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BlackBerry Takes Advantage of iMessage Spam Reports to Tout BBM
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No spam here, either. Got to wonder who's getting the spam.
If you think a Canadian message service might be more secure, duckduckgo FIVE EYES.
If you think a Canadian message service might be more secure, duckduckgo FIVE EYES.
Actually, you're wrong. As some others have already pointed out in the thread, BBM has had spam.
Hopefully this attention will motivate Apple to make the spam reporting process more streamline, rather than having to screenshot of the message you have received, include the full email address or phone number you received the unwanted message from, and include the date and time that you received the message. There should just be a simple "Report this Message" option.
Blackberry missed the boat.
Their lack of innovation let others surpass their success.
Unfortunately that is happening to apple.
Remember the iPad had 75% of the tablet market and now that's under 30%
Apple please innovate !
You're a joke. Do some research. The tablets saturating the market are the 49.99 - 99.99 tablets you buy as a stocking stuffer. Let's not forget who innovated the tablet market and kicked other companies in the ass to innovate.
Oh please!
I hardy ever got a spammer on my iMessage at all... BlackBerry is getting dumber... lately!
I hardy ever got a spammer on my iMessage
at all... BlackBerry is getting dumber... lately!
I never got any spam. But if it is a real problem for some people I hope steps up and does something against it.
And while I am at it. Spam filtering in iOS Mail just sucks.
steps up and does something against it.And while I am at it. Spam filtering in iOS Mail just sucks.
BB10 and BBM
Blackberry is very much alive and kicking and it's stock is up 16% year to date. BBM actually has around the same number of iMessage users worldwide and statistically is picking up a lot of steam in the US. I am an Apple fanatic and iPhone user for 5 years but recently switched to a Blackberry Q10. The BB10 operating system was built from the ground up in 2013 on QNX which is the fastest and most stable OS used by the likes of NASA, Mercedes, and in the Blackberry formula 1 cars. In my honest opinion BB10 is much more fluid and modern than iOS and is much more productive and secure. BB Hub saves me countless hours in responding to work and personal communications since they are all organized in one place that is accessible from any app and screen using a peek and flow gesture. Also, Blackberry now natively runs Android and Amazon App Store apps in the their own secure space. The other reason that I switched are that all of upcoming features in iOS8 have been in BB10 for 2 years including in app responding to messages and a fully customizable settings pull-down. Apple is an amazing company but you owe it to yourself to look at another option such as Blackberry who maybe late but have become very innovative and are indeed making a comeback. Stay tuned for the Passport and BB10.3. No, I am not a troll or BB employee, I am a UX/UI designer for a MLB organization.
Blackberry is very much alive and kicking and it's stock is up 16% year to date. BBM actually has around the same number of iMessage users worldwide and statistically is picking up a lot of steam in the US. I am an Apple fanatic and iPhone user for 5 years but recently switched to a Blackberry Q10. The BB10 operating system was built from the ground up in 2013 on QNX which is the fastest and most stable OS used by the likes of NASA, Mercedes, and in the Blackberry formula 1 cars. In my honest opinion BB10 is much more fluid and modern than iOS and is much more productive and secure. BB Hub saves me countless hours in responding to work and personal communications since they are all organized in one place that is accessible from any app and screen using a peek and flow gesture. Also, Blackberry now natively runs Android and Amazon App Store apps in the their own secure space. The other reason that I switched are that all of upcoming features in iOS8 have been in BB10 for 2 years including in app responding to messages and a fully customizable settings pull-down. Apple is an amazing company but you owe it to yourself to look at another option such as Blackberry who maybe late but have become very innovative and are indeed making a comeback. Stay tuned for the Passport and BB10.3. No, I am not a troll or BB employee, I am a UX/UI designer for a MLB organization.
I have nothing to do with Blackberry and just gave it a shot and found it to be a great experience. There came a point when I asked myself, why do I push a button, swipe, enter my code just to get into the phone and then double press a button to multi-task. That isn't really multi-tasking at all. So no, this is not a PR marketing campaign, just an honest opinion from a guy who wants to get stuff done in Milwaukee, WI U.S.A. I own a 2013 Macbook Pro 15, 2013 iMac, and 2013 iPod Nano. My Blackberry compliments them all well as a productivity tool.
I don't get spammed and I use my phone a lot. I think the reason why I don't get spammed is because my Apple ID is an email address that I just use for important things like my Apple ID, my bank, my medical, and other important things. If I want to sign up for junk, I use one of the aliases I have just for that, and I have another alias for forums and websites that I go on also. I also get very little spam in my email too (my important ones), I get a spam once every few months.
Just set your settings to only except from your contacts in iMessages. Problem solved.
I'll probably hear my boss say it tomorrow. It's like he surfs the web all day in search of the latest and greatest buzzwords
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