WATERLOO, ON – In just 24 hours, BBM has been downloaded over 10 million times by Android and iPhone users, one of the best single-day openings for a mobile app to date, said BlackBerry on Tuesday.
BBM, the private social network from BlackBerry, is available for free in the App Store and Google Play for immediate download.
BBM also quickly rose through the rankings on the App Store to be the number one free app in more than 75 countries in the first 24 hours, including the U.S., Canada, the UK, Indonesia and most of the Middle East.
"The mobile messaging market is full of opportunity for BBM”, said Andrew Bocking, executive vice president, BBM, in the news release. “We intend to be the leading private social network for everyone who needs the immediate communication and collaboration of instant messaging combined with the privacy, control and reliability delivered through BBM."
