Tepat satu bulan setelah mengalami kegagalan saat
akan meluncurkan aplikasi BlackBerry Messenger (BBM)
lintas platform pada tanggal 21 September yang lalu,
akhirnya hari ini BlackBerry memberikan update terbaru
mengenai informasi seputar aplikasi BBM lintas
platform.
Melalui blog resmi BlackBerry, Andrew Bocking selaku
kepala progam BBM lintas platform secara resmi
mengumumkan bahwa aplikasi yang sudah ditunggu-
tunggu oleh jutaan penggemarnya tersebut akan
digulirkan di Google Play Store dan Apple App Store
mulai hari ini. Menurut pihak BlackBerry dalam
beberapa jam ke depan aplikasi BBM sudah bisa
diunduh secara bertahap di seluruh dunia.
Untuk calon pengguna yang sebelumnya sudah
mendaftarkan diri melalui BBM.com akan langsung bisa
menggunakan aplikasi BBM yang mereka unduh.
Sedangkan untuk pengguna yang belum mendaftar akan
diterapkan sistem antrian untuk mencegah
membludaknya trafik dalam waktu bersamaan supaya
proses rilis BBM bisa berjalan dengan lancar. Namun
Andrew menjanjikan bahwa antrian tidak akan terlalu
lama dan akan diusahakan secepatnya. Untuk detail
selengkapnya silahkan simak kutipan dari siaran pers
yang baru saja dirilis BlackBerry:
This is the news you ve been waiting for! I am
thrilled to tell you that we are about to officially
resume our rollout of BBM for Android and iPhone
customers around the globe!* In the next few hours,
people will start seeing BBM in Google Play, the App
Store and in select Samsung App Stores – where it
will be free to download.
The demand for BBM on Android and BBM on
iPhone continues to be amazing. About six million
people signed up for information about BBM at
BBM.com. As you know, in just seven hours, about
one million Android users were using the unreleased
version of BBM for Android. What you don t know is
that more than one million people have found
creative ways to side load BBM on their iPhone.
This is incredible.
To help manage this unprecedented pent up
demand for BBM, we are implementing a simple
line-up system to ensure a smooth roll out. Here s
how it is going to work…
BBM Roll Out Details:
Download BBM – the easiest way is to visit
BBM.com from your Android or iPhone browser*
Once you install the app, open it, and enter your
email address to hold your spot in line
We will email you as soon as you reach the front
of the line and can start using BBM
If you are among the millions that took the time to
sign up at BBM.com, you can start using BBM
immediately without waiting in line.* If you didn t
sign up in advance, don t worry – we are focused
on moving millions of customers through the line as
fast as possible.
Our team of developers and engineers has been
working around the clock to bring you BBM – and
make some upgrades while we re at it – and some
incredible work has been done. I look forward to
sharing more of this with you here, on Inside
BlackBerry, soon.
For updates on how quickly the line is moving you
can follow @BBM on Twitter. I will be back
tomorrow with another post to provide you with an
update on the line-up and to share more detail
about the work the team has done over the last
several weeks.
Lastly, thank you for your patience. We know you re
excited (we are too!) and we look forward to having
you join us on BBM.
*Samsung customers in Sub-Sahara Africa can
download BBM today from the Samsung Apps store.
iPhone and other Android users in Africa will be able
to download the app in three days time.
Apakah Teknokerz termasuk salah satu dari 6 jutaan
orang yang telah mendaftarkan diri melalui BBM.com ?
Jika iya maka tidak lama lagi Anda akan bisa
menikmati aplikasi BBM di perangkat Android atau
iPhone Anda.