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By reading this, I understand why BlackBerry is still way behind. BBM was cool maybe 6 years ago, so what is breaking about this? Facebook Messenger can do the same as BBM, and a lot more. What's the point of installing this app?

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So you can discover which of your friends are still on BBM, and get them to switch over to iMessage/whatsapp/facebook message ;)

I had a BB 9800 and a BB 9900 before, and switched to Android phones for couples of years. From my own experience, BBM is still the most stable and comfortable IM app on mobile phones.

I still miss the feeling about using BBM. I guess the backend service part of RIM/Blackberry is still somehow ahead of other manufacturers.

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