Things are not going well for BlackBerry this
weekend. First it announced that it will be laying off around 4 500 members of
staff then its much awaited messenger app (BBM) doesn’t quite launch for other
operating systems as promised.
BlackBerry has pulled its BBM app from
Apple’s appstore and it seems the Android version never made it Google’s Play
store. According to a blog post from the handset manufacturer, an unreleased
Android version of the app was leaked which caused a number of issues.
Prior to launching BBM for Android, an
unreleased version of the BBM for Android app was posted online. The interest
and enthusiasm we have seen already – more than 1.1 million active users in the
first 8 hours without even launching the official Android app – is incredible.
Consequently, this unreleased version caused issues, which we have attempted to
address throughout the day.
The company did however release the iPhone
version in several regions before deciding to the pull the app completely.
Blackberry hasn’t been 100% clear as to what happened but says its teams are
working on a solution and should released the popular messenger app as soon as
possible. For now iPhone users who downloaded the app before it was pulled will
still be able to use it, though the Android app as been disabled.
As soon as we are able, we will begin a
staggered country roll-out of BBM for Android and continue the roll-out of BBM
for iPhone. Please follow @BBM on Twitter for the latest updates and go to
www.BBM.com to sign-up for updates about BBM for Android and iPhone. These
issues have not impacted BBM service for BlackBerry.
Blackberry hasn’t given a definite date when
the app will be ready but says it is working round the clock to solve the
problems the fake app caused
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