Comments on: What If: RIM Released BlackBerry Connect for the iPhone?!

By: Geoff

Geoff — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 14:00:57 +0000

I think this would be great, especially from an IT perspective. We haev deployed over 150 iPhones and our BB numbers have dropped. There is no way to monitor the iPhone like a BES, so by incorporating a license structure for the iphone in a BES would benifit RIM and help Apple to get more of a push into the Enterprise market

... Then again Apple could just buy-out RIM.

By: Shad

Shad — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:30:17 +0000

This would be very awesome!!

By: Adam Eisenman

Adam Eisenman — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 23:13:44 +0000

We don’t need to wait for Apple to do this anymore. Somebody has figured out how to communicate over BBM using an iPhone. Here’s the demo.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjuoswXon-Y

By: Sherley

Sherley — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 20:39:36 +0000

Yeeessss Ping! is here… I do have a Blackberry Bold, I bought it before iTunes 3.0 release… I didn’t sell my BB because most of my friends use it and my husband use iPhone.. I also didn’t bought iphone 3Gs because I have iPod Touch… And the good news is Ping! can be use with iPod Touch..so I don’t have to buy anything new but still connected with all my BBM friends and iPhone friends… it’s not our war .. It’s their business “war” we costumer just enjoy all this great technology do to make our life easier… Peace!

By: Amir's Dad

Amir's Dad — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 18:49:16 +0000

For those who didn't know, iphone has released their own I'm software/app. Its an iphone to iphone instant messaging capability. Its called Ping. Download it and enjoy with other iphone users.

I agree. I would be great if we could chat via BB to Iphone but it'll take some time for it to happen. BB was to release their Blackberry Application Suite in 2007 for Windows Mobile phones which would allow those phones to install BB software in addition to the windows software. It does include BBM. Now we're coming to the end of 2009 and it still hasn't been released. Supposedly its suppose to be out before the year ends but we'll see.

By: Colin

Colin — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 16:39:57 +0000

I do get push email on my iphone. Fully synched calendar and contacts immediately. Becuase I have had this since the beginning I am wondering why other people haven’t. Although the iphone email (on my phone at least) is far better than the Blackberry, Browsing is better and of course the apps are better, my daughter still wants a blackberry because it has BB Messenger and her friends have blackberries. It is now the only thing Blackberry has left. Setting up Push on my iphone was as easy as it is and took about 2 mins..

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 17:37:41 +0000

Being a former BB user, and current iPhone user, BBM is the only thing i miss, and wish i had for my iPhone. iPhone is def a better phone than ANY of the BB’s IMO, and having BBM on the iPhone would solidify that opinion.

By: Al

Al — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 22:42:07 +0000

As a blackberry user, if bbm becomes available on the iphone, i will switch to the iphone. I would love to see it, but RIM would be crazy to allow it. I am locked in now to them for that reason.

By: Art

Art — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 22:58:42 +0000

I’d be all over this.

By: Cam

Cam — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 20:29:40 +0000

Me neither. lol

By: Ana

Ana — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 18:03:33 +0000

If BB msgr were implemented into the iphone that would MORE than OK by me that’s the only thing that appeals to me from the BB….but I don’t see it happening.

By: Steve

Steve — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 15:54:46 +0000

I don’t want anything to do with BlackBerry anything.

By: gquaglia

gquaglia — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 15:14:51 +0000

Blackberry Messenger is really the only thing keeping me on BB. If this happened, iphone here I come.

By: Tony

Tony — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 12:55:15 +0000

If…and it’s a big IF the iPhone gets BB Messenger. I will camp out…do whatever it takes to get that new iPhone. It’s really all that’s missing for me. Apple will have the market cornered and there will be no competition at all..it’ll be wrap. The chances of RIM allowing Apple to do that are slim to nil, but we can all dream, right?

By: Cam

Cam — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 12:40:50 +0000

Im on the edge of getting a blackberry storm because of this. I wish my iphone did have something like BBM or at least pushed all my mail like the blackberry does. I was hoping the 3.0 update would have something like that on it but it doesnt look like it will. So it looks like i may be saying good bye to my iphone. sniff sniff.

By: Laurent

Laurent — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 08:28:35 +0000

BB Messenger on an Iphone ...

you've got a new iphone fan!

By: frog

frog — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 08:28:19 +0000

Casper: Blackberry push is implemented in a way that it hardly touches the battery life. And BB have it patented. Push on all other platforms, including the iPhone, is just as functional – it just destroys the battery really quickly.

