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BlackBerry is dumping one of the more attractive features of its enterprise software comeback plan only a year after launching it. The BBM Meetings subscription conferencing service launched only last November. It was notable in that it leveraged BlackBerry’s private network, which made the administrative legwork of setting up …

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  1. Ambivalous Crowboard

    Should have been free for BlackBerry users

    I'd have been all over it like a rash if it was, otherwise it's like "meh, let someone else pay for it"

    Haven't they heard that free is the new black?

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  2. Anonymous Coward
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    Epic fail

    BBRY were trying to convince me to jump from Lync to BBM Meetings. We didn't.

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  3. Hollerith 1

    Best subhead ever

    Does exactly what it says on the tin.

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    1. diodesign (Written by Reg staff) Silver badge
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      Re: Best subhead ever

      Should be no surprise that the UK office is having its Xmas party today ;-)

      C.

      (BTW the subhead was "Subhead".)

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  4. Planty Bronze badge

    You are right

    Never heard of Blackberry.. Is it like android?

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    1. Harry the Bastard
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      Re: You are right

      no, blackberry is nothing like android, the leading mobile os on the planet

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  5. td97402

    I Have Never Heard Of It

    No, really. Is BlackBerry still around?

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  6. Anonymous Coward
    Paris Hilton

    Blackberry, I think I have a jar of their jam in the cupboard, but other than that, never heard it it.

    As clueless as........

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  7. Gis Bun

    More R&D wasted from a company that can barely afford it.

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  8. 33rpm

    To be excpected

    BlackBerry support tried to get their service working to fix a BES issue and after several minutes gave up and used GTM.

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