It was very well received on Android devices and now the updated version of the application is now available. 'Bringing one of the most popular mobile messaging services with BBM on our smartphones is yet another effort to expand our bouquet of messaging services for our consumers to connect and communicate seamlessly with their loved ones,' said Micromax CEO Deepak Mehrotra.BlackBerry Messenger or BBM was initially available only for BlackBerry devices but last year it was released for other smartphones as well like Android, iPhone and Windows Phone. Meanwhile, Indian mobile phone company Micromax said mobile messaging service application will come pre-loaded on new Micromax smartphones from the first week of October and existing users of its Canvas phones can download the BBM from the Google Play Store. Apple's iPhones constitute a very small number in Indian smartphone segment.īBM, the first instant messaging application for phones, now has more than 60 million monthly active customers on BlackBerry alone, and majority use BBM an average of 90 minutes per day, the statement said.BBM customers collectively send and receive more than 10 billion messages each day, nearly twice as many messages per user per day as compared to other mobile messaging apps, it added. As per market research and analyst firm IDC, over 5 million out of 6.1 million smartphones shipped to India in January to March 2013 period were Android phones.
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