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Blackberry Messenger BBM Change to Android & iOS
Blackberry has announced that their Blackberry Messenger popularly known as BBM will be launching across multiple platforms like Android and iOS. Now BBM fans using other mobile devices like Android phone and iPhones can now have the BBM feature on their mobile phone, you can now be able to enjoy the awesome BBM services. This is expected to happen this summer.
The BBM app will be made available on Google Play Store and Apple App Store for users of the various mobile platforms to talk with Blackberry users. The BBM app will support all iOS devices running on iOS 6 and higher, as well as Android devices running Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich and higher. Both apps will of course need to pass Google and Apple’s approval process first.
Blackberry Messenger BBM
In the first version of multi-platform BBM, iOS and Android users are expected to be able to experience the following BBM features:
- The immediacy of BBM chats
- Multi-person chats
- Voice note sharing
- BlackBerry Groups, where BBM users are able to set up groups of up to 30 people and share calendar, photos, files and more.
BBM Voice and Video chatting will not be included in the initial rollout, but will be introduced later through the app updates.
What does this mean for Blackberry?
In truth, most Blackberry phone users today are only using Blackberry because of BBM and when it has been made available on other platforms like Android and iOS, there will definitely be a shift in the number of Blackberry phones purchased but a massive increase in the number of people using their BBM services.
Already Blackberry is claiming to have over 60 million active users of the BBM and they share over 10 billion messages each day, the release of this app to other mobile phone platforms will see that figure triple.
What does this mean for Whatsapp and other alternatives?
Whatsapp became popular as the closest alternative to the BBM as a result of their non-support for other platforms, but when this app will be released for Android and iOS platforms, Whatsapp and other BBM alternatives will be hit a hard blow. I won’t be surprised to either see a healthy competition that will bring about massive changes and awesome innovations or the death of the alternatives.
Are you an enthusiast of the BBM on Android and iOS? What are your expectations? What is your view of this article? Do you think Blackberry is putting themselves at risk by supporting their biggest competitor’s platforms? Or do you think it’s a smart move? Let’s hear from you, use the comment form below to share what you think about this article with me. Remember to subscribe to my RSS feed.
Google Gtalk Shortcuts, Tips And Tricks
I like Google Gtalk because it’s light and fast. CPU memory usage is lower than MSN Live Messenger. Here are some shorcuts, tips and tricks to make your Gtalk experience better and more interesting. Full list after jump.
Line Break
Hold SHIFT and hit ENTER
Bold Text
To bold your text, put an asterisk (*) before and after content. [Example] *these will be bold*
Italic Text
To italic your text, put an asterisk (_) before and after content. [Example] _these will be italic_
Switch Between Chat Windows
Hold CTRL, click on I will cycle you through each chat window
Minimize Chat Window
ALT + ESC minimize chat window. (For Gmail talk, it only work when chat window is a popup)
Restore Chat Window
WINDOWS + ESC will restore your Gtalk from minimized mode.
Open Multiple Gtalk Application
Click Start -> Run and enter the following in Open dialog.
"C:\Program Files\Google\Google Talk\googletalk.exe" /nomutex
See more parameters like this at the end of the entry
Misc Gtalk Information
You don’t have to say YES or NO when someone adds you. Simply ignore it and the request will go away.
A message can be 32767 characters long.
You can change your Gtalk chat name in Account Page
Adding a web URL in custom message will result it to be clickable.
Gtalk supports these following emotions and they are in blue colors
:-| :-O :-x :-P :-D ;-) :-( :| :O :x :P :D :) :( ;-| ;-O ;-x ;-P ;-D ;-) ;-( ;| ;O ;x ;P ;D ;) ;( B-| B-O B-x B-P B-D B-) B-( B’( BO Bx BD B) B( B)
Gmail talk supports these following emotions and they are animated
:-| :=P :-D ;-):-( :P :D :) :( ;-) ;) B-)
More Parameters For Gtalk Start -> Run
Here’s a complete list of what you can do with Gtalk in run command prompt.
- "C:\Program Files\Google\Google Talk\googletalk.exe" /parameter
- /nomutex: Open more than 1 Gtalk.
- /autostart: Check the registry settings to see if Gtalk needs to be started. If the “Start automatically with Windows” option is unchecked, it won’t start.
- /forcestart: Similar to /autostart, but forces Gtalk to start.
- /S upgrade: Used when upgrading Google Talk
- /register: registers Google Talk in the registry, including the GMail Compose method.
- /checkupdate: check for newer versions
- /plaintextauth: uses plain authentication mechanism instead then Google’s GAIA mechanism. Used for testing the plain method on Google’s servers.
- /nogaiaauth: disables GAIA authentication method. The same as above.
- /factoryreset: set settings back to default.
- /gaiaserver servername.com: uses a different GAIA server to connect to Google Talk. Used for debug purposes only, there are no other known GAIA servers.
- /mailto email@host.com: send an email with Gmail
- /diag: start Google Talk in diagnostic mode
- /log: probably has something to do with the diagnostic logging
If you have additional Gtalk tips and tricks, I would like to know.
