S3_Internet_instant+messaging

Definition/Theory (Class Summary)
It is a form of comunicating the transmission of text based messanger from sender to reciver and it offers real -time direct written language based online chat

News Articles
http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-19736_7-20038930-251.html
 * Rumor: RIM's BlackBerry Messenger coming to Android, iOS

I think RIM wont accept sharing BBM with android and Apple because one of the reasons people buy a blackberry is for having faster and cheaper communication with other users. I think if RIM shared this application with other companies that are their principal competition; the number of people buying a blackberry will start to be less. I think this would happen because as a personal experience using another application such as whatsapp is not the best between a blackberry and an Android phone. The texts get to the other phone really late and sometimes they get to the other phone after one day. I am not completely sure if that only happens between the xperia x10 and blackberry but that is a reason I would prefer to buy a blackberry and use BBM which is faster and has more function in the case of using whatsapp application for blackberry. Because in the last one you can only send tests and receive but not share pictures, music, videos, etc. That is why I consider if RIM shares BBM application with other companies which are their principal competitors. RIM would be losing lots of customers. (By Sergio Martínez)

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