The G Pro Lite Will Be the First LG Device to
Offer BBM Out-of-the-box
Dec 18, 2013
WATERLOO, ON – BBM™ will soon come preinstalled
on the LG G Pro Lite from LG Electronics Inc. in
markets around the world. BlackBerry® (NASDAQ:
BBRY; TSX: BB) today announced a bundling
agreement with LG Electronics involving both
standard and virtual preloading (using the LG App
Manager) and confirmed that BBM will also continue
to be available as a free download from Android app
stores, including Google Play™.
“BBM is widely used throughout the Middle East,
Africa and Indonesia where smartphone users tend to
engage heavily in social networking,” said Kevin
Shin, Vice President of Marketing for Asia, the Middle
East and CIS countries of LG Electronics Mobile
Communications Company. “The LG G Pro Lite offers
an optimized BBM experience with its large, high
quality display and embedded Stylus Pen.”
“People across the globe are using BBM to connect
with each other and the enthusiasm has been
phenomenal,” said Andrew Bocking, Executive Vice
President for BBM at BlackBerry. “We’re extremely
pleased that LG Electronics will help bring their
customers a more seamless experience with BBM by
preloading the app, starting with the G Pro Lite in key
markets.”
BBM is a premier mobile communication service that
gives customers privacy, control and immediacy as
they chat with their contacts – either one-to-one, in
multiple chats or as part of a BBM Group. BBM’s
Delivered and Read statuses, as well as message-in-
progress notices, keep people engaged and active in
their conversations.
BBM lets users share files such as photos and voice
notes, as well as update their profile and status with
ease. Up to 30 people can connect as a BBM Group to
chat and share photos, calendars and other files or
documents.
Every BBM user has a unique PIN tied to their
BlackBerry ID that helps maintains their privacy.
Users never have to give out their phone number or
email address to begin chatting with a new or casual
contact.
The BBM experience will continue to evolve for
Android and iPhone® users in the coming months,
with updates that will include support for BBM
Channels, a new service that connects BBM users to
communities of shared interests in a very engaging
and intimate manner, as well as support for BBM
Voice calling and BBM Video calling.



Source: press.blackberry.com/press/2013/bbm-to-come-preinstalled-on-lg-smartphones-.html