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A Blackberry phone's value is BBM so you can communicate with your fellow employees (supposedly anonymously) versus e-mail which seems incredibly formal in comp
by dhughes 14y ago
A Blackberry phone's value is BBM so you can communicate with your fellow employees (supposedly anonymously) versus e-mail which seems incredibly formal in comparison and BBM is faster too.
BBM is certainly not a replacement for e-mail but it's an alternative to, well, nothing.
- brisance 14y agoDisagree. Competitors like WhatsApp with greater cross-platform reach, on top of the repeated worldwide BBM outages in recent years contributed to RIM's woes, to the extent that having a BB now is considered a burden.
- JimmyL 14y agoWhatsApp has the cross-platform compatibility, but I find it horribly slow and inconsistent compared to BBM. When I send something with WhatsApp, I know it will probably get there, but I'm not sure when, in what order, or at what relative time - and it takes a while to figure that out. When I send something with BBM, I know that it will either get there instantly or not at all, and I know that right away. For me, the latter is better.
- fleitz 14y agoIt's not anonymous, I've written SOX/FINRA compliance software for BES/BBM and he who controls the BES server can access the BBM messages.
- dhughes 14y agoGood to know, I figured as much just to be on the safe side. Strike "supposedly".