of BBM for Android had elapsed, the company made an announcement on its official BlackBerry blog called inside BlackBerry.
The company said that the delay was to be blamed onto an unreleased version of the app of BBM for Android that had been posted online. The Canadian manufacturer stated that although the official Android app had not been launched, there were already 1.1 million active users in the first 8 hours only. The company asserted that it was the eagerness of the users to get BBM on their non-BlackBerry smartphones that gave rise to the issues. The post of the company said that the unreleased version had created some problems and they were being addressed.
Therefore, the company said that the unreleased application for Android was being disabled and it was currently stopping the global rollout of BBM for the iPhone and Android. However, those people who had downloaded the unreleased BBM application on their iPhone from the Apple App Store would be able to continue using it. The availability of the app has been put on hold until further notice is received, but BlackBerry hasn't announced a new date of availability. In addition, the company also reassured its BlackBerry users and stated that their BBM service remained unaffected.
The launch debacle of the BBM is the recent one of the long list of woes of the company. The Waterloo-Ontario based company announced that because of its ballooning stockpile of unsold Z10 devices, it was expecting to book a write down that's nearly $1 billion. The company had been betting on the device to revive the struggling company, but the Z10 was unable to gain traction in the market where Samsung and Apple are dominating. Over the last 12 months, the company has been reducing its workforce and will continue to do so. As per company evaluations, around 3.7 million devices have been sold in the second quarter of this year.
About the Author
This article about the release of Anti-Snooping Message Software has been written by Waqar Hassan who is a Blogger, Author and Entrepreneur. He runs an IT company and also manages several blogs including TechBurgeon.com, which is a Technology News blog, and OnZineArticles.com.
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