Here within the CrackBerry community there are always going to be WhatsApp haters, but also lovers. From a personal perspective I think BBM is much better in so many ways, but I still continue to have WhatsApp installed for three or four iPhone users that won't use BBM for whatever reason.
Now that BBM is available on iOS, Android and Windows Phone I was wondering if you had ditched WhatsApp in favour of BBM? Or are you like me and still have a few buddies that love their WhatsApp and refuse to give it up?
As we have heard recently; the number of BBM users worldwide has increased to 91 milion and that's fantastic news for BlackBerry. Not just because it shows that users like BBM, but revenue now comes into the equation with the BBM Shop and advertising on BBM Channels.
So cast your vote in the following poll and let's all get a closer insight as to whether the number of WhatsApp users on BlackBerry is shrinking?
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CrackBerry Asks: Are you still using WhatsApp now that BBM is on all major mobile platforms?
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Only reason I still use Whatsapp is because of the group chat takes 50 pple compared to BBM's 30... increase bbm groups size limit and watch whatsapp die
Posted via CB10
Of course I do and will always use it! BBM can't beat Whatsapp so easily! Only few can admit it....
The magnificent BlackBerry Z10
WhatsApp is my main messenger app. I only use BBM with one other contact. And that's completely fine. Both apps solve the same problem in different ways and I like both equally. I don't think there's one which is much better than the other. The competition is fierce.
Posted via CB10
Yes, I still do. A majority of my contacts still use it. The most private people I tend to talk to already use BBM though.
Posted via CB10
Yes. I have more friends on whatsapp than bbm and bbm has some issues still on non BlackBerry devices.
Posted via CB10
I'm BBM user and I keep telling ppl to download bbm because I don't use what's up
At all
Posted via CB10
Whatsup completely won.
I always use it when I need to make my sms/mms communication free of charge. And you can do it in seconds just checking your partner in Whatsup user's list.
I see no such obvious advantages in BBM and don't really know what it exist for.
I love Blackberry, but sorry, it is
Posted via CB10
Yes because I'm part of a group on Whatsapp. Otherwise, no.
Posted via CB10 using my Passport
Not even on my phone anymore
Posted via CB10
Unfortunately, in my circle of friends and relatives Blackberry isn't that popular. Everybody uses bloody Whatsapp, and everytime I mention BBM they stare at me like "What the hell is wrong with you?" God forbid they would try it, even if it's multiplatform and free
Posted via CB10
Of course still!
There r many reason for that!
Will, it's yes become more less usage now, but we can't become independant of whatsapp yet
Posted via CB10
How shocking to find out BBM on Andoid is buggy as well! Blackberry's problem is you only get one chance to make a first impression and when you F up rolling out BBM to Android and iPhone and even months later it still doesn't work right on either, do they really think those users are going to keep coming back to try it again and again and just hope that one day it will actually work? At least WhatsApp rolls out updates that work! I love BBM but they only had one chance to impress iOS and Android users...and they failed miserably!
Poster via CB10 Bitch!
Nope
Posted via CB10
Shame that BBM is quite to the standard on other platforms as it is natively on BlackBerry. Bugs and glitches to work out on. Although I would rather use BBM than whatsapp. I like the UI much more on BBM. I just hate how nobody I know is using it and stubbornly stick to whatsapp.
Posted via CB10
what whatsapp?
Rockin' a Q10 - Z10 combo
I got no friends using BBM, so I stick with Whatsapp LOL
I have other instant messaging services I barely sign into, including skype. But I use bbm too. I will NEVER EVER trust whatsapp. I don't use it.
I work in the textile industry, and I find sending designs is easier with Whatsapp. I can send 9 pictures at once. Until BBM allows me to send several pictures at once, I will keep using my Whatsapp.
Proud owner of Z3! Disappointed in 9900!
I deleted BBM from my phone. Had enough of huge battery drain, even when app was closed. BlackBerry can't even make it working right on its own operating system, not to mention all buggy cross platform implementations.
Only blind fanboys can talk BS against whatsup while secretly using it, but will never admit it on this boards.
I had to reload it..
:( just to transfer video to family in the caribbean, BOX for BBM in that region is very slow.
Posted from my Awesome Z10!
I deleted whats app, moved to bbm.. otherwise call
Posted via CB10
I just encourage my friends to use BBM and they are all now starting to use it with me, so maybe this process will ween them of whatscrap and other inferior msg apps.
Posted via CB10
Most of my friends don't have BBM. Every one had installed it but after some while most of them un installed it. I only use it for channels. Even though I like BBM, I have no one to chat with.
Posted via ZED TEN
No not really, I still have it for the one or two stragglers but I'm on BBM all day!
Posted via CB10
I still use it as many of my friends can't get BBM to work in their droids.
Posted via CB10
More correctly, "Yes - None of my friends are using BBM."
I use both but mainly what's app as bbm is not so famous in India.
Posted via CB10
I have WhatsApp installed on my Z10 but I never use it. Before BBM was on Android I used SMS and GTalk now I only use BBM.
Posted via CB10
I like BBM but there are some limitations such as multiple photo sharing at once. Also, an error encounters while sharing single photo sometimes.
Posted via CB10
Here's the REAL problem with BBM in iOS...IT DOESN'T NOTIFY THE USER WHEN A MESSAGE COMES IN VIA BBM! So why bother? An iOS user has to MANUALLY open the BBM app to see if any new messages have come in!!! Ridiculous!
