An Update on BBM for iPhone and Android, Likely Won't Relaunch This Week

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Posted September 24, 2013 at 7:21pm by iClarified

Andrew Bocking, head of BBM at BlackBerry, offers an update on the delay in releasing BBM for iPhone and Android.

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Last week, an unreleased, older version of the BBM for Android app was posted on numerous file sharing sites. We were aware of an issue with this unreleased version of the BBM for Android app. This older version resulted in volumes of data traffic orders of magnitude higher than normal for each active user and impacted the system in abnormal ways. The version we were planning to release on Saturday addressed these issues, however we could not block users of the unreleased version if we went ahead with the launch.

We attempted to address the problems caused by the unreleased version throughout the day on Saturday, but as active users of the unreleased app neared a million – and accelerated – it became clear that the only way to address the issue was to pause the rollout for both Android and iPhone.

The team is now focused on adjusting the system to completely block this unreleased version of the Android app when we go live with the official BBM for Android app. We are also making sure that the system is reinforced to handle this kind of scenario in the future. While this may sound like a simple task – it’s not. This will take some time and I do not anticipate launching this week.
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Blackberry RIP - September 25, 2013 at 3:06pm

First, RIP the blackberry smartphones.. Now RIP for their server.. Just sell your company to a better one

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Marz - September 25, 2013 at 11:39am

BBM: Big Big Mess They can fulfill the commitment

Knight Dragneel - September 25, 2013 at 8:43am

I am already using BBM now And There Little Bugs Only

patrick - September 25, 2013 at 5:41am

my bbm app works fine on my iphone 4 :)

c99a679 - September 25, 2013 at 4:34am

this is the sole reason why blackberry is now on bailout. Poor execution of their own commitment.

gagarzac - September 24, 2013 at 9:40pm

I Think we souldn't expect anything serious from BlackBerry. So far they have been awful with their business strategy BBM included.

Dayu - September 24, 2013 at 9:01pm

The screenshot seem to be take from iPod Touch 4G :)

Nova - September 24, 2013 at 10:28pm

Can't be. There is no battery percentage bar on ANY of the iPod Touch's.

Aleksandr - September 25, 2013 at 3:18am

Could be if iPod is jail broken!

m_thoroughbred - September 25, 2013 at 8:20am

On the 4th gen iPod touch there was a battery percentage. The same as iphone. It was removed when the iPod touch 5th gen was released.

Suhail - September 24, 2013 at 7:37pm

I used to respect BBRY for being a great company. Key word "used to"! Personally, I've always used iPhones but BBRY's phones always fascinated me and if I were ever to consider a phone other than the iPhone, BlackBerry was the only 1. After the company postponed the launch of BB10 a few hundred times, and now the delay and excuses for BBM's launch, I'm done with BBRY. What is it that the company can pride today? Shame on BBRY!