BBM for SMS

[Guru]

Hello love this new Priv so far for my work phone. Still getting readjusted to the keyboard but so far everything working well. I used to be an old school Blackberry guy and LOVED BBM! Now that I have it back can I use it to send and receive SMS texts to people who do not have a blackberry or BBM or do that have to have BBM installed? Any help would be appreciated!

 

[underway99]

BBM only works between BBM clients. For SMS, you'll have to use an SMS client.

With the Hub though, it's still almost one-stop shopping. Just choose SMS or BBM or whatever when you want to send a message.

 

[froussy]

but.. before it was possible to use BBM even for SMS..

why RIM removed that!

 

[filanto]

but.. before it was possible to use BBM even for SMS..

why RIM removed that!

I don't remember that feature

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[underway99]

but.. before it was possible to use BBM even for SMS..

why RIM removed that!

I thought that I remembered it that way too. But I wasn't sure enough to say it.

 

[Morty2264]

I didn't know you could use BBM as an SMS. I thought you could only communicate with BBM contacts within the app itself.

You can always invite friends to use BBM. Now that BBM is cross-platform, I feel that it is one of the greatest and yet most underrated form of messaging out there.

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[pittster]

Hopefully BlackBerry has a plan to combine BBM/SMS for future release

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[Deleted member 2678566]

BBM is so dead I am afraid. BlackBerry either need to buy somebody like KIK or just sell BBM off

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[pittster]

Not sure of this thought because I'm not a developer, but if somehow it can be combined with allo/duo it may just find its place

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[kidkamel]

That feature was with Legacy devices running BBOS. It was changed when they went to BB10 and never brought it back. It would be nice for them to do so.

Also you can be that person who refuses to use SMS and force people to switch to BBM to chat with you

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[pittster]

That feature was with Legacy devices running BBOS. It was changed when they went to BB10 and never brought it back. It would be nice for them to do so.

Also you can be that person who refuses to use SMS and force people to switch to BBM to chat with you

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I am that person as hard of a job it is I persist

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[freedomx20a]

BBM is so dead I am afraid. BlackBerry either need to buy somebody like KIK or just sell BBM off

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To be fair everything Blackberry is finished.

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[filanto]

To be fair everything Blackberry is finished.

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Kind of like HTC

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