RIM prepping BBM subcription music service

By on Aug 19, 2011 at 6:56 PM
mobile August 19, 2011

Research In Motion is working on a music service that will tie in with BlackBerry Messenger. CNET reports that RIM will deploy a test version of its subscription-based streaming music service in the coming weeks, and that a final product will come later. BlackBerry owners will be able to share their songs with other subscribers using RIM’s BBM service, the report suggests. It’s unclear how much the BlackBerry maker plans to charge, but The Wall Street Journal said it will cost “significantly less” than similar services such as Rhapsody and Spotify, which both charge about $10 per month for premium access. RIM has already inked deals with Sony Music Entertainment, Warner Music Group, EMI and Universal Music to provide the content, according to reports.

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  • Junior

    please just release BBM to other platforms already

    • Anonymous

      If that happened RIM would lose half their users in a week. BBM is what helps people stay.

      As for the story, if the BI article is true and you share just 50 songs between BBM friends, then RIM might as well pack up their bags and go home. Your services are no longer required.

      • Applesucksfatties

        you share up to 50 songs between friends but you have access to your entire BBM networks music (so I’ve read).  Maybe the iBGR article should have been more complete.

    • Beydoun1019

      just get a blackberry you son of a bitch

  • Anonymous

    Haha. RIM is such an Apple wannabe. No one wants to type on a physical keyboard. RIM will be dead in two years  true story™©®

    • playbook

      did you ever read whats in the article or just start trolling???

      • Applesucksfatties

        his motto is “Troll first..  have someone read the big words in the article to me later”.    Ever notice that he is fluent in the copy and paste function?  I’m guessing he didn’t learn that from using an iToy..  do they even have cut and paste functionality on those thing yet?  

    • My_lady_butler

      Android is a garbage old linux distro running on a monolithic kernel=old technology. True story!

      • http://twitter.com/aergern aergern

        And BB OS is OLD and bust Java with proprietary API’s so what’s your point? :)

      • Anonymous

        which why they are switching to QNX

    • Scroat_um

      “No wants to type on a physical keyboard”  

      Are you in high school?  Seriously, I’d like to know the age of someone who make a comment like that.

      • http://twitter.com/Theonick Theo Walker

        Maybe! if you were typing on a physical keyboard,you would not have made so many grammatical error’s 

      • John

        It’s “errors” not “error’s”

      • Beydoun1019

        your mother you fucken dirt dag

    • Anonymous

      The main reason I am still using a BlackBerry is because of the physical keyboard.  I know at least 20 people that have the same thoughts as me that I work with on a regular basis.  You are a terrible troll if you are attacking the keyboard….

      • Raksta

        My friend the iPhones a poo smartphone! Look at the Facebook App it can’t even sync your calendar! It took iPhone 1 year to get a solution so you can fwd text! BB have it covered and now with QNX and flash on the PB! Let’s face it Apple is for loser BB all the way! How can you diss a QWERTY keypad! I know loads people that need a qwerty! Look at all the others following Nokia, HTC etc!

      • Applesucksfatties

        Don’t worry.. ANAL..yst Scroat doesn’t have a sniff about what people want.  I’m guessing right after he cut and pasted this comment into every RIM post on iBGR, he and his buddy Max downloaded an app on his iToy to help find Max’s needle dick. 

    • zacamandapio

      Scroat,
      I assume you typed your post in an imaginary keyboard? :)

  • Jjj

    As long as this lets you choose which songs you want to listen to, and isn’t a radio station thing like Pandora, it sounds cool to me. 

  • Steve Lee

    NO!!! another sue case coming from another fruit company

  • Anonymous

    Will work great on my soon to be 9930

  • http://twitter.com/urkle91 Urkle91

    No one really cares about music you have to pay for, this is another fail lol

    • Applesucksfatties

      Tell that to Apple and their iTunes store…  your comment = FAIL

  • Dawnoffaith2000

    Im so looking forward to this with my 9900!!!!

  • blackberry is the shit!!!

    This service will be amazing!!!

  • Max

    Subcription? BB Morons are even more moronic than originally thought. Would you dinosaurs please just go away? Lackwits.

    • Applesucksfatties

      All us BB morons at least know how to use spell check.. “subscription”.    And speaking of going away..  give your mom back her computer, go get on the short bus you ride every day.. and don’t get off..  EVER!!

