BlackBerry announced earlier this month that its
BlackBerry Messenger service will be coming to
Android smartphones and the
iPhone in the coming months. The company was
initially criticized for once again being late to the game, with services like iMessage, Facebook Messenger and WhatsApp having taken over the mobile messaging market. BlackBerry cofounder and former co-CEO Mike Lazaridis is optimistic about BBM’s future, however. The former executive
told Bloomberg that he believes iPhone and Android users will be quick to embrace the once popular service.
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