The release of the much awaited Android and iOS versions of BlackBerry Messenger just got closer. The Canadian company's manuals for the upcoming applications have leaked, highlighting how to use them on your non-BlackBerry devices. While the company seems to have taken down the original documents, you can still read it on the above mirrors.
These manuals do pretty much what you would expect of them – letting people know how you can use the app and make optimum use of its features. While these guides may seem ho-hum and oh-so-boring to anyone who’s ever used a BlackBerry, it will serve as a handy guide to users who’ve been loyal Android or iOS customers for years.
The guides go through the basic features and icon meanings as well as explain what the BlackBerry ID and BBM Pins are. They also go through basics like how to set up group chats, share images, type new messages and more to extract the best out of the service. Interestingly, the guides have don't mention voice and video calling and screen sharing, hinting that these much-used BBM features will not be coming to rival platforms Android and iOS, at least not at first.
While it may look like releasing its best application for rival platforms in hope of luring in users to the BlackBerry side seems too little too late for the Canadian phone maker, it’s a start. The apps are slated to hit Google Play and the App Store sometime "this summer", but are yet to go live.
These manuals do pretty much what you would expect of them – letting people know how you can use the app and make optimum use of its features. While these guides may seem ho-hum and oh-so-boring to anyone who’s ever used a BlackBerry, it will serve as a handy guide to users who’ve been loyal Android or iOS customers for years.
While it may look like releasing its best application for rival platforms in hope of luring in users to the BlackBerry side seems too little too late for the Canadian phone maker, it’s a start. The apps are slated to hit Google Play and the App Store sometime "this summer", but are yet to go live.
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