BlackBerry has announced that its popular messaging service Blackberry Messenger (BBM) will be released for iPhone and Android phones this summer using a free application. So far, the service was exclusive Canadian brand handsets and one of its signs of identidas but competition from other applications such asWhatsApp and Line, seems to have forced the company to make it multiplatform. "It's time to bring BBM to a wider audience," said Blackberry CEO, Thorsten Heins. The application will work on the iPhone that have iOS 6 and later versions and Android are required to have at least version 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich). BBM for iOS and Android will allow for individual conversations, share voice memos and groups up to 30 people. It can share your calendar, photos and files. For the future the company expects to add several features, such as voice calls via the data connection and channels. Blackberry Messenger was predominant messaging application before the arrival of the iPhone in 2007. However, the drop in market share of Canadian manufacturer phones for Android and Apple device has made alternatives such as WhatsApp and Line would have eaten the field in recent years. In 2011, BBM played a very relevant in the London riots, as was the service used by young people to communicate.
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