BBM for Android and iPhone reached 10 Million Downloads on the first day

It is a known thing that Blackberry Messenger for Android was made available for free download from Google Play Store. Blackberry Messenger has been downloaded more than 10 million times from Google Play Store ( Android ) and App Store ( iPhone ) within just 24 hours after its release. Blackberry claims that this is one of the best single-day openings for a mobile app to date.

Google Play Store stats shows 1 to 5 million downloads for BBM with a decent average user rating of 4.2 out of 5. Yesterday users faced problems while activating the BBM service due to server load and several others were asked to enter their email address to hold their place in line.

According to Blackberry, BBM users, old and new, are enjoying the following features.

• BBM Chat – Enjoy real, immediate conversations with friends on Android, iPhone and BlackBerry smartphones. Not only does BBM let people know their message has been delivered and read, it also shows them when a contact is responding to a message.

• More than chat – With BBM, customers can simply and instantly share files such as photos and voice notes. Multi-person chats are a great way to invite contacts to chat together.

• Get in the Group – BBM Groups lets users invite up to 30 friends to chat together, as well as share photo albums, calendars and files.

• Post Updates and stay in the know – BBM lets people post a personal message, profile picture and a current status, and lets contacts see statuses instantly in Updates.

• Your unique PIN – Every BBM user has a unique PIN that maintains privacy, so users are not required to ever give out their phone number or email address to a new or casual contact.

Source : Blackberry Press Release