Back in January, we had heard that
BBM could soon be making its way
onto older Android devices still
running Android 2.3 Gingerbread.
Towards the end of the month, we
heard that its release would be soon and sure enough soon is correct as
BlackBerry has officially released a
new build of BBM that would target
Android users still running on
Android 2.3 Gingerbread, so if
you’re still holding onto a device that cannot be updated beyond
Android 2.3.7 Gingerbread but
would love to get your hands on the
BBM app, you will be able to do so
by heading on over to the Google Play Store for the free download. As it stands, based on the latest
Android distribution figures,
Android Gingerbread devices
account for about 20% of the
Android market at the moment. This
means that at least one fifth of Android users out there are still
using older builds of Android that
they have either chosen not to
update, or are unable to update as
their handsets aren't powerful
enough. Granted those figures will probably go down over time, but
that also means that BlackBerry
has one fifth of the Android market
that they have not tapped into.
With BlackBerry not doing so hot at the
moment, we guess the next best thing would be to spread their
services around, even if their
hardware isn't necessarily selling as
well.
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