Who's all getting BBM tmrw?

[anon(5719825)]

Umm, no.

UPDATE: BBM for Android and BBM for iPhone: Note from BBM EVP ?Inside BlackBerry - The Official BlackBerry Blog

They announced today that it was on hold indefinitely. Again, I doubt with the sale of the company Monday that this will ever be released.

 

[LazyEvul]

They announced today that it was on hold indefinitely. Again, I doubt with the sale of the company Monday that this will ever be released.

You got a source for that? BlackBerry is being sold, not shut down, and considering how long these things take, business will have to continue as usual for quite a while before their buyer can even start making such decisions - they've only signed a letter of intent, with due diligence taking place until November 4th.

 

[B3t0]

I got it working on my nexus 4 earlier today. Does this mean you won't be working with crackberry anymore Kris?

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How did you did that... the APK i have is not working...

 

[anon(5719825)]

You got a source for that? BlackBerry is being sold, not shut down, and considering how long these things take, business will have to continue as usual for quite a while before their buyer can even start making such decisions - they've only signed a letter of intent, with due diligence taking place until November 4th.

As part of a larger reorganization of the company, BlackBerry said on Friday that it would layoff 40 percent of its staff, ceasing sales of devices to consumers. The company also put the imminent release of the iOS version of BlackBerry Messenger on indefinite hold because of separate technical issues with the rollout.

BlackBerry shares had been halted because of the news, but last traded at $8.23 a share. The stock traded near $15 as recently as July.

BlackBerry Receives Takeover Bid Worth $4.7 Billion or $9/Share - MacRumors Forums

Doesn't sound like it's business as usual this time. People are thinking that Blackberry was purchased solely for the patents which makes sense.

 

[Kris Simundson]

How did you did that... the APK i have is not working...

Won't be working till they turn the servers back on

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[Kris Simundson]

BlackBerry Receives Takeover Bid Worth $4.7 Billion or $9/Share - MacRumors Forums

Doesn't sound like it's business as usual this time. People are thinking that Blackberry was purchased solely for the patents which makes sense.

They aren't bought yet, its a offer on the table from Fairfax Financial who's owned by Prem Watsa who happens to be on the board of the strategic committee for BlackBerry.

BlackBerry will more than likely go private if they take this offer, which is their best move at this point if they want to survive

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[anon4276835]

This was published on in UK - courtesy of The Independent:
"Doubts about the $4.7bn (?2.9bn) fire sale of Blackberry were evident on Wall Street yesterday as the ailing smartphone maker's shares remained stuck below the price offered by its largest shareholder, with experts suggesting a break-up of the business could now be the best option for the Canadian firm.

Pierre Ferragu, a senior analyst at Bernstein in London, said the private equity firm Fairfax's offer to buy BlackBerry was "a letter of intent agreement" and there were "material" risks it would fail.

The $9-a-share takeover approach "will turn into a definitive offer only after due diligence and once financing is secured", Mr Ferragu said, as Blackberry's shares fell by nearly 3 per cent to $8.57 in mid-afternoon trading on the Nasdaq index.

"Fairfax doesn't seem to have entered any formal obligation to complete the deal," he added, urging clients to sell BlackBerry shares, which have dived from a 2008 peak of $149 as it has fallen far behind rivals such as Apple and Samsung.

Roberta Cozza, a director at research firm Gartner, suggested BlackBerry's patents, business services and its free BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) text-messaging platform would all appeal to different buyers. "I think the value is in the different divisions than altogether," Ms Cozza said.

She warned that BlackBerry's phones had now fallen out of favour with consumers to such an extent that it could be impossible to turn around that side of the business.

But the delay before Fairfax made a formal takeover bid meant other buyers could emerge, she said."

So, it is not a done deal yet.

 

[LazyEvul]

BlackBerry Receives Takeover Bid Worth $4.7 Billion or $9/Share - MacRumors Forums

Doesn't sound like it's business as usual this time. People are thinking that Blackberry was purchased solely for the patents which makes sense.

That's all speculation. Until Fairfax actually buys them, which can't happen until due diligence is complete, Fairfax gets the money, and the shareholders vote on it, then business will continue as usual. And even once Fairfax buys them, no one yet knows what they're going to do.

As far as BBM being "delayed indefinitely" goes, that's just a regurgitation of the "BBM isn't coming this week" announcement - they didn't say when it was coming, so that is, strictly-speaking, an indefinite delay. BlackBerry themselves has not said anything new since that announcement.