So no, I still have to use WhatsApp to communicate with an iOS user so they can at least see I've sent them a message!
It's been MONTHS since Blackberry introduced BBM for iOS, they've had several updates and yet STILL the most basic of all functions for a messaging app which is the need to BE NOTIFIED when a new message comes in is still NOT FUNCTIONAL!! It's bullshit!
Poster via CB10 Bitch!
I still use both...sure bbm is great, but there are features on whatsapp that I just love that bbm hasn't incorporated, or used to have but they ditched.
For instance, I love that I can backup my whatsapp chats and move them between devices...that was possible with bbm pre Blackberry 10, now it's no longer possible on any flavor of OS 10, not even on the Passport, despite several bbm users clamoring for it.
I love the fact I can send multiple pictures with whatsapp at once, up to 10 with bbm, I'll have to do 10 separate attachments to send 10 pictures...that is a huge time waster...
I love the fact I can delete specific portions of a whatsapp message whilst leaving the rest in tact...that comes in handy when you are planning a surprise birthday, a surprise romantic getaway and you have to enlist the help of others without your significant other being the wiser...lol
Posted via CB10
Duhhhh other folks in other countries can't afford the monthly subscription or their phones are too outdated
Posted by Phobe's Owner on the BlackBerry Q10
Okay, so I'm trying really hard to stay optimistic with BlackBerry. I really want them to succeed, but with the financial news for the quarter is just moral crushing.
Okay, so BBM. I have tried and tried to get people to jump on this messaging app, but how can I when this app does not even work on ios, android, and windows. If they do they are bombarded with bug issues.
I'm hoping for the best here with blackberry.
Blackberry Z30
Never used Whatsapp but I use BBM a lot. Family and Business. I love it but there are certainly many bugs. I find that if all the people at work using different platforms are not all current on updates that information in the lists get messed-up/jumbled. I'm a huge blackberry supporter and I hope they fix this because it's a huge problem.
Posted via CB10
Come to think of it, can't tell the last time I opened BBM.
Posted via CB10 on Blackberry Q5
Never used WhatsApp and never will. I encourage friends to get BBM. Ot, we text. Have to support BlackBerry
Posted from my Z30 on CB10
Yeah. The BBM apps for iOS and Android are not good.
Posted via CB10
I where is the option for Yes - I use it because the majority of my friend don't use Bbm?
Posted via CB10
People who talk about privacy forget that BBM shows if I read a message but did not respond to it. I hate that. Prefer email or text, but use BBM with select few people.
Love my Z30!
I'm the only one of my friends who either has a BlackBerry or BBM........
Posted via CB10
WhatsApp is still used on a daily basis for myself, some freinds do not use bbm and i have noticed bbm is buggy on other platforms. This is from a guy that switched from bb10 to my first andriod... Its been over half a year and not one day has passed that i still miss my blackberry. The passport is out, so hopefully thats on my list of new toys soon
Posted via the Android CrackBerry App!
Two comments :
It is amazing that just about 2 years ago, Whatsapp was one of the "must have" apps during the BB10 discussions. What short memories we have.
Secondly, of my 400 contacts, only 18 use BBM. Of my total number of contacts, 311 use whatsapp.
I have never or will never try to convert or persuade any one to buy BlackBerry or use their products. My choice to use BlackBerry, is because it meets my needs. The responsibility of recruiting, persuading and convincing others, is solely BlackBerry's
Posted via CB10
i use viber - no voice support cross platform bbm yet... so... and a lot of skype with my family they have no smartphones yet :)
If BlackBerry would only implement video calls on cross platform version I am sure Whatsapp users would consider crossing over.
Right now they have no need too...BLACKBERRY JUST DO IT!!!!!
Zwiped from my Zed
Truth to be told, most people who use BBM are hardcore fans who browse this site.
I own a Q10 and i love it and BBM, i even convinced all my friends to try BBM..but after a couple of weeks they uninstalled it.
WHy?, simple... because EVERYONE uses whatsApp. This will not chnage and i think BBM is just too niche to survive. People dont care about security anymore...and yes i hear people getting mad all the time because they have to give their phone number to be able to chat.... but snce EVERYONE uses whats app...theres no other option.
Sadly i dont use BBM anymore nbecause i have just ONE contact which is my GF, and she uses BBM with me when Whatsapp is down for whatever reason, and that happens like once a year.
I dont know guys... we should stop being in denyal and accept that BBM, even when having 91 mil users....is way WAYYYYY behind whatsapp.
I dont know how some here say they have 100+ contacts on BBM...damn...
And no.... i cannot go the "I UNINSTALLED IT AND IF YOU WANT TO FIND ME USE BBM"...because that is plain retarded since EVERYONE i know prefers whatsapp and i can be a rebel and go against it just because im a BBM fanboy.
It sucks, but thr truth is that BBM right now is nothing in cmparison to whatsapp...and the big majority of people who use whatsapp..dont give a flying dung about BBM will never do unless something groundshacking happens.
BlackBerry was probably just too late in opening BBM for other operating systems. They missed the opportunity and WhatsApp swooped in. Now it's gonna be hard to convince people and their whole contact list to use BBM instead of WhatsApp. Crowd control!
Posted via CB10
Text and Email only cause only one friend uses a BlackBerry.
BBM Channels for sure to get news from app developers like QtHelex ;-)
I like privacy and therefore I will never sell the private data from me or my friends for 0.89 Cent or more to WA/FB!
