BlackBerry Messenger For Android

BlackBerry Messenger is a messenger application that is only available for BlackBerry smartphones. But now BlackBerry release the BlackBerry Messenger for free for another operating system like Android, iOS, and Windows Phone. Here is a review and how to install BlackBerry Messenger applications for Android. You can get BBM app for Android for free in Google Play Store.

How To Activate BlackBerry Messenger Apps For Android

Please go to Google Play Store, type "bbm for android" in the search box, then install. Once the application has been installed in your smartphone, follow the steps below to activate BBM app for your Android. If you already have a BlackBerry Messenger account, please login using your email account. If you do not already have an account BlackBerry Messenger, please use the e-mail, Yahoo or Gmail, to register.

Once finished registering, you will receive a PIN. PIN Number is important to add contacts to the applications. It works like this: You send an invitation or invite with your BBM PIN to other users via text messages, e-mail, BBM messages, or using the QR code. People who receive your invitation should accept it, before you can start a conversation. And vice versa, the person who invited you can only start a conversation if you clicking Approve their invitation. To view your PIN, please tap your profile picture at the top of the application.

BlackBerry say that they use the PIN system to maintain users privacy. Despite others know our email address or phone number, they still can not be connected if they do not know our PIN number. In other words, it is we, who determine to whom the PIN will be distributed. In addition, a corporate users said that the two-step process to add a new contact also increases security. Another messenger applications such as WhatsApp, will automatically read the contact list in the phone, and then add on WhatsApp contact list, if it finds our friends who use the same application. BBM used in different ways, in which both parties must agree to connect. The process of adding a new contact in BBM is a bit confusing than its competitors.

How to Send Messages With BBM For Android

Conversations using BBM for Android is quite simple. You can send text, picture and voice messages to a contact. Just like in the original version of BBM, we can know when a message has arrived and read by the recipient, thanks to the D and R small icons on each bubble message. Icon D means that the message has arrived (delivered), while the icon R means read (Read).

There is also a chat group, where you can add a couple of people to join in a group conversation. You can also start a new chat group or add a new person to the existing message thread. It should be noted that we are only able to send photos in each message, not in a group chat.

And there is also a Ping command. Ping command is quite popular for BBM users like the poke command on facebook. If your friend did not reply to a message you send, or you simply want to get attention, you can ping him/her. Ping will make the smartphone vibrate and play a special tone.

BBM Application Performance

Although BBM for Android has all the classic features, but many modern features possessed competitors (iMessage, Hangouts, and WhatsApp), not available in BBM. Such as location sharing feature, and send the event in the calendar. Similarly, in the absence of the video call feature, placing BBM lagging behind Viber, Skype, and FaceTime. Although there are a video phones applications in BBM, but the application is not available on other platforms. BlackBerry company said it would soon bring the features of voice calls and video calls to iOS and Android.

Another BBM shortage is that we can not get into BBM account on more than one device. Compare with iMessage or Google Hangouts, where we can start a conversation on the phone, and then continue on the tablet, and vice versa.

Although it has shortcomings as mentioned above, the BBM is superior in terms of performance. BBM service has long been known for speed and stability. The speed in sending and receiving messages can be relied upon even though it also depends on the speed of the internet. Another note is, to run BBM for Android application is required memory of the phone is quite large. You are advised to use the phone with 1 GB RAM. If your phone memory below 1 GB, then BBM application will make your phone run slow, which it will make you upset.

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