  • http://twitter.com/Vision77 Vision77

    For real RIM? Is this all you could come up with? Your devices have been lackluster at best….I think RIM is scared of alienating it’s core demographic of users….How in the hell do you have TAT with its innovative ammo in the clip but you keep shooting blanks…..TAT has shown that it has the potential to greatly improve the GUI and the user experience for the end user…So RIM this music deal you got going could work….But it won’t work if the end user experience is crap….Just think about the Moto E790 which was supposed to be THEE 1st iTunes phone….Good job on inking deals with all of those record companies though…I can’t knock that hustle…but your OS game is off…

  • http://twitter.com/Theonick Theo Walker

    Still LOVING MY RIM / BB ALL THE WAY ! i don’t even see the reason for BGR-Apple anymore don’t they have enough fans sites ? or your still aiming to be steve’s fav ?

  • Anonymous

    It is actually hillarious to read some of the posts. The word “Troll” or “Hater” must originate from BlackBerry threads. I mean this is ridiculous. I understand if poeple hate on Android as there are really crappy phones out there, i even understand if it´s Apple, since their way of dictating to the user how to use the iPhone is incredibble. Also the lawsuits where they are making their own evidence is not something suiting a corporation with 100 Billions+ on the Bank. But why Blackberry?

     A little lack of innovation is something that can´t be denied, but BES, the security on the device itself and the core of a smartPHONE, the PHONE part, with battery time, recieving calls etc. is nowhere as good as on a BlackBerry. If you want a phone, dedicated for email and the PHONE part, with the multimedia as a feature, and not the phone as a feature (iPhone is a iPod Touch+a phone, so the complete contriary) there is no other solution than to buy a BlackBerry. And i know that, because i first had an OG Droid, which was a really good smartphone, keyboard was ok, but yeah, the software just wasn´t where it should have been at launch. Than i had an iPhone 3GS. And it was the most annoying and boring OS of them all. Yeah it works, it never crashes, but its ugly and i just cannot see the homescreen of an iPhone ever again, without vomiting all over the thing. Same goes for the Appdrawer from samsungs Galaxy phones. Both of them are the Devil´s work for me….  And i just hate touchscreen keyboards. The iPhone showed me, that even with a better keyboard than what exists on an Android, it is still nothing compared to real physical feedback from typing on a real keyboard. Also the reason why i can´t stand to use tablets for more than an hour.

    And today i have a BB 9900. The only phone that is still a PHONE, has some nice multimedia features, doesn´t crash on me twice a week, has a keyboard, and doesn´t give me the need to vomit on it. What do i need more??? So in conclusion, i just cannot understand why there is the need to bash RIM on any possible occasion. A smartphone should always be a PHONE first, and for me at least offer a real keyboard and the combination of both, is the BlackBerry. Please just accept that not everybody needs a Gameboy for adults, and that includes iOS and Android…

    • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_ZX7I3VN423YBFEWTEQOQ5JR5ME Retro

      Agreed, I’m really enjoying my 9900.

      • Jayyrossyy

        Absolutely loving my new Bold 9900 aswell, I’m not 10 years old anymore so having “100000″ game apps in the app store doesn’t apeal to me at all, this new bold is fast, responsive, great display and has an AMAZING keyboard, wouldn’t want anything more from a phone

    • Anonymous

      +1 brotherman.  Pay no mind to these little turdlings that spend all day trolling RIM posts.

      Bold 9930 is a BEAST!!!

      • Zac Caslin

        Bold 9930 is a BEAST!!!     LOL!!!!!!!!!

      • Anonymous

        Thx man.

        In fact i do not really pay attention to them, it´s rathert that sometimes on a hot topic, like Android/Apple Lawsuits, or new announcments, i only come to BGR and Engadget to laugh my ass off at the comment section. It´s always the same, someone gets trolled, the other trolls come, fanboys are coming too, normal poeple are also joining the fight, and the discussion about which OS is the best begins.

         Always the same arguments, never something new, and no end to the discussion. It is hillarious that several thousand poeple are saying the exact same things, over and over again. It is the never ending story of the blog discussion section. And i love it! When i feel depressed, i only need to go to the comments, and i feel relieved that there are so many dumb sheeps whithout an own mind and i can laugh again, and again, and again…. and again and again.

  • Rudy

    Doesn’t look good for iTunes…

    Even if it’s $10, other rumors are $5 for 50 songs = $0.10 – 0.20 / song is pretty killer of a deal – you can calculate that on your iPhone all you want

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