Real friends will understand this.
Snoopy from Germany w/ Porsche Design P´9982
Nope
Mr.C
Still using it as iOS users are slow to accept BBM in lieu of What's App. I prefer BBM and promote it as much as I can.
Posted via BlackBerry Z30
I used WhatsApp once because someone told me to get on it. I hadn't used it for months until I had learnt that I would get a significant boost in battery life if I were to uninstall it. Did that and never looked back. Haha now that BBM is high up there as a cross platform instant messenger with critical collaborative features, e.g., calendar, nothing else makes sense. On top of that, calls are crystal clear. Why settle for less?
Posted via BlackBerry Q10 on AT&T
Have never used WhatsCrap and never will.
Posted via Z10
I'm sorry but WhatsApp is much better for me personally. I find that BBM still has a few bugs and the pin code exchanging is just annoying.
Posted via CB10
BBM should come preinstalled on android, windows and apple phones, like it is on Blackberry. Whatsapp is a total rip off of BBM. Blackberry should sue.
Who's fault is that?
Posted via CB10
BBM does not support multiple emoticons easily, multiple picture sending, and video. So, WhatsApp for the win
Posted via CB10
I used BBM wiith my parents who live in korea because the voice quality is better compared to skype/kakao. I use whatsapp with my friends
Posted via CB10
Never used WhatsApp.
Ever seen the authorizations ?
Posted via CB10 from Q10
Where is the "Yes - I still have many friends who don't use BBM" option?
Posted via CB10
Yes, to chat with a friend from England. That's it
Spøøner of Harvest Mill☣ via z10 10.2.2.1531
Germany, Q10
I've got exactly one contact in BBM, and that's my Girlfriend, and she's there because I forced her to!
No one of my friends would ever skip to BBM for they wouldn't see no real reason!
BBM is so out of sight here, and since the NSA scandal, you can't convince anyone with the security thing!
Sometimes it seems to me that I'm the only BlackBerry user in the whole of Germany, and when Whatsapp was bought by Facebook I threw the topic into the discussion and a friend of mine was responding something like frantically : 'don't bother me with this kind of shit, what do you expect from me, when I get out of Whatsapp I'm totally cut off of ALL communication!!!'
And apart from that the most stupid argument I had to listen to was: 'I don't have anything to hide!'
Furthermore 91 Millions BBM users compared to over 500 millions Whatsapp users, BBM has still some ground to capture!
As always, please excuse my bad English!
Posted via CB10
I've tried to get all of my whatsapp friends to try BBM. The ones who did went back to whatsapp because (at least of iOS) three were pretty bad bugs.
Posted via CB10
The thing is none of my friends are using whatsapp or bbm... we just all use txt messages... so I have bbm for my channel a 1-2 contacts, but other than that I don't use it :(
Posted via CB10
I don’t know a single person who uses BBM
I have, literally, one person I communicate with on WhatsApp. The rest I communicate with via BBM and text messages.
Posted via CB10
Whatsapp suckssss
Posted via CB10
I have no use for either whatsapp or BBM, or any other third party messaging app. SMS texting works flawlessly between me and my circle. We don't mind exchanging phone numbers. No one I know uses either app either.
Posted via CB10
I do but prefer using BBM
Posted via CB10
95% of my friends and family still only use whatsapp.
Posted via CB10
I used it for about two weeks, and discovered it was highly efficient and sucking the life out of my battery.
Bbm and whatsapp always available on my BlackBerry smartphone
Posted via CB10
Short answer = No
Long answer = Nope
Never used whatsapp nor have I ever had the urge to. If someone won't use bbm then they text me. I don't give in to peer pressure. I make them use bbm eventually. Got people in past to start using BlackBerry just for bbm. If I have friends that use only whatsapp then screw them, they will use bbm if I have anything to do about it.
Lov
I have the odd friend on whatsapp. I would have more if they asked me to use it, but don't so I just text.
Bbm numero uno choice for me
Posted via CB10
Yes bcos bbm compresses any pic upload while whatsapp doesn't.
Posted via CB10
I use both WhatsApp and BlackBerry Messenger. WhatsApp is a bit easier to use, while the BBM is somewhat more comfortable. I have not been able to use the video mode yet, because I have just not been able to figure out how that works.
Posted via CB10
A colleague of mine has a Samsung Galaxy S3 mini with BBM on it. He is my main partner. Yet he also doesn't understand how the video mode works. This seems to be too complicated for everyone.
Posted via CB10
I still have *all the friends who don't use BBM
EVEN THOSE WHO USE A BLACKBERRY 10 DEVICE! WHY ARE MY FRIENDS SO LAME!
... why am I typing in caps
N'ermind
I'll leave
Hmm mm, they've not won the hearts of symbian and Java users though.
Posted via CB10
Just bbm and text for me.
Z-10'ing it on the T-mobile Network (USA)
The main reason by far that people I know prefer bbm is because you don't have to give people your phone number if you don't really know them that well, unlike whatsapp
Posted via CB10
To be honest I use both.
Posted via CB10
Sorry CB, but these questions are ridiculous. There are way more people in my contact list that use whatsapp and only 3 that use bbm. These 3 solely use bbm to keep in contact with me. I'm sure that there might be CB members who have a large number of bbm contacts, but the majority is and remains on whatsapp.
