


Adding contacts to the service requires you to get their pin and add it to the app. To use BBM on existing BlackBerry handsets you'll need a pin number.

That's particularly handy if you want to give a quick presentation to a colleague ahead of a meeting or just to flick through all the images you took of your cat over the bank holiday weekend.īlackBerry has said that it'll be bringing messaging first to Android and iPhone, with video calling and screen sharing to follow later. You'll also be able to share your screen, letting your friend see exactly what you're doing on your phone during the call. On the latest BlackBerry 10 devices - the Z10 and Q10 - you'll benefit from video calling too. The basic BBM service you'll find on the majority of BlackBerry phones provides instant messaging and VoIP calls (phone calls over the internet, rather than using your minutes allowance). It's installed as standard on a BlackBerry phone and will be available as a free download on iOS and Android when it launches in the summer.
