After leaks of the BBM app apk yesterday, Blackberry have announced the suspension of the big rollout of BBM for Android.
In case you don't know, the app which was supposed to be launched for Android (by 12noon Nigerian time) on the Google Playstore didn't show up.
While it's counterpart BBM for iOS was released in some countries, it's rollout will also be suspended!
The reason for the suspension is that more than 1.1 million users have already downloaded the leaked app causing some instabilities and hence a halt in the launch of the app.
BlackBerry claimed to have been working all day to fix the problems caused by the leak but to no avail.
Those who have already downloaded the iOS app would still be able to use it but the Android app would be suspended. Too bad:(...
However, Blackberry now plans to stage a staggered country rollout for BBM on Android and do a fresh rollout for iOS.
The company has also remained silent concerning the date of this new staggered rollout.
BBM for iOS and Android was announced back in May at the BlackBerry Live conference, and the company had committed to a launch before the end of this summer.
Thanks to the leaked apk, the set time frame no longer seems attainable.
Source: The Verge
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