Posted via CB10
Three reasons why I still use it
1. Your can select more than one file at a time when sending attachments. Bbm only allows you to select one.
2. You can erase a comment without deleting the whole chat. Bbm if you try to delete a comment you lose all your chat info with that person.
3. You can view multiple photos sent from a whatsapp chat window without having to go back to your chat after viewing one photo.
Bbm if someone sends you 2 or more photos you have to open one then go back to bbm to open the other one.
Posted via CB10
Don't use it, whatsapp requires too many permissions and to make matters worse fb owns it now. They require access to people microphone, files, pin etc. That was the cut off point.
Posted via CB10
My last profile status on wats app was "if you need to contact me bbme " follows by my pin. Most of my contacts got bbm now. The others text me. Iv deleted the app. Haven't looked back
From my amazing z10,q5
I use both
Posted via CB10
Where's the option for "Yes, the majority of my friends and contacts are on WhatsApp"?
There are people texting all day long, without giving any significant information. I don't want to have them as contacts in BBM. But sometimes I want get in contact with them, so I reach them on WhatsApp.
I turned off any sound or vibrate for WhatsApp, so it doesn't disturb me any longer, but I can check for updates if I got some spare seconds. To be honest: it hardly can take longer than seconds to get all relevant information from a whole day on WhatsApp. But what I get on BBM gets my immediate attention.
Written with my Q10
nope, tried WhatsApp, wasn't for me. BBM and Text, and FB. No Viber, Skype, or Line either.
Yes, unfortunately...because no one uses BBM!
Posted via CB10
The messages of the group chat don't just disappear... that's also one of the reasons that I still use it.
I can't also change the group's name :(
Posted via CB10
Yes, but only because my parents are using Nokia Ashas
Posted via CB10
Let BlackBerry address this battery drain issue in Z30 because of bbm, this issue is driving me nuts.
Posted via CB10
What's what's app. :p
Posted via Z10/ CB10
I have it but rarely uses it, I guess in the odd one out here along with a few, but I find bbm is a lot better never like imitations either. Only use it for a few contacts like older family members. Even though I can text anywhere in the world I personally dislike texting seem to impersonal to me. With bbm it feels a lot more like a actual conversation than just words sent. Plus the whole security reasons with your phone number and all esp if you was to delete someone from your contact,they still have your number and can contact you still. Plus when people change numbers I can attest to this as it happened four times thus far, started a convo with some only to find out later it's another person I don't even know.
Send from the amazing powers of the Z30
Plus majority of the people I speak to are on bbm and ate close to.
Send from the amazing powers of the Z30
BBM is sometimes unreliable in group chats and also you can't easily attach pics into groups without leaving the chat. A major PITA and I don't know why BBRY just doesn't fix this since it would be so easy to do. BBM had it's big chance at the initial cross platform push but since that has mainly failed ppl have gone back to Whatsapp and that BBM chapter is now closed as far as they're concerned. I'm still using BBM when I can but it's only for 1:1 chats.
True
Posted via CB10
I still use WhatsApp because BBM is still a piece of garbage on any other platforms than BlackBerry 10. I got 3 of my friends to install BBM on Android and 2 iphones. They gave up after a week for reliability issues. No messages delivered, no notifications working....
The whole bad experience only strengthened my friends beliefs that BlackBerry is just a waste of time.
BBM implementation on other platforms just screams: "Hi guys. This is our half-arsed attempt at going cross platform. We are struggling as a company so take what we have and stop crying".
Yes, but I keep increasing my bbm contacts
Not one of my 900+ contacts use BBM. So, yes, I am using Whatsapp
Posted via CB10
Yes - all my friends and family are using whatsapp, unfortunately im not using bbm as much as I hoped.
Besides whatsapp people doing great job with the app and works perfectly cross platforms.
Posted via CB10
Whatsapp vk fb and bbm. In the Same time usually.
Posted via CB10
I use mainly Whatsapp, as only a couple of people I know use BBM. I tried mentioning the cross-platform BBM version, but nobody seems interested.
I am alone in BBM all my friends you whatsapp...
That why I am use whatsapp only...
Posted via CB10
In a word nope. If people wanna get hold of me it isn't difficult via a variety of mediums. For instant messaging though, it's BBM exclusively for me.
.3247 good and Carling.
of course..
does it better!
I use BBM with users who have BB. Rest (majority) still on Whatsapp. Non-BB users find it complicated, plus there is one annoying thing in BBM.. in group chat, you can neither send stickers nor send pic or video. You have to go to group page to upload a pic. Whatsapp allows this right from group or individual chat.
Love my Z30!
Never used whateverapp... don't know anyone that uses it either. I use Bbm or text. But then most of my friends use iPhone and imessage is their way to go
Posted via CB10
My friends complain BBM is a battery hog
Posted via CB10
Unfortunately yes I still do.
Changes in BBM on its needs to.change are:
Stop promoting to add ppl from contact list once done on initial install it should never ask again. This leads to annoyance and losing users on other r platforms which defeats the purpose even trying.
BlackBerry Z30 If it Don't Make Dollars, It don't Make Sense
I have 460 contacts on whatsapp and 20 group chats (exact numbers, I just checked).
As opposed to 47 contacts (many of them dead) and one random group of people I don't actually know offline.
I still use whatsapp a LOT!
Posted via CB10
No longer use it but a friend who switched to BBM for me created an icon that is hard on the eyes in protest, knowing I can't override it.
