There is absolutely no way that the recent launch(es) of BlackBerry’s famous BBM app for Android and the iPhone could have embodied BlackBerry’s dramatic history any more perfectly. First and foremost, the company’s cross-platform offerings are launching years later than most industry watchers believe they should have. Then, when BlackBerry finally did manage to debut its BBM for Android and BBM for iPhone apps, it had to halt their rollout due to some major technical issues. The company-relaunched the apps this past Monday with a queue system that would help manage the rush of activations, and BBM for iPhone quickly shot to No.1 on Apple’s top free apps chart in the U.S. After that, it conquered the world.-Apple issued its



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