BBM Music Comes Out of Beta in US, Canada, & Australia With Free Extended 60 Day Trial

 BBM Music

That was relatively quick for RIM. RIM just let us know that BBM Music is now out of beta and will be available in App World starting later today at this link. The music catalog including millions of songs from Universal Music Group, Sony Music Entertainment, Warner Music Group, EMI, IODA: Independent Online Distribution Alliance, VidZone Digital Media and The Orchard and you select 50 of them to call your own. You then also share those songs with all your friends on BBM and you get access to their 50 favorite songs. You can use the BBM Music app for free after the 30 day (extended to 60 days for a limited time) free trial but for the full experience listening to full music tracks you need to pay $4.99/month otherwise you only get 30 second previews of songs.

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Check out a video demo of the app below:

In essence RIM is trying to setup BBM Music as a way for you to connect with your friends around music. With all of your friends collections you can have up to 1300 songs in your BBM Music profile that change as your friends modify them. With my beta of BBM Music I have seen this translate into you essentially having the latest hits along with classics on your BlackBerry with very little fluff. The main question is how many people will remain subscribed after the free trial period for you to keep those songs.

Either way you can read more about the service below or on RIM’s blog or pick it up in App World.

The BBM Music app is out of beta and will be available beginning later today* for BlackBerry® smartphone users** to download from BlackBerry App World. BBM Music is a BBM-connected music service that enables viral music discovery and social interaction, allowing music fans to connect on a whole new level.

BBM Music is a cloud-based service that allows users to enjoy an evolving, community-based music library together with their BBM Music friends. The size of a user’s music library continues to grow as they invite friends to join their community. Each user can select music from a catalog of millions of songs from Universal Music Group, Sony Music Entertainment, Warner Music Group, EMI, IODA: Independent Online Distribution Alliance, VidZone Digital Media and The Orchard.

Here’s how it works:

  • Download  BBM Music from BlackBerry App World, and select 50 songs that will automatically be shared with your BBM Music friends
  • The songs that your friends select (as well as the songs you selected) become part of your BBM Music library, thereby significantly increasing the number of songs you can listen to. For example: if you have 25 BBM Music friends, and each has 50 songs, your library could increase to 1,300 songs!
  • You can create music playlists comprised of any number of songs from your BBM Music library
  • Easily discover music that your BBM Music friends are listening to, and comment on your friends’ songs and playlists
  • Songs can be cached, so you can listen to music even when out of wireless coverage, such as when you are on the subway oron a flight
  • Each month, you can swap out up to half of the 50 songs you personally selected to explore new music

Availability:

BBM Music will be available beginning later today on BlackBerry App World in Canada and the United States, with additional regions launching shortly.

Free Trial and Subscription:

The innovative BBM Music service is available for a monthly subscription of $4.99 USD, with a 30 day ‘try before you buy’ offer***.  For a limited time, and on a first-come first-served basis, RIM is extending the free trial offer to a period of 60 days***, so download BBM Music today!

Quick Links:

* May take up to 24 hrs. to appear in the BlackBerry App World catalog.

** Application requirements:

  • BlackBerry® OS 5 or higher
  • BBM 6.0 or higher
  • User must have access to BlackBerry App World
  • SD card is recommended for caching songs

*** New BBM Music users only.  May not be combined with other offers. Payment information required to receive full trial period.   Following trial user placed into automatically renewing monthly subscription plan unless cancelled before end of trial period.  Limited time introductory offer may vary by BlackBerry device or carrier.  Additional charges may apply.  Subject to change.  See www.blackberry.com/bbmmusic for complete details and restrictions.

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