# BBM on iOS and Android?
**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bbm-on-ios-and-android/209699
**Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic
**Created:** [March 3, 2011, 7:35am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bbm-on-ios-and-android/209699 "2011-03-03T07:35:03Z")
**Posts on this page:** 17
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### Author:  [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)
#### Post date: [March 3, 2011, 7:35am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bbm-on-ios-and-android/209699/1 "2011-03-03T07:35:03Z")
> **[RIM preparing to bring BBM to iOS and Android, change everything again?](https://www.engadget.com/2011/03/03/rim-preparing-to-bring-bbm-to-ios-and-android-change-everything/)**
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> Woah, now here's a juicy rumor to start your Thursday morning off with. BGR reports word from multiple trusted sources that RIM intends to take its BlackBerry...
đź‘Ź
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### Author:  [@Onyx\_Z32](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Onyx_Z32)
#### Post date: [March 3, 2011, 7:45am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bbm-on-ios-and-android/209699/2 "2011-03-03T07:45:54Z")
So begins the transition of BB to a software company.
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### Author:  [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)
#### Post date: [March 3, 2011, 7:46am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bbm-on-ios-and-android/209699/3 "2011-03-03T07:46:46Z")
They already failed at phones lol
Unless your a drug dealer
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### Author:  [@ProgRocker](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ProgRocker)
#### Post date: [March 3, 2011, 7:48am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bbm-on-ios-and-android/209699/4 "2011-03-03T07:48:00Z")
> [@LZ](#):
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> They already failed at phones lol
Hey now…they’ve got the…ugh…um…pass
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### Author:  [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)
#### Post date: [March 3, 2011, 7:57am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bbm-on-ios-and-android/209699/5 "2011-03-03T07:57:57Z")
…corporate lock-in.
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### Author:  [@ProgRocker](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ProgRocker)
#### Post date: [March 3, 2011, 8:04am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bbm-on-ios-and-android/209699/6 "2011-03-03T08:04:35Z")
> [@Fry](#):
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> …corporate lock-in.
Blackberrys are only useful in corporate environments when you have a BES server.
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### Author:  [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)
#### Post date: [March 3, 2011, 8:07am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bbm-on-ios-and-android/209699/7 "2011-03-03T08:07:42Z")
My droid works great in a corp environment…
remote wipe and all the other bs
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### Author:  [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)
#### Post date: [March 3, 2011, 8:13am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bbm-on-ios-and-android/209699/8 "2011-03-03T08:13:17Z")
lz, which one do you have? My original droid lacks the on-device encryption ability. Touchdown makes it work somehow, but I question its security.
I have heard from others that it works on some newer devices, and google closed the bug report/feature request on google code for the activesync policies. I think google added in the rest of them in 3.0.
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### Author:  [@ProgRocker](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ProgRocker)
#### Post date: [March 3, 2011, 8:15am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bbm-on-ios-and-android/209699/9 "2011-03-03T08:15:19Z")
> [@LZ](#):
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> My droid works great in a corp environment…
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> remote wipe and all the other bs
Are you working with exchange '10? I have my Droid setup with exchange and I can do remote wipes from the webmail console…Pretty cool
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### Author:  [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)
#### Post date: [March 3, 2011, 8:15am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bbm-on-ios-and-android/209699/10 "2011-03-03T08:15:44Z")
I have the original droid with some aftermarket apps that make it corp compliant…
However those apps screwed up and wiped my phone a few times
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### Author:  [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)
#### Post date: [March 3, 2011, 8:16am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bbm-on-ios-and-android/209699/11 "2011-03-03T08:16:35Z")
touchdown or others?
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### Author:  [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)
#### Post date: [March 3, 2011, 8:23am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bbm-on-ios-and-android/209699/12 "2011-03-03T08:23:36Z")
I’m not talking about it’s functionality, I was talking about how so many companies have comitted to Blackberries, and Blackberry has them locked into their devices and services.
Either I’m wrong though. According to Nielsen BB and Apple each have 27% of the corporate smartphone market and android has 29%.
> **[Winning: Android beats iOS and RIM in US smartphone market](https://www.digitaltrends.com/android/winning-android-beats-ios-and-rim-in-us-smartphone-market/)**
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> The Android operating system now dominates the US market according to a new Nielsen report. But Apple and RIM remain the winners in the handset race.
So yeah, they’re toast. I still like them a lot though.
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### Author:  [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)
#### Post date: [March 3, 2011, 8:27am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bbm-on-ios-and-android/209699/13 "2011-03-03T08:27:35Z")
The problem with blackberry lock in is a lot of upper management types want the new bling phones Droids, iphones, etc
This forces companies to find ways to allow them onto corporate email and opening up the door to pretty much everyone after sometime.
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### Author:  [@Geehee](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Geehee)
#### Post date: [March 3, 2011, 8:36am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bbm-on-ios-and-android/209699/14 "2011-03-03T08:36:13Z")
i still \<3 my BB. the way most apps talk to each other is worlds better than other platforms. and you cant get a better keyboard & screen in the sunlight.
i’ll be the first to admit, it’s horrible for internet/tethering usage though.
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### Author:  [@boxxa](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boxxa)
#### Post date: [March 3, 2011, 8:40am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bbm-on-ios-and-android/209699/15 "2011-03-03T08:40:28Z")
I never gave BB time pretty much for the internet browsing. If I was gonna pay the same price for data as an iPhone or other true browsing capable phone, I wanted to actually see the web pages.
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### Author:  [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)
#### Post date: [March 3, 2011, 10:34am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bbm-on-ios-and-android/209699/16 "2011-03-03T10:34:40Z")
> [@Geehee](#):
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> i still \<3 my BB. the way most apps talk to each other is worlds better than other platforms. and you cant get a better keyboard & screen in the sunlight.
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> i’ll be the first to admit, it’s horrible for internet/tethering usage though.
I keep thinking about going back. The things that Blackberry does well (form factor, keyboard, social networking integration, stability) nobody can touch. But the other guys are still pretty good at that stuff, and do a lot more shit too. But fuck me I hate virtual keyboards.
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### Author:  [@Geehee](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Geehee)
#### Post date: [March 3, 2011, 12:48pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bbm-on-ios-and-android/209699/17 "2011-03-03T12:48:27Z")
profiles: as simple or as customizable as you want. i’ve yet to see the other guys come close to what BB can do with that out of the box.