It’s going to be hard following Munchy’s story on the drama over at Cyanogen inc, but someone has to follow and I guess it’s me (story just crashed our site).
Turns out the leaked version of BBM has been causing issues for the users that took the leap and played with the unofficial version. Blackberry did their homework and found out that the leaked version was not as smooth as planned and pulled the plug on the official release. Some may say, well that’s Blackberry for ya, but I applaud them for listening to us maniacs that go out of our way to try these things before they’re released. Here’s what Blackberry had to say.
Prior to launching BBM for Android, an unreleased version of the BBM for Android app was posted online. The interest and enthusiasm we have seen already – more than 1.1 million active users in the first 8 hours without even launching the official Android app – is incredible. Consequently, this unreleased version caused issues, which we have attempted to address throughout the day.
Our teams continue to work around the clock to bring BBM to Android and iPhone, but only when it’s ready and we know it will live up to your expectations of BBM. We are pausing the global roll-out of BBM for Android and iPhone. Customers who have already downloaded BBM for iPhone will be able to continue to use BBM. The unreleased Android app will be disabled, and customers who downloaded it should visit www.BBM.com to register for updates on official BBM for Android availability.
As soon as we are able, we will begin a staggered country roll-out of BBM for Android and continue the roll-out of BBM for iPhone. Please follow @BBM on Twitter for the latest updates and go to www.BBM.com to sign-up for updates about BBM for Android and iPhone. These issues have not impacted BBM service for BlackBerry.
There it is. Take a chill pill folks its a coming.
Written by David Quillinan
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