BlackBerry Shares Latest BBM Usage Stats
I always enjoy when BlackBerry shares some of the usage stats for BlackBerry Messenger. This is a huge deal now that BBM is going cross platform. It will set the benchmark on how large the ecosystem will grow with BBM expanding. I am also curious if it will finally allow multiple device support… Here are…
BlackBerry App World Hits 3 Billion Downloads
RIM launched BlackBerry App World a little over 3 years ago and it has grown steadily since. They just announced that they have served over 3 billion downloads from the official BlackBerry storefront. That does not include third party BlackBerry app stores and other sources and averages out to over 2.5 million downloads a day…
WordPress Shares Download Stats for Latest PlayBook & Smartphone Releases
I find it interesting when developers share the download statistics for their apps since it gives us insight that we don’t usually get. This time we have Danilo, the lead developer of WordPress for BlackBerry, sharing the download stats for the latest WordPress for BlackBerry v1.6 that was released a week ago. According to their…
RIM Updates App World Device Breakdown Stats (Free & Premium)
We told you last week that RIM slipped in a little stat about the PlayBook making up 22% of paid app downloads in App World. Tim Neil from RIM followed up with us in the comments and confirmed that number and let us know that he has also updated the stats on the App World…
Wealthy Cellphone Owners Skew Towards BlackBerrys
According to a recent survey by Prosper Mobile Insights it seems like wealthy cellphone users tend to prefer BlackBerrys. According to MSNBC, Prosper surveyed 25,000 users for its survey and found that of those with household incomes of $150,000+ the found 11.3% had BlackBerrys. iPhone was not far behind with 10.9% and Android had 7.2%….
RIM Talks BlackBerry Messenger Growth Numbers
Every so often RIM shares with us how BlackBerry Messenger is doing. At the BBM Hackathon at NYC Tyler Lessard, VP of BlackBerry Alliances & Developer Relations, share the latest numbers. They are pretty impressive and I think it is the first time RIM has shared how many BBM groups there are. 45 Million active…
RIM Shares Interesting Stats and Facts at Sunnyvale BBDevDay
RIM has been making their way around 3 cities in the US along with Toronto with their BlackBerry Developer days. I sadly missed the one in NYC but they just had one in Sunnyvale, CA yesterday. I was following the tweets from the event and while some of the information was repeats there was some…
Nielsen: 40% of Mobile Users Use Internet in Bathroom and Other Interesting Charts
You can always count on Nielsen for some tasty headline bites. The latest was spotted by Engadget in a combo Nielsen/Yahoo report on mobile internet usage intended to provide insight into mobile shopping. On the other hand it provides some fun statistics that have nothing to do with mobile shopping that I just have to…