Blackberry Messenger (BBM for short) has taken the mobile world by storm and introduced another stream of communication for mobile users alongside the standard SMS/MMS+IM+Email. The premise of BBM is to essentially combine these services and allow them to be used with groups of contacts, which is a feature the older services lack entirely. BBM also is unique in that it functions almost entirely over a data connection, meaning you can send SMS/MMS-like messages to your contacts without requiring a texting or even data plan, provided your phone is equipped with Wi-fi.
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The most obvious disadvantage of BBM is that it is available only to Blackberry users, who are quickly becoming a minority in the mobile world. Research In Motion have expressed their intent to spread their control of the mobile messaging app environment by bringing a stripped-down version of BBM to Android and iPhone, but this version may be lacking important features of BBM which make it stand out from the various other forms of communication.
Some developers have stepped up the plate to deliver a BBM alternative which functions across all platforms and offers complete functionality to all smartphone users.
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