Posted via CB10
Most of my contacts have been using WhatsApp for ages and see no reason to install a third IM application (the other being ChatOn or Messages, depending on what was bundled with their phone). So, 75% + of my contacts are WhatsApp; the rest have seen the light ;-)
Posted via CB10
I am using bbm I dont have fudu whatsapp in my mobile
But my all friends on whatsapp
Exept only 2 or three friends
posted via Q10
WhatsApp is great. Most of friends don't like bbm on their phones.
Posted via CB10
I don't use either one.
Posted via CB10
Haven't used whatsapp in long time. Only when I need to send bunch of pictures at once
Posted via Z30 from the sunny Okanagan
NOPE!
Posted via CB10
Never used it, because it belongs to the Facebook family...
Posted via CB10
Use also whatsapp, cus others slowly migrating to bbm
Posted via CB10
BBM is the only messenger I have loaded. But it doesn't matter anyway because everyone just uses SMS now. Doesn't matter about features or whatever to them. Maybe if all carriers went back to charging per text then I could use BBM again. But for now all I have is SMS/MMS.
Z30STA100-5/10.3.0.1154 /T-Mobile USA
I use everything. Whatsapp, BBM, WeChat, GroupMe, Slack, Skype... my homescreen is full of IM clients.
Posted via CB10
Very hard for me to convince my friends here in Germany to use BBM. Most of them are using WhatsApp and their opininion is that they don't want to change because of some security features. For me it's BBM and nothing else!
Posted via my Z10
Nope not at all. My problem is getting my friends back to BBM.
Posted via CB10
Yes, because BBM Android version always crashes after login so I can't even try to like it.
Posted via CB10
I use Whatsapp mainly because it does not limit file size transfer and also because you send multiple pictures in one go. BBM cannot do that!
Posted via CB10
Yes, there hasn't been enough hype about Bbm. I do use it with my wife but it's not well known and I believe it's way better.
Posted via CB10
As much as I hate WhatsApp, I still have to use it, and the reason of this is because here in Argentina not everyone has a 4.0 (or newer) android os phone, or 6 (or newer) iOs iPhone. I think that I could convince my friends at the time bbm went cross platforms, but the fact that some of them had mostly older phones has been crucial. I don't think that they're going to jump to bbm by the time they can run it on their phones, but I keep trying to get them all in bbm. BBM is miles away from WhatsApp , it doesn't even compare. Such a shame that BlackBerry didn't take to consideration this aspect time ago.
I've had moderate success converting people to BBM, especially in cases where we need the BBM group functions.
That's said people still use whatsapp,but I don't use it as giving my phone number out and automatically being connected with anyone in my address book is not for me.
Posted via CB10
No, everyone whom I need either have BBM or wechat. I hate whatsapp
Posted via CB10
Sure, at the moment unfortunately BBM doesn't work properly on other platforms.
WhatsApp works better and the more multitude of my friends are on it.
So i really can't use bbm.
Posted via the Android CrackBerry App!
I have one BBM contact right now.... back when BBM launched cross platform, I got a number of people to try it. It either didn't work right, or in most cases noticeable reduced their battery life..... managed to get a few to try the "fixed" version later in Feb/Mar, but it was still not usable for them. At this point I don't think any of them will try again unless someone several others show them it works well.... and based on reviews in both Google Play and App Store, that isn't the case.
I never used it anyway, so :)
Q10
Another poll with inadequate options.
I don't use what's app and never did.
Posted via CB10
Actually most of my friends still use WhatsApp and therefore I use if as well... Sadly I only have 3 friends using BBM :(
Awesome = Z30
Nope,
Posted via CB10
Sending picture with BBM still not good. Better to have like WA do. Send a picture with better resolution so no need the original but can be acceptable to be seen.
Posted via CB10
I wish i could get rid of whatsapp. There are so many users and i dont Have time or patience to try and convince them.....
Posted via CB10
To convert those last few friends, it's best to delete WhatsApp and ask why they never talk to you anymore. Once put on the defensive they are much more receptive to installing BBM. :)
Posted from my phone no one cares about on a network no one cares about.
In all my years with BlackBerry I have never used BBM
Posted via CB10
I'm hardcore BBM, but although I've turned more than 42 ppl at this point, most still use Whatsapp or prefer it mainly due to
1. Easier methodology to add/invite users.
2. (and this is a BIGGIE) The inability to add in-line pics to the BBM Group Chats, rather you have to go out and then back into the pics area. And to further the issue, after inputing text attached to pic, it doesn't wrap the text and you can't see the entire text part of msg again unless you go back out and in again.
These two things may be trivial, but I'm speaking from direct non-BB user feedback.
I have served in many different sectors of the business industry, including owning multiple businesses of my own. I see so many things, ideas and methods that could better market BlackBerry to not just the business community, but everyone. At this point, I'm going check the BlackBerry careers site and see if I can just jump in!
Willy the Q - Miami, FL, on Q10
Never. I only use BBM.
Posted via CB10
Carriers in here "don't charge" WhatsApp so it will stay very popular
Posted via CB10
Most of my friends use WhatsApp and some even converted to Telegram but it drains the crap out of my battery (not native) so I don't use that. Only a few of my friends tried BBM, and none of them even use it anymore. The last time even used BBM to communicate with someone was months ago. BBM is non-existent on my phone. #ohwell
Posted via CB10
Bbm takes this app. Don't message anyone without bbm
Posted via CB10
Bbm recieve A LOT of hate from my worck group...
