BBM Meetings, BlackBerry Messenger apps, Professional and business

Today at its BlackBerry Enterprise event, BlackBerry announced BBM Meetings, a cross-platform voice and HD video conferencing feature for on-the-go professionals to meet across Android and BlackBerry 10 devices and as well as OS X and Windows. There’s also an iOS version in the works.. BlackBerry says that BBM Meetings is built with mobile first in mind.

The BBM Meetings app offers:

  • HD VIDEO & VOICE CONFERENCING: Bring great ideas to life with HD video and voice conferencing for up to 25 participants either in active speaker or gallery mode.
  • BBM CHATS BECOME MEETINGS AT THE TAP OF A BUTTON: Turn any BBM chat, multiperson chat, group chat, or BBM Voice call into a live meeting with the simple touch of a button.
  • RING. ANSWER. JOINING A MEETING IS AS EASY AS THAT: Stop struggling with conference IDs, passcodes, and PINs. When it’s time to meet, your phone rings. Answer it just like a voice call and you’re in the meeting, ready to go.
  • PRESENT ANYWHERE, WITH GROUNDBREAKING MOBILE COLLABORATION: BBM Meetings is designed for mobile, so you can present from your device of choice – mobile or desktop. Show your screen, deliver a presentation, share a document, or even add temporary notes.
  • BETTER COLLABORATION. BETTER VALUE: Get all the standard meeting features and innovative new mobile experiences, plus award winning BlackBerry T-support included with a host subscription.
  • SCHEDULE ON THE MOVE: Easily start or schedule a video and audio conference from your mobile device. Invite attendees from your local or company address book using email or BBM.
  • CHAT WHILE YOU MEET: Sometimes a good idea can’t wait for the call to wrap up. Send a message to the group while you meet or send a private message to a single attendee.
  • TAKE CONTROL. STAY PRODUCTIVE: Keep meetings on track and productive by managing attendees, even when hosting from a mobile device. Pass host controls, mute noisy lines, remove attendees, and lock your meeting to keep it private.
  • DIAL IN: Outside of your data coverage or roaming overseas? No problem. When you don’t have access to data, simply dial in from a phone line.

You can download BBM meetings via Google Play, BlackBerry World, Mac, or Windows.

What do you think of the new BBM Meetings?

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By Josh Robert Nay

Josh Robert Nay is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of TruTower. He has worked in the telecommunications industry since 2003 and specializes in GSM based technology. He also uses (too many) VoIP apps and is a long-time user of BlackBerry, Android, and Windows Phone. He adores anything having to do with space exploration and writing. In addition to the links below, he can be found on LinkedIn and can also be found on his website at http://www.joshrobertnay.com.