Taking advantage of people's curiosity, a wicked developer uploaded a fake BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) app for Android to Google Play, thereby fooling a lot of Android users. The app 'blackberry messenger bbm', was created by a developer called RIM. It seems that people who downloaded the app were not aware of the fact that BlackBerry phones are no longer called RIM. The company changed its name from RIM to BlackBerry in January. "More than 100,000 people downloaded the app, presenting them with a screen promising the app would start working on 27 June. If that didn't start alarm bells ringing, the app followed up with an agreement to allow advertising network StartApp to install icons, bookmarks and more on your phone," reports CNET.
Blackberry hasn't officially announced the release date for BBM on iOS and Android devices.
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