Posted via CrackBerry App
Bbm doesn't auto detect other users who have it like Whatsapp. Asking for Bbm code its a hustle sometimes.
Posted via CB10
Never used whatsapp to begin with. I have 4 BBM contacts. I use BBM to talk to my daughter's mainly because I can get them on ipad and because they have my z10. Everyone else I call or just text.
Posted via CB10
yes, I use it more offen than BBM
my friends either won't download BBM, or the ones that have states it drains their batteries
No I haven't since BBM moved to other platforms
Posted via CB10
No, I don't.
Posted via CB10
As long u can't send VN and Videos over BBM Groups, why should I change from Whatsapp??
Posted via CB10
Yes I am using whatsap than bbm.. as whatsap instalation is very easy and can find the contact imm.. bbm need to send request accept etc etc...
So o think wa s easy to activaye
Posted via CB10
Does not work over cellular. Only wifi...
Posted via CB10
Never used WhatsApp, and I never will.
Posted via CB10
Whatsapp as most of my contacts are using the same. And they don't seems to have a point to change over to BBM. Also the multiple image sharing and forwarding is so easy in Whatsapp which is not available in Bbm
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I still have the app but have never updated nor used it ever since all of my close friends and family, who are using iPhones, have downloaded BBM. :)
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I use Bbm for just family and close friends ..those with android..i forced them to download Bbm and they are delighted with the clarity of voice call.
Just can be bothered to do the same for all my Whatsapp contacts.
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BBM is my primary, I actually removed what's app after facebook purchase! And tough to any friends who still use it!
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Friends don't want to switch over. They've been using WhatsApp for so long that they don't want to migrate and specially not to BBM (their words)
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Only really use Whatsapp. BBM is pretty much dead over here in England
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I got 30 friends and family members on BBM. Only BBM for us.
From my phone.
I think BBM should be sexed up with new features to replace Twitter & Facebook too !
I use BBM primarily followed by text for the odd friend who hasn't downloaded BBM.
I refuse to give my information to facebook or Google.
Nope definitely dont use WhatsApp
Swordsmanship & Western Martial Arts Channel C000C9AF6
More or Less all of my friends have whatsapp And only one has BBM, so i can Say in italy, BBM il dead.. i know it's a shame brcause it's basically better, But this is The truth.
It's more complicated To install And To configure... while whatsapp is monkey proof..
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I use BBM, but in Panama, my contacts still using WhatsApp .. :(
Whatsup? uh?
From my phone.
I think that most of the ppl in general who's saying they don't know what is BBM I think they're lying because BBM take off like Rocket globally, so yeah liars
BlackBerry Innovation with a Difference
None of my cousins use BBM even though it's a singular replacement for WhatsApp, Viber & Skype (which all they use).
I don't like BBM for chatting it has some minor annoyances that don't make it a reliable experience for me. I hope that they can fix those and I might consider to come back.
Some of those annoyances are the bad quality of pictures, they should make it optional to add people with their phone number, and please, fix the network! When you use BBM with users from other platforms it's really annoying.
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Es cierto, y es una pena que la app de WhatsApp este mejor hecha para el mismísimo BB10.
Yo utilizo tanto BBM como WhatsApp, solo he persuadido a 4 contactos a instalarlo y de ellos solo 2 son usuarios activos conmigo, a los demás no les interesa.
Con usuarios de otras plataformas como Android tengo el problema de bajo volumen en las notas de voz, incluso algunas no son recibidas correctamente y no se pueden escuchar, en WhatsApp las notas de voz se graban y entregan con buen volumen y creo que nunca he tenido el problema de no ser entregadas.
Es frustrante que si estas reproduciendo música y escuchas o envías una nota de voz en BBM el reproductor se para totalmente, y tengo que abrir el reproductor y darle play nuevamente, en WhatsApp las notas de voz NO paran el reproductor de música solo se ajusta el volumen.
Otra cosa que frustra en la escritura es al momento de usar los emoticons, no te permite seleccionar uno seguido de otro sin que se active el teclado.
A mi me encanta BBM por sus características de privacidad, confirmación de envió y lectura de mensajes, pero es un hecho que se debe pulir la app URGENTE para todas las plataformas, sobre todo para BB10, es de risa que la competencia y tu principal rival tenga una app mejor hecha en tu propio OS (BB10).
Uso un Z10.
Never did only. Hahaha. Pc of #crap is #whatsapp ha ha ha
Posted via CB10 from P'9982.
I dislike Whatsapp, but everyone I know uses it. I got 3 friends to download BBM, but I'm their only contact and they end up just not using it and delete it... BlackBerry should have shown up to the party earlier with BBM and maybe everyone would have adopted it before Whatsapp.
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Honestly most of my friends refuse to get BBM. Shrugs. They recommend wechat instead. We tend to come to a compromise with whatsapp.
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I don't use WhatsApp, I deleted it when BBM went cross platform, so I only BBM & texts. In our family household of myself, my wife & 5 adult kids, most with partners, only myself & my wife have Blackberry's. All the others have IPhone's. If we BBM them on their IPhone's, half the time they tell us that they don't get any notifications, & we end up with no reply from them. Alternatively, we re-send the message as a text. Until BBM is bug-free, I believe we'll have an uphill struggle to get more people to use it... & that's a shame.
