BBM for iPhone and Android launching June 27th?

BlackBerry Messenger now looks to be taking on the likes of WhatsApp and iMessage after BlackBerry announced it would be launching on iOS and Android
BBM for iPhone and Android could be launching as soon as 27th June according to a tweeted picture of the app by unofficial Twitter feed BlackBerry Worldwide.

The fan-based Twitter feed which posts pictures and tips for BlackBerry users announced that they believed the app would be launching at the end of this month.

"Bbm officially available on iphone and android phones from 27th june2013"

BBM has in the past only been available for owners of BlackBerry smartphones but just a few months after the launch of BlackBerry 10 Thorsten Heins announced that the free messaging service would now be launching on other operating systems.

This will put the service in direct competition with the likes of WhatsApp and Apple's iMessage which allows owners of Apple products to talk to each other for free.

Despite the company announcing the launch of the app little else is know about what it will look like or the full extent of the services that will be available.

All we do know is that it will initially launch as a simple messaging service with more advanced features like BBM Voice and BBM Video appearing in updates later in the year.

Viber Give BlackBerry OS5 and OS7 users a Voice

Skype rival Viber Media has released an updated app for BlackBerry (version 2.4, in beta) that – finally – gives users the ability to make free phone calls to others.



There are limitations, however: free calls over WiFi and 3G only work for supported OS versions, which is to say BlackBerry OS5 and OS7 – but decidedly not OS6, or at least not at this point.

Viber says this is “due to inherent limitations” of the OS, which powers devices like the BlackBerry Bold 9650/9700/9780, BlackBerry Curve 9300/9330, BlackBerry Pearl 9100 and BlackBerry Torch 9800.