There has been no shortage of questions and concerns about BlackBerry’s ongoing viability in recent months, but this week brought some good news for the once-dominant mobile phone maker at last. Specifically, just 24 hours after releasing its BlackBerry Messenger chat app for Android and iOS devices, downloads had already topped 10 million. Following the delayed launch, which finally took place on Monday, BBM rose very quickly in the Apple App Store’s free-app rankings and took the No. 1 slot in more than 75 countries.
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10M Early Downloaders Show BlackBerry Some BBM Love
Posted by: Peter Suciu October 23, 2013 03:20 PMThere has been no shortage of questions and concerns about BlackBerry’s ongoing viability in recent months, but this week brought some good news for the once-dominant mobile phone maker at last. Specifically, just 24 hours after releasing its BlackBerry Messenger chat app for Android and iOS devices, downloads had already topped 10 million. Following the delayed launch, which finally took place on Monday, BBM rose very quickly in the Apple App Store’s free-app rankings and took the No. 1 slot in more than 75 countries.