Feel bad for Blackberry (formerly Research in Motion)

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The BBM for Android and iPhone app collapsed (see TechCrunch article).

Feel bad for those guys. Note my first smart phone is a Blackberry.

It appears they got some serious problem with the scale of BBM on Android
and iPhone app rollout. It’s possible the talent guys already left the boat.
..basically they put half baked stuff out there.

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