BBM for Android, iOS will release within few days

BlackBerry's chief marketing officer, Frank Boulben promised that the BBM for Android and iOS platform is expected to launch within days.

BlackBerry had released BlackBerry Messenger for Android and iOS platforms back in September this year but forced to withdraw the same after the Android build of BBM got leaked before the official release. Now Frank Boulben, the chief marketing officer of BlackBerry, told Reuters that the BBM for Android and iOS can be expected to release within matter of days.

The BBM for Android and iOS platform will bring the same messaging experience with bunch of new features. Apart from messaging, sharing files and group chats, the BBM for Android and iOS will not have BBM Voice and BBM Video from the day one.

The BlackBerry Messenger for Android and iOS platform will arrive to let the users get started with the existing BlackBerry ID or registering with a new one.

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Intel planning affordable Bay Trail processors for next year

ntel is reported to be planning affordable Intel Atom Bay Trail chips for the entry-level tablets in the first half 2014.

Intel is planning to bring affordable mobile processors for the entry-level Google Android tablet segment. DigiTimes reported that sources from among tablet makers point at Intel's plan to bring cheaper Atom Bay Trail mobile chips for the tablet segment. The Mobile Indian reported about the recent launch of the Intel Atom Bay Trail Z3000 series processors for tablet and convertibles.

Intel Atom family's new Z3000 processors codenamed Bay Trail were shown earlier this year. These are quad-core mobile processors for powerful tablets. Now Intel has planned to address the entry-level tablet segment as well with the same Bay Trail core chipsets. Intel is reportedly planning cheaper Atom, Bay Trail processors for affordable tablets thereby compete with tablets running MediaTek and Qualcomm chips.

These processors will be made available in the second half of the next year. The Intel Atom Bay Trail processors are manufactured using 22 nm CMOS process technology. However, releasing those processors before the second half next year would be kind of late. That means one can expect affordable tablets with Intel Atom Bay Trail processors inside only by the second half of 2014. These tablets will run Google Android updates.

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