Posted on CB10 with my Q10
...anyone not using BBM is obviously unaware of the benefits. be a leader and show them the way. Blackberry really needs to get their marketing department in gear.
Posted via Z10
I have more friends on WhatsApp because they complain that BBM on Android, Windows and IOS is slow and it breaks and it not as reliable as WhatsApp
I stopped using WhatsApp immediately after test driving BBM on my awesome Z10.
Posted via Z10
NEWS FLASH!!! No one uses BBM! Had no luck trying to convince my friends to make the switch.
Sadly, I had the same experience with my buddies
This was my experience as well. Only one other person I know still uses a BlackBerry, and even he doesn't use BBM. Several of my foreign contacts use Whatsapp, so I use it too. Grudgingly. Text SMS/MMS is fine for domestic messaging.
Still using as with a lot of us, friends not installed BBM or not wanting too :)
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I still using it, because WA can send 10 pictures at a time and save it automatically.
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Yes
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I've always only had BBM.
arTie's berry "Q10"
Yes. The rest of the world is still to conquer.
Posted via CB10
Don't use it. SMS or BBM. Thats it.
Posted via CB10
Or Email.
I use both
Posted via CB10 by Z30
Their should be option for BBM with which we can close it while using 2G Network. It consume lot of data than whatsapp.
From Z10STL100-1/10.3.0.1052
I've uninstalled whatsapp from all my devices. Now I use only bbm or text.
Z30STA100-5/10.2.1.3247
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No whatsapp here. Most people use BBM. Whatsapp is thing of past or nobody knows what is. I do know that kids and teenagers are using KIK though they say it's fun..
Posted via CB10
I never used it.
T-Mobile USA Z10
I still use whatsapp. All my contacts use whatsapp. And they refuse to try something different as BBM. Sad but true.
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I'm Belgian and have quite a lot of contacts and friends in all of Europe, but I don't use BBM. Maybe people use it in the states but not over here, so none of the above options of the poll apply to me, even though I have a blackberry .
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use whatsapp, cause in russia BBM unvailable for all platforms. We can download it, only with proxy or in other country market (=
No multi-select option for attachments in BBM.
Posted via CB10
Yes, I still use WhatApp, but only because many of my friends and contacts are still utilizing WhatsApp. That being said, IMHO...BBM is better and I like it. I also recommend it to others and many are getting on board with BBM. Too bad BlackBerry didn't go cross platform with BBM years ago...
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Sadly I rarely use BBM as I only have one user on BBM, all others use WhatsApp. No one has or uses or wants to use BBM.
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Yes! And only one or two of my friends use BBM! :|
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I never use BBM in belgium nobody use it... and we use Viber instead of Whatsapp... Viber on BB sucks so... i'm stuck and that's one of the reason why i'm gonna switch back to iOS or Android...
Still have it because a lot of people are still reluctant to download bbm. Bbm needs a pin to connect with another. Whatsapp needs a phone number and makes it quicker to establish a contact base. Most folk don't care or know how to use the pin system. Bbm needs to step it up in this department.
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No I have never used it..
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No! Only about once every few months for 2 people. Everyone is using bbm now that I need to contact
C00121953 channel for car freaks!!
Never used Whatsapp!
Text mainly but I do BBM but I don't have to many contacts using BBM, I'm fortunate to be in the best BBM group ever.
No More Music!!!!! No More Videos!!!
I use Whatsapp only for my family overseas. They seem to be stuck with Whatsapp, even though bbm is much better.
Posted via CB10
Nope...No Whatsapp nor Viber...
Cartman says: Screw you guys I'm going home!
WhatsApp? What is that? lol
Only used a few times a long time ago and deleted it and got a few of my friends using BBM!
BBM Kicks A SS
What's WhatsApp, Doc? ☺
I'm working hard to get the word out about BBM with my contacts.
It would be good if you could simply forward a message in BBM, just as in whatsapp.
Currently you have to copy a message and paste it instead of forwarding.
Posted via CB10
Whatsap is better than bbm . Bbm freeze. I hate bbm
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Nope. Deleted once BBM went cross platform.
STL100-3 | Rogers | 10.3.0.xxxx
Seriously, what was one supposed to do? Delete whatsapp and email them all saying "From now on, it's BBM or we're no longer friends?"
Asked all my primary contacts to go with BBM. So yes your suggestion is a good start.
STL100-3 | Rogers | 10.3.0.xxxx
I like that idea, diegonei. ☺
Yes I do because just other day tried installing BBM on my wife's lumia 720 and the darn thing never worked :-(. Sorry to say but that's a fact.
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I wasted 4 hours trying to fix this very issue last saturday. An update is in need there.
I use BBM, but most of my friends and family members use wtsap. However, I try to convince them to use BBM. They've noticed issues with the BBM cross platform app like on Windows phones, it won't start or takes lot of time and crashes...
This needs to be fixed seriously at the earliest.
Posted via Z10 STL 100-1, 10.3.0.1154
Yes I do. Some of my friends/contacts claim that BBM is slow and doesn't notify them.Don't like whatsapp but I'm not a fanatic and it can be used even if you are a hardcore bberry user. There is a niche for everything.
Posted via CB10
No more. If they want to message me, they message me thru bbm!
Posted using BBQ10 - sTm
I wish my WhatsApp contacts would simply install BBM. But, most of them are iPhone users and complain that they don't get notifications from BBM...
