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BlackBerry Messenger 7 with included BBM Voice was launched in December and today we’ve got the word from the Canadian company that they’ve surpassed 50 million BBM Voice calls. The figure includes only owners of BlackBerry 6 OS or higher devices with those running an older version of the platform (5.0) only now being able to join the game — with the new BBM 7.0.1.
If you’ve been living under a rock or are just plain ignorant about everything BlackBerry, you should know that BBM Voice adds VoIP phone calls to the mix, allowing BBM users to talk for free.
While it has certainly seen better days, BlackBerry still counts more than 79 million subscribers worldwide, 60 million of which are BBM users.
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Dusan Belic
Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.
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