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by Ozioma Ubabukoh
BlackBerry
Limited has announced a collaboration with Microsoft to bring the
BlackBerry Messenger to Windows phone eight and higher.
The company said it was intent on
bringing the popular application experiences to Windows phone, and
stressed that with the BBM, it was pleased to bring many of its top
features to the Windows phone platform.
The Vice President and General Manager,
Developer Experience, Microsoft, Bryan Biniak, said the BBM on Windows
phone would bring customers secure and easy-to-use messaging experience
they demanded.
“We expect that new features will roll out in the months to come,” Biniak said.
The President, Global Enterprise
Services, BlackBerry, Mr. John Sims, stated that as the popularity of
the BBM continued to grow, “employees of the company were thrilled to
have the opportunity to expand its availability to the Windows phone
community.”
“The BBM app for Windows phone shows our
commitment to supporting cross-platform capabilities, and we are
excited to be working with Microsoft to deliver a new level of
collaboration to the Windows phone platform,” Sims said.
A statement from BlackBerry noted that
the BBM app for Windows phone built on the collaboration, privacy and
security features that were at the core of the BBM experience loved by
more than 85 million monthly active users around the world.
Omobola Abiola of Africa Practice, consultants to the company in Nigeria, signed the statement.
The statement further read, “Built
specifically for the Windows Phone experience, the BBM users will have a
familiar, native user experience that embraces the clean, modern design
of the Windows phone UI.”
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