BlackBerry Messenger to offer Omnifone music service

Release Date 25 Aug, 2011 in The Guardian

RIM unveils new cloud-based music service Stuff.co.nz - 25 Aug, 2011 Research In Motion Ltd will unveil a new cloud-based social music sharing service called BBM Music, as companies begin to bet on entertainment delivered over the Internet that incorporates social networking features. Research in Motion, the maker of ...
	Blackberry launches BBM Music Telegraph.co.uk - Emma Barnett - 25 Aug, 2011 Blackberry has launched a monthly music subscription service called BBM Music, which it hopes will be popular amongst its millions of instant messenger users. Blackberry has launched a music subscription service called BBM Music. ...
Research In Motion rolls out music-sharing service MarketWatch - Judy McKinnon - 25 Aug, 2011 Research In Motion Ltd. /quotes/zigman/18534/quotes/nls/rimm RIMM -0.74% confirmed plans to roll out a music-sharing service, the latest move by the BlackBerry maker to bolster its position in the competitive smartphone market. ...
Jobs Resigns, Apple's Stock Drops and RIM's Goes Up? TIME - Matt Peckham - 25 Aug, 2011 Gauging the US stock market's like refereeing a game of psych-out, so caveat reader, but as short-term signals go, it looks like Apple's misfortunes�"say the world's most illustrious CEO resigning�"are not-so-disguised ...
	BlackBerry Messenger to offer Omnifone music service The Guardian - 25 Aug, 2011 BlackBerry Messenger has 45m users who could benefit from the Omnifone subscription music service. Photograph: Matt Crossick/PA Low-profile British company Omnifone is to offer music to BlackBerry Messenger's 45 million users in a deal that it claims ...
BlackBerry music sharing service unveiled CBC.ca - 25 Aug, 2011 Beginning of Story Content A monthly subscription to BBM Music will cost $4.99 in the US, but 'may vary by country and will be announced upon availability in each country,' RIM said in its release. A monthly subscription to BBM Music will cost $4.99 in ...
RIM's success with consumers doesn't depend on Apple's future: analysts Winnipeg Free Press - LuAnn LaSalle - 25 Aug, 2011 MONTREAL - Research In Motion will continue to struggle in the consumer market and the resignation of Apple CEO Steve Jobs won't give the BlackBerry maker an opportunity to recapture lost ground, analysts said Thursday. "I think that train has left the ...
RIM Announces Music Service for BlackBerry Messenger PC Magazine - Alex Colon - 25 Aug, 2011 RIM today announced BBM Music, a BlackBerry Messenger-based music service. According to RIM, BBM Music is a cloud-based music service that enables BlackBerry Messenger users to discover and share music through a community-based music ...
Research In Motion Launches $4.99/Month Music Service Forbes (blog) - Eric Savitz - 25 Aug, 2011 As has been widely rumored, Research In Motion is taking a stab at the music business. The company this morning announced BBM Music, a $4.99-a-month cloud-based service for “socially connected music fans.” The service includes “millions ...
	RIM rallies on song service, Apple founder's exit Reuters - Julie Gordon - 25 Aug, 2011 A person uses the new Blackberry Torch 9860 at a release party to promote the BlackBerry OS 7 devices in Toronto August 3, 2011. TORONTO (Reuters) - Shares of Research in Motion rose more than 2 percent on Thursday, after the BlackBerry maker unveiled ...
BBM Music: BlackBerry Maker RIM Previews New Social Service (PICTURES) Huffington Post - 25 Aug, 2011 BlackBerry maker RIM has launched its own social music service, BBM Music, which will be integrated with the company's BBM communications service. According to a post on the Official BlackBerry Blog, the BlackBerry-only service will be available "later ...
BlackBerry trials their new music sharing service, BBM Music NME.com - 25 Aug, 2011 Research In Motion, the company who own the BlackBerry device, will see BBM Music launch today (August 25) in closed beta format in the UK, US and Canada, with plans for the rest of the world to follow later this year. With licences from the four major ...
	BlackBerry maker cues up BBM Music The Guardian - 25 Aug, 2011 BBM Music went on trial on Thursday in the UK, US and Canada, and is expected to roll out to 18 countries later this year. For $4.99 a month �" UK prices have yet to be confirmed �" BBM users will have access to 50 songs. ...
Blackberry BBM adds social music cloud Register - Andrew Orlowski - 25 Aug, 2011 What distinguishes this from just-another-cloud service �" and there are dozens �" is that RIM has its own social network, and the service will be deeply integrated into BBM. And BBM, as many people - not ...
BlackBerry music service launched News24 - 25 Aug, 2011 This "travelogue" captures--in both a textual and visual way--the energy and contradictions of... Was R128.95 Now R109.95 Cape Town - Research In Motion (RIM) has announced a cloud-based music service for its BlackBerry smartphones. ...
