messaging app. So if Blackberry won’t extend it to other OS, then BBM users will eventually have to switch. It’s the same as telcos, if most of your friends are switching to Smart and you are Globe, you’ll be enticed to make the switch as well to avoid inter telco issues and smoother communication.
It that true? Does Globe really sucks now? I’m planning to have S4 from globe pa nman. I dont want smart. Bec i experience them before… the SmartBROke.