UPDATE

Geoff Quattromani of notanalog.com had a sit down with Chris Smith after the session and got a some very sad news to his question about BBM for Desktop.

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That's right folks. Even though BBM is going cross-platform this weekend, your trusty PlayBook hasn't been entirely left out. This new update brings basic BBM functionality back to your PlayBook.

Unfortunately we're still without BBM Groups much like in the BlackBerry OS version, ...

Along with today's Z30 announcement, BlackBerry have forged ahead and announced that BBM will be officially available for iOS and Android over the coming days.

We've known since the official announcement at BlackBerry Live that the world-class messenger app would be arriving on on ...

It feels good knowing that despite the ongoing gloom and doom circling BlackBerry due to it's recent decision to put its self up for sale, that they are continuing to develop and improve their current and future offerings.

Just this morning, an update appeared for ...

While many of you are patiently waiting for BBM to finally go officially cross-platform, BlackBerry has decided to tease us all a bit with some public demos at Toronto International Film Festival.

After attending today's Industry Panel on Digital Distribution at the BlackBerry Experience building in Toronto, we just happened to notice a Samsung Galaxy ...

It seems that everyone knows what BlackBerry is up to at the moment. The latest news to splash over the internet is courtesy of the Wall Street Journal, and their army of anonymous sources.

So what's going on? Well, it seems as though BlackBerry are considering of creating BBM as ...

Hot on the heels of the news that there is a currently running cross-platform BBM Beta, we've been sent screenshots of the Android version.

We can confirm that the screenshots are legitimate and from a real Android device.

So far, the Android version is looking pretty ...

After three BBM outages over the past month, Indonesia’s telecoms regulator (BRTI) has had enough. The regulatory body has proposed that BlackBerry be fined 1,000 IDR ($0.10) per subscriber, if the service is out for more than four hours. With more than 15 million subscribers in Indonesia, ...

Acision, one of the worlds biggest independent research firms focusing on mobile messaging trends just released their most recent findings in their annual study. This year they found that US and UK mobile messaging trends are beginning to align more closely. The study finds ...

The BlackBerry Messenger BAR file has been extracted from a leaked version of OS 10.2 and is now available for you to install! This BBM version comes with BBM Channels, which is great news if you haven't signed up for Beta Zone yet, as you can now sideload it right onto your BlackBerry ...

BBM contacts. We all want more. Idealy all of our friends would be on BBM. Sometimes, you might not even know that your contacts are on BBM. Luckily we have a way to find out!

Simply open the BBM app on your BlackBerry 10 phone. Tap on the navigation menu and select 'Invites'. ...

Even though the idea has been stewing in the rumor mill for years, most of us are still shocked by the announcement from BlackBerry Live that BlackBerry Messenger will be going cross platform to iPhone and Android as a free messenger app. Now that we've had a couple weeks to let ...

I've just discovered something disturbing on my Z10. I don't think that I can save the BBM chats. I know that there is an setting to "Save Chat History" on the BBM options screen, and I have that enabled. But there's a bigger problem.

I'm in a chat with a friend, and every ...

You're away from home. Alone, missing your loved one, you decide to turn to your Z10. You pull up your loved one's contact details and the BBM Video icon appears. Here's the catch - you're the only one with a BlackBerry!

If only.

We're still in the early days of BlackBerry ...