BlackBerry
Messenger will be arriving on iOS and Android in exactly three
weeks. T-Mobile UK revealed the date on Twitter, teasing a photo of
the previously BlackBerry-exclusive chat service running on a Galaxy S3.
BlackBerry announced last month that BBM would be going
cross-platform sometime during the summer, and that its first release
would support devices running iOS 6 and Android 4.0 or higher. CEO Thorsten
Heins said at the time that bringing the chat service to other platforms was a
sign of confidence — but while BBM may have been a unique service several years
ago, it’s now going up against built-in services like iMessage and a slew of
chat apps all vying for dominance.
Great news – BlackBerry Messenger will be available to
download on iOS and Android from June 27th! 
#BBM
#BBM
— T-MOBILE UK (@TMobileUK) June 6, 2013
Update: BlackBerry
tells us that the release date revealed by T-Mobile UK is inaccurate.
BlackBerry’s full statement is below.
On May 14th, BlackBerry announced plans to make its
ground-breaking mobile social network, BlackBerry Messenger (BBM), available to
iOS and Android users this summer, subject to approval by the Apple App Store
and Google Play. While there have been reports that BBM will be available to
iOS and Android on June 27th, this is not accurate. We will communicate an
update as soon as we have an availability date to share.
Source- TheVerge, TMobileUK
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