Hi Android and iPhone users,
This is Andrew Bocking, head of BBM at BlackBerry. As
a follow up to our first blog post on Saturday, I want to
take a moment to provide you with an update on the
rollout of BBM on Android and iPhone.
Last week, an unreleased, older version of the BBM for
Android app was posted on numerous file sharing sites.
We were aware of an issue with this unreleased version
of the BBM for Android app. This older version resulted
in volumes of data traffic orders of magnitude higher
than normal for each active user and impacted the
system in abnormal ways. The version we were planning
to release on Saturday addressed these issues, however
we could not block users of the unreleased version if we
went ahead with the launch.
We attempted to address the problems caused by the
unreleased version throughout the day on Saturday, but
as active users of the unreleased app neared a million –
and accelerated – it became clear that the only way to
address the issue was to pause the rollout for both
Android and iPhone.
The team is now focused on adjusting the system to
completely block this unreleased version of the Android
app when we go live with the official BBM for Android
app. We are also making sure that the system is
reinforced to handle this kind of scenario in the future.
While this may sound like a simple task – it’s not. This
will take some time and I do not anticipate launching
this week.
Thank you for your patience while we take the time
needed to deliver the experience you expect from BBM.
We will continue to provide you with updates here on
InsideBlackBerry.com and through @BBM on Twitter.
We will notify everyone who has pre-registered on
BBM.com when BBM is available on Android and
iPhone.

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hope the bb users flex their app till then