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iPM:It's BBM For The Rest Of Us.
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You sure you are not talking about the SMS program on the BB? BBM is pretty nice with smilies
Thats your opinion. Fortunately for me, I'm an owner of both Bold and iPhone and have no bias in my opinion. I'm not a "fanboy" of either camp.My opinion is that BBM looks pretty sharp but it's the functionality that sets it apart from old fashioned SMS.
Don't forget the fact that the person you are chatting with also needs BBM. I like SMS, because 99.999999% of phones support it, all of my friends have it, etc. Its universal. BBM is for blackberry. One of my friends has blackberry.
"Let me get your pin."?
How about, I already have your phone number so I'll just send you a text message and I don't have to worry about if you have a Blackberry, iPhone, N95 or whatever.
And for all the people calling iPhone SMS sluggish? It takes 2 seconds for an SMS message to send, and in the interim, you can begin typing your next message, exit out of the app, put the phone back in your pocket, or whatever else you want.
In conclusion, I have never in my life heard someone say, "Let me get your pin." Nor have I ever heard of a person outside of the Internet mention BBM.
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Oh. Def. BBM looks great! Windows 95 ftw!
Does look pretty good doesn't it. One feature I do miss.
Sounds like people should start making some noise with Apple/ATT about getting a NATIVE alternative for our IPhones.
Of course, that would make a lot of chat/IM app developers wrestless, and ATT would lose a lot of SMS/MMS plans, so who knows it that'd be allowed to fly...
Of course, that would make a lot of chat/IM app developers wrestless, and ATT would lose a lot of SMS/MMS plans, so who knows it that'd be allowed to fly...
Very constructive. After reading posts brought up after mine I am now aware it has some OTHER superior features with some other inferior ones. Happy?
You're probably just in a different setting. It made me sick one day how many times I heard "let me get your pin" at my university when people found out so many others had a BlackBerry in the same class.
It seems around me that if you are even at least minor friends with another person, and you know they have a BlackBerry, then you will have each others pin numbers for BBM.
this thread is pretty off-topic, but as a recent BB convert I thought I'd throw in my two cents...
BBM is a terrific application because of the way that SMS is set up on BBs and most other cellphones - each message is a separate entry, which is great for one-off messages, but it makes having a continuous conversation very difficult. BBM solves this by letting BB users have threaded, instantaneous conversations with each other.
I don't think that a BBM-esque program is necessary for iPhones, because it's a solution to a problem that doesn't exist. iPhone-to-iPhone conversations are already easy, because both phones have the threaded, conversation-style SMS.
So I think that BBM has its place and is useful on BBs, but it isn't necessary for iPhones because the solution for text conversations already exists.
That said, the allure of a "secret society" feature shouldn't be underestimated.
BBM is a terrific application because of the way that SMS is set up on BBs and most other cellphones - each message is a separate entry, which is great for one-off messages, but it makes having a continuous conversation very difficult. BBM solves this by letting BB users have threaded, instantaneous conversations with each other.
I don't think that a BBM-esque program is necessary for iPhones, because it's a solution to a problem that doesn't exist. iPhone-to-iPhone conversations are already easy, because both phones have the threaded, conversation-style SMS.
So I think that BBM has its place and is useful on BBs, but it isn't necessary for iPhones because the solution for text conversations already exists.
That said, the allure of a "secret society" feature shouldn't be underestimated.
Threaded SMS is becoming a commonplace on phones, even low priced phones (that are free with a contract) included threaded SMS.
Blackberry Messenger was my favorite app on the Pearl. But I feel that BeeJive IM is a really good substitute. Blackberry's can run BeeJiveIM (or any multi-account instant messaging service), so I don't miss it that much.
But before Push, it was pretty annoying.
But before Push, it was pretty annoying.
People who text a lot tend to text people on all carriers and phone types. Most likely if you text enough to like BBM that much you have a good amount of SMS's available. IMO.
beejiveIM: it's BBM for everyone.
Ok, to be serious: I have a BB and know lots of people with them and have never once used or seen anyone use BBM. I've already had this argument in another thread, so I'll just say this and then extricate myself from this ridiculousness: There is nothing BBM/iPM can/could do that the combination of push email, SMS, and IM cannot do. What BBM/iPM *can* do is restrict your communications to a subset of your friends/family/coworkers who have a particular smartphone. It's the most pointless app I've ever heard of. Seriously, mind-bogglingly pointless. And before someone says how much they use it, let me remind you, I'm calling it useless in light of the communication options the iphone (and bb, for that matter) already have. If apple put this on the iphone I'd bury it on a back-app page - out of sight and out of mind.
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The same rant put in every BBM thread here. I find BBM is far from "pointless". If friends/family/coworkers have a Blackberry then they have BBM which you can message them for free. Easy and simple. No need in finding out what IM service they use or showing them how to install it....
The one the I really miss about my BB is BBM. A good bit of my military friends had BB's and we kept up with it. I basically just send emails now.
I would be interested in how people would have looked at BBM if Apple released it as a priority messenger on the iPhone first.
Having a blackberry for a few years and switching to the iPhone and I have no regrets. But like everyone else in this post that has owned and used a blackberry and used BBM it is the ONE thing that I miss. There is no solid explaination on why it's so great or why I miss it because ya I can just text people. But with BBM you can see if people are available. It can show what music people may be listening to. It has quick and easy smiley faces. You can invite friends into custom chat rooms. Send any file within size limitations. If you've never used BBM then it's extremely tough for you to judge it. I love the iPhone and the SMS is awesome and beats BBM but there was just something about using that is just awesome and great and toughtk give up.