I deleted Whatsapp a year ago and never looked back. Never liked it as the service was cumbersome and somewhat sketchy in terms of reliably. They also seem to be infected with the same problems that plagued the old BlackBerry. That being to over promise and under deliver. Where is that reliable voice and video service we were supposed to get last April.
The truth is that Whatsapp is a semi reliable chat service that's pillages your privacy. BBM has moved beyond this to become a private service platform. That is what makes BBM special and commercially distinct from chat apps.
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Never had Whatsapp, family and friends either bmm or text me.
The existence of WhatsApp and it's continued success is one of the main reasons most of the smartphone users have "ditched" BlackBerry. Mr. Chen should put the 3 Billion to good use and ACQUIRE WhatsApp, not tweak with it (improve it) and cross fertilize with BBM, bring people back without them noticing. A next round of good simple - to - understand phones (1 qwerty and 1 touch screen), GOOD marketing (product placement, real stories) and competitive prices (30% discount vs Samsung - Apple) might give BlackBerry enough breathing room to rebuild. Don't skimp on the R&D.
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Well for starters if BBM would stop compressing my images, I might have gone with it only.
Posted via CB10
Don't like that it looks through all my contacts so no I tried and deleted it.
Also ay be you could include a fourth option for those who use text/mms exclusively
"I love when people boast about their phones...like its a pissing contest"
With the exception of three people, everyone I know who doesn't have a BlackBerry has an iPhone. There is a great lack of variety in platforms. Since the majority is iPhone, they seem not to bother with Whatsapp, they just iMessage each other. I only had one person who actually used Whatsapp. I deleted it a long time ago, don't miss it.
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Everyone has WhatsApp in ireland
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BBM groups suck big time.
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I dont have a friend that is using BBM - i think nearly nobody does here in germany
Sent from my fabulous Q10
BBM can be better, but i dont even use it, is just wasting space.. i only have like 2 contacts, i much perfer whatsapp, since BBM is missing alot of feature that whatsapp has.
We need more options!! I primarily use BBM now. I ditched WhatsAPP but a few friends won't really use BBM and stick to SMS
Almost never. 2 friends on it vs. 18 on BBM.
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I have no friends on BBM with them all on Whatsapp. So I either use it or miss out on all of the group conversation on there!!
Posted via CB10
It's tough to get folks to use BBM when it does what all the other messengers do... BBM video will definitely make it easier to get folks to switch... wink wink...
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Unfortunately, everyone I know uses Whatsapp. I tried converting some people to BBM but my list has dwindled over the years. However I will always love my BlackBerry and promote it where possible.
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I use it forced.. I prefer BBM
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Work in Yemen but MTN have blocked BBM. Use video and chat when on wifi and would never twitch to alternatives. Crystal clear video with my family is priceless!
So I have WhatsApp in use for when I am away from wifi and to be honest I am happy with the compromise. If anything I am more social as many of my contacts use it.
Will never leave BlackBerry!
Posted via CB10
What's whatsapp? I swear if anyone tried taking me into installing yet another instant chat app when they cam already text me, Facebook and email me, I would be likely to consider deleting them from my friend list.
My Z10 came with BBM so I use it, video calls on it are great and I know the person ok the other end is not some iSheep kid.
I now have 30 bbm contacts of which only 3 seem to use it. Of course they are professionals, they have as much time and Interest as if do for instant chatting.
As for whatsapp adding people automatically for you...NO F'ING THANKS! I'm not that bloody lazy and I like to choose for myself, carefully, who can bug the shit out of me on an instant platform.
I am quite busy and well connected enough with Facebook, linked in and BBM I just don't see the need for yet another chat client. That goes for LINE as well, I kean what the hell is that and why are the shelled installing it, just for something to do on their droids?! Too much replication...
BBM +1
Whatsapp -10
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And frankly, BBM on iOS lacks the basic feature that is to send and receive a text. You can send a message on BBM easily but you can never receive one. If somebody sends you a BBM he will have to WhatsApp you and inform that I have sent a BBM and then you open BBM and wait for a minute or so and then the message finally arrives. So basically BBM on iOS is useless.
Posted via Z10 while waiting for Passport.
The poll should have had the option of "No, I've never used WhatsApp"
But I may be in the minority.
Z10 with OS 10.2.1.3247
It should have the option of "neither - I don't have friends on either messaging platform"
OS 10.2.1.3253/STL 100-4/Verizon Z10
I prefer BBM, but I have often to resort to Whatsapp because some friends don't have a BlackBerry device and their BBM, in particular on WP, is not reliable. A friend on WP ( Nokia 1020) sometimes doesn't receive notifications. And sometimes even if the message arrives, but it can't be opened.
Posted via CB10
Unlimited texts and BBM are good enough. Don't need everyone who has ever had my email address to have my cell number.
Posted via CB10
I use both! I much prefer BBm although saying that there are still bugs on ios with bbm. No matter how much we have tried soft re booting or updating bbm some people just don't get there messages. So I give up and use WhatsApp. I already seem like I have shares in BBm. I can't do any more after all this time. I hate to say it but What app is just a better app!
Posted via CB10
Yes, because BBM on iOS sucks. BBM developers needs to see how WhatsApp messages are sent and received on iOS. People who installed BBM on their iPhone are not even using it because BBM iOS is different than the one on BlackBerry OS
Posted via Z10 while waiting for Passport.
I have more than 100 friends using smartphone but only 17 of them are on bbm. So sad that whatsapp still popular more than bbm in Vietnam
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