Most of us are not using a BBM Custom PIN

Recently we published a poll asking CrackBerry readers if 'you use a custom BBM PIN'. As I mentioned then, we've had the ability to create our own PIN since the last update of BBM and while it's a pretty cool new addition I wasn't convinced that it was worth spending a couple of bucks a month on for the privilege.

Sure, I can see the advantage in that you could have the same PIN as your name or social network user name, but is that a huge deal for BBM users? It would appear that most BlackBerry users agree with me, as over 76% of people that voted said that they couldn't justify the monthly cost.

The reasoning behind the custom PIN is revenue, but is it generating as much as BlackBerry expected? I suspect not, but every little helps. What I would be interested to see and what would possibly make me change my mind is a one off cost for a custom PIN, instead of the monthly subscription. The price would still have to be attractive though - something that it isn't at the moment in my opinion.

BBM Sticker - Love them or hate them?

Have you changed your mind on BBM stickers?

It's not too often that we revisit polls here at CrackBerry but I thought that when it came to BBM Stickers it was worth asking the question once again. Back in April (2014) when we first ran the poll asking if you were using Stickers the results were a mixed bag. 37.55% of voters said yes, they were using them. 35.01% said they weren't. 27.44% said they were still sitting on the...

Custom BBM PINS could be coming but would you pay for them?

Now that sponsored invites are already rolling out to beta testers, the BBM team is already looking at other ways to monetize BBM. One way noted in a recent survey sent out was the possibility of being able to customize your very own BlackBerry PIN, so instead of getting a bunch of random numbers and letters, you could potentially assign whatever you wanted as your PIN presumably with...