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23and14and20 said
BBM is still somewhat popular in the philippines since some leading companies still provide blackberry as corporate office phones.  colleagues normally used BBM for reporting and qucik sms-type reply to each other.

Oh, yes, when I used to work for a multinational company here in my country, I was forced to use BBM, since everybody used it and employees could communicate easier through free chat apps and similar features. But still, there was something about the keyboard that felt uncomfortable on that old models

23and14and20 said
agree. especially if you are so used to touch screen.  BBM on blackberry keyboard seem so dull and boring. buy hey, serves it’s purpose and since it is an office phone, you can do anything but comply.  work is work anyway!

Indeed, that dull keyboard was effective for business. Still, the new models on touch screen are more attractive, too bad there are so little apps designed for BBM, even Nokia has a more generous offer

23and14and20 said
though the keyboard is boring, owners don’t have a choice but use BBM since it is an office phone and all discussion is official and you need to comply. Now i wonder how many percentage of BBM users is actually on personal preference and not work related? maybe 10%? what’s your guess costin?

I would say less, probably 5%-7%. At least, in my country carriers reached the sad performance of promoting BBM for 0 Euro, with a 2-year contract, just to make sure they would get rid of the stocks. BBM might be a perfect office tool, but its design has to be constantly improved, to align to Android or iOS vogue