BBM Is Back

• hasbeen

  

  I know we had a few of us who did the BBM group back a few years ago. Well, since we've all realized BB phones blow no one uses it anymore.
  
  Apparently, BBM is now out on the play store and app store for android/iPhone.
  
  Weird.
  Cool story.
• TedSheckler

  

  Why this instead of texts, iMessage, or whatever Android uses?
• hasbeen

  

  TedSheckler;1523701 wrote:Why this instead of texts, iMessage, or whatever Android uses?

  Android just uses normal SMS/MMS. There's nothing like 'iMessage' for Android(that i know of).
  
  BBM can do a lot just within it's own app. Honestly, I haven't use BBM since I got rid of my BB Storm 3 years ago, but here's an article I google'd:
  
  http://www.firstpost.com/blogs/what-bbm-on-android-ios-will-have-that-whatsapp-doesnt-1098791.html
• TedSheckler

  

  So it looks like the big selling point is the "D" and "R"? iMessage does that. I just don't see the need for BBM. Of course, I have never used a Blackberry. (I rocked the Treo back in the day) And I don't know anyone who has a BB today.
• sherm03

  

  Thanks to Hangouts, this will not do well on Android.
  
  Once again, Blackberry is just a little too late to the party. Had they done this when Android was first taking off, it would have gone crazy because there were no easy ways to do group messages, etc. on Android. But that's all in the past, and Android is much further along now.
  
  I think the only ones that will be downloading this on iPhone or Android are the Enterprise customers that have a boss who is still clinging to his Blackberry. Everyone else has moved on.
• hasbeen

  

  sherm03;1523718 wrote:Thanks to Hangouts, this will not do well on Android.
  
  Once again, Blackberry is just a little too late to the party. Had they done this when Android was first taking off, it would have gone crazy because there were no easy ways to do group messages, etc. on Android. But that's all in the past, and Android is much further along now.
  
  I think the only ones that will be downloading this on iPhone or Android are the Enterprise customers that have a boss who is still clinging to his Blackberry. Everyone else has moved on.

  Yep.
  
  I can't wait for Hangouts to support SMS! It's long overdue.
• reclegend22

  

  BBM was awesome back in the day when The Storm was the cool phone on the block. Agree with others, however, that, like AIM, it is now a thing of the past. Kind of makes me nostalgic, though, for my BlackBerry.
• ernest_t_bass

  

  reclegend22;1523751 wrote:BBM was awesome back in the day when The Storm was the cool phone on the block. Agree with others, however, that, like AIM, it is now a thing of the past. Kind of makes me nostalgic, though, for my BlackBerry.

  I still use AIM. We actually use it at work for communication amongst employees. None of my outside "buddies" are ever online.
• reclegend22

  

  ernest_t_bass;1523753 wrote:I still use AIM. We actually use it at work for communication amongst employees. None of my outside "buddies" are ever online.

  Yeah, we have a thing called "Same Time" at my work that works in the exact same way as AIM. I honestly thought that AIM closed down a year ago or so. I used to use it to communicate with other players when I was playing online poker, but that's been four or five years now. Interesting. Might try to sign back on and see if any of the people on my list are still on. Around 2000 and 2001, AIM was like the greatest thing in the world. My entire life revolved around it. Funny how things change so dramatically in just a few years.
• oberhaus

  

  reclegend22;1523751 wrote:BBM was awesome back in the day when The Storm was the cool phone on the block. Agree with others, however, that, like AIM, it is now a thing of the past. Kind of makes me nostalgic, though, for my BlackBerry.

  Me too. I liked my Storm and loved BBM
• oberhaus

  

  I just downloaded it for shits and giggles.
• reclegend22

  

  oberhaus;1523843 wrote:I just downloaded it for shits and giggles.

  Does it have a similar design layout to the Storm-era version? I always enjoyed the "status" feature.
• hasbeen

  

  I can't remember if it's the same, but it seems to be
• Zoltan

  Sort of off topic, but has anyone found a good app that lets you reply "in line" with group iphone messages on your android? When i get Iphone group messages they just come in as individual messages from the different people, and I don't have the option to reply to all. I can click the message properties and see the other numbers copied on the text though.
• dlazz

  Zoltan;1523883 wrote:Sort of off topic, but has anyone found a good app that lets you reply "in line" with group iphone messages on your android? When i get Iphone group messages they just come in as individual messages from the different people, and I don't have the option to reply to all. I can click the message properties and see the other numbers copied on the text though.

  I'm 99% sure that this isn't possible because the way Apple implemented group messaging. I think they did a "workaround" way and effectively broke it for everyone who isn't on an iPhone.
  
  you could try the third-party messaging apps and see if it helps...they're basically "layers" on top of the stock messaging app. Handcent and GO SMS come to mind.
  
  I personally find group messages to be fucking irritating...there's no way to "mute" them.
• karen lotz

  

  Zoltan;1523883 wrote:Sort of off topic, but has anyone found a good app that lets you reply "in line" with group iphone messages on your android? When i get Iphone group messages they just come in as individual messages from the different people, and I don't have the option to reply to all. I can click the message properties and see the other numbers copied on the text though.

  I'm able to receive/send group messages with iPhone users. Right above the text enter box are two tabs, one for group messages, one for individual. Select the group tab.
• karen lotz

  

  
• Midstate01

  

  Cool font bro
• Zoltan

  karen lotz;1523951 wrote:

  What messaging app is that? I have a samsung SII and that is not the stock messaging program. I have tried handsent and Go SMS in the past but never got it to work.
• karen lotz

  

  Zoltan;1525027 wrote:What messaging app is that? I have a samsung SII and that is not the stock messaging program. I have tried handsent and Go SMS in the past but never got it to work.

  Stock text app on S4
• karen lotz

  

  And if you go into settings for the messing app you can set it to default to sending group texts to everyone in a group message
• dlazz

  hasbeen;1523741 wrote:
  I can't wait for Hangouts to support SMS! It's long overdue.

  I think you might get your wish this week.
  
  Rumor is that the Nexus 5 arrives on Friday... KitKat will come with it.
• hasbeen

  

  dlazz;1525034 wrote:I think you might get your wish this week.
  
  Rumor is that the Nexus 5 arrives on Friday... KitKat will come with it.

  Unfortunately, it won't roll out to my vzw note 3 for like 5 months and I don't root.
• dlazz

  hasbeen;1525040 wrote:Unfortunately, it won't roll out to my vzw note 3 for like 5 months and I don't root.

  I'm assuming they'll roll a new Hangouts out to everyone enabling SMS.
  
  Again. Assuming.
• hasbeen

  

  dlazz;1525041 wrote:I'm assuming they'll roll a new Hangouts out to everyone enabling SMS.
  
  Again. Assuming.

  I feel like I read on androidcentral that adding SMS to hangouts required some kind of change in the OS which is why they couldn't just update the app. That doesn't make sense though.