By: Casper TFG

Casper TFG — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 08:02:59 +0000

Can someone put me out of my misery and spell it out for me...

If...

ICal will sync on iPhone 3.0 If Contacts will sync on iPhone 3.0 If mail already pushes via Mobile Me

What exactly is the feature gap between IPhone and Blackberry?

Are we just talking about a 15 min slowness of Mobile Me's push and lack of Mac Mail ToDos.. Or is the the security you would want?

Or is it a more fundamental problem than the above?

Please explain, I don't get it..

Signed- A Blackberry owner, who is trying to cure himself of red light fever...(honestly, its not very GTD to be watching your inbox..!)

By: Tim Lems

Tim Lems — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 07:53:49 +0000

The only reason why many people have a blackberry is BBM. This is one major weakness of the iPhone . they either create their own typeof BBM style function, or have to buy RIM in my opinion. They need to stay ahead of the game!

By: Kuldip

Kuldip — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 05:56:05 +0000

Whoa…BBM on the iPhone?! That would rock!

By: andrew

andrew — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 05:37:16 +0000

I don’t think RIM would do such a thing, although I don’t think it would cause a mayor lost on RIM side. In my case, I went back from the iphone to my blackberry just for the simple fact that I never got used to the keyboard but don’t get me wrong the iphone is a good phone but i like blackberries more.

By: DDay

DDay — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 05:08:27 +0000

I would only want this so I could talk shite with my brother during Fantasy Football.

By: Bla1ze

Bla1ze — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 05:00:11 +0000

It would be that final “push” needed to get me on an iPhone, yes…pun intended

By: Duvi

Duvi — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 04:42:52 +0000

Oops... typo.

I would pay more*

By: Duvi

Duvi — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 04:42:29 +0000

In fact, I would pay the difference!

BTW, it could happen. The iPhone data plan is not Apple's, it's AT&T data unlike RIM and their own data server.

By: Duvi

Duvi — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 04:38:57 +0000

I won’t lie, bb connect + bbm would make the iPhone perfect in my eyes. I remember telling Ash. Hehe. Like you said, no way in Hull.

By: Cruiz1022

Cruiz1022 — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 04:22:21 +0000

wow that would be amazing. it would make me go back to the iPhone

By: Nicholas Ahn

Nicholas Ahn — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 04:04:12 +0000

Push BIS Too? Same efficiency as a regular bb? I”M SO IN

By: iAirmanshirk

iAirmanshirk — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 04:02:54 +0000

Ban him! hahah its all ridiculously unnecessary

By: Joost Ueffing

Joost Ueffing — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 03:56:29 +0000

Rene: I will not be silenced!! Attica! Attica!

By: Joost Ueffing

Joost Ueffing — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 03:52:31 +0000

And yes, I would definitely want and would pay for a service like this. It would make the iPhone so much more useful as a business device it's not funny.

And there is no way Apple would or could buy RIM... RIM would put up too much of a fight. Be much more profitable for RIM to license Blackberry Connect.

By: nick9283

nick9283 — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 03:48:54 +0000

i too have become addicted to the red light and would love to see instant notifications like bbry on the iphone.

By: Rene Ritchie

Rene Ritchie — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 03:48:20 +0000

Joost — shhh!

By: Joost Ueffing

Joost Ueffing — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 03:46:50 +0000

Ummm…. dude… Hull is in Quebec.

By: Tash

Tash — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 03:43:42 +0000

I forgot to mention. My opinion is for apple to buy RIM and put the BES through the apple development machine as well as get rid of the blackberry software and make blackberry hardware (yes with keys). They can take over the corporate market with iBerry and the consumer market with iPhone. You heard it here first ladies and gents.

By: Tash

Tash — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 03:40:43 +0000

Hell yeah I would want it. BES is the only reason I gave my my iphone for a blackberry. I refuse to carry 2 phones. RIM makes a lot of money off the sales of their BES servers. They will lose device money but if they license blackberry connect they cannot say no to apple. It would be illegal. They would have to stop blackberry connect all-together.

By: llofte

llofte — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 03:32:02 +0000

This would be very cool, but there’s no way it’ll happen. RIM would be stupid to allow it… they’ll lose customers!

By: Albert

Albert — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 03:30:37 +0000

Interesting proposition, but highly unlikely.

By: iAirmanshirk

iAirmanshirk — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 03:28:54 +0000

How likely is it though.. i think it would put blackberry out of bussiness haha