	BlackBerry Music Service to Simulate Mixtape Experience RollingStone.com (blog) - Matthew Perpetua - 25 Aug, 2011 Research in Motion, the maker of BlackBerry smartphones, has revealed details of its new BBM Music service. Described as a "social music sharing and discovery service," the program �" which costs $5 per month �" is built into the BlackBerry Messaging ...
	BBM Music aims to make song-sharing even more social for BlackBerry users The Guardian (blog) - 25 Aug, 2011 You have to feel for Research In Motion. After months of near-constant negative headlines around the company's BlackBerry devices, it has just unveiled a genuinely innovative new music service built on top of its crown jewel: the BBM messaging app. ...
	RIM introduces its BBM music service Inquirer - Chris Martin - 25 Aug, 2011 CANADIAN MOBILE PHONE OUTFIT Research in Motion (RIM) has unveiled an on-the-go music service to rival the likes of Spotify and We7. RIM's music streaming service runs though Blackberry Messenger (BBM) and is currently in closed beta ...
	RIM unveils music-sharing service for BBM CNET - Steven Musil - 25 Aug, 2011 Research In Motion is hoping to bolster the popularity of its BlackBerry Messenger service with the launch of a music-sharing service as companies focus more attention on social networking. The maker of BlackBerry smartphones announced late this ...
RIM unveils new cloud-based music service Reuters Canada - Sakthi Prasad, Vinu Pilakkott - 25 Aug, 2011 (Reuters) - Canada's Research In Motion Ltd will unveil a new cloud-based social music sharing service called BBM Music, as companies begin to bet on entertainment delivered over the Internet that incorporates social networking features. ...
RIM set to roll out BBM Music, which shares songs through BlackBerry Messenger Winnipeg Free Press - 25 Aug, 2011 WATERLOO, Ont. - Research In Motion (TSX:RIM) has announced a new BlackBerry Messenger music sharing service. A trial of BBM Music begins in Canada, the US and the UK today. The service is expected to cost US$4.99 per month once it is fully available ...
	RIM announces new $5 BBM Music service focused on the social experience ZDNet (blog) - Matthew Miller - 25 Aug, 2011 Summary: RIM announced the new BBM Music service that provides a unique way to increase the songs available to you and share your music experience through BBM. I know it may sound crazy during this day ...
RIM to Charge $4.99 for BlackBerry Messenger Music Service Bloomberg - Hugo Miller - 25 Aug, 2011 Research In Motion Ltd. (RIM) will charge $4.99 a month for a music service on the BlackBerry smartphone that allows users to share songs through instant messaging in a bid to draw new users and challenge ...
RIM Announces BBM Music-A New Social Music Sharing and Discovery Service MarketWatch (press release) - 25 Aug, 2011 WATERLOO, ONTARIO, Aug 25, 2011 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- Editors Note: Photos for this release will be available on the Canadian Press picture wire and AP PhotoExpress. BBM Music is an easy-to-use cloud-based service that enables social and viral ...
BlackBerry unveils BBM Music app Financial Times (blog) - Tim Bradshaw - 25 Aug, 2011 BBM Music will offer tracks from all four major music labels which the BlackBerry owners can share on their “profiles”. BlackBerry devices already have a music store, powered by London's 7Digital, but BBM Music has a social twist: the more friends you ...
	RIM delves into music sharing with launch of BBM Music Globe and Mail - Omar El Akkad - 25 Aug, 2011 Research In Motion Ltd. RIM-T is launching a music-sharing service aimed at boosting its sagging fortunes in the consumer smart phone market and capitalizing on the runaway success of BlackBerry Messenger. RIM will launch the public beta version of BBM ...
Feds at least partly to blame for RIM's woes: Geist CANOE - Stefania Moretti - 25 Aug, 2011 The federal government is partially to blame for Research In Motion's failure to stay atop the smartphone game -- at least, that's what a leading Canadian technology expert says. This year has not been kind to the BlackBerry maker. ...
	BlackBerry's New Social Music Service Would've Been Rad in the '90s The Atlantic Wire - 25 Aug, 2011 Things are starting to look desperate for BlackBerry. Today Research in Motion launched BlackBerry's "new social music sharing and discovery service," the company announced in a press release. For $5 a month, users can store a whopping 50 songs to ...
	Blackberry confirms cloud-based, social music launch Marketing Week - Ronan Shields - 25 Aug, 2011 Blackberry is trialing a cloud-based music service that lets users build music libraries within their BBM (Blackberry Messenger) groups. BBM Music lets users select tracks from the catalogues of the industry's four major record labels to build a ...
	RIM's BBM Music starts beta in UK, USA, Canada Total Telecom - Lewis Dowling - 25 Aug, 2011 Music is to become more social for BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) after RIM on Thursday launched a free closed beta trial for a new cloud-based service, BBM Music. "We have partnered with leading music companies to provide a ...