Last time out, we told you how BBM surfaced as a Private Beta app on the Windows Phone store, not just anyone could download it.

At the time, I made a guess that it had been published ahead of a public beta programme and advised those interested to sign up for Blackberry Beta zone, if they hadn’t already. It turns out I was right.

BBM has announced that they are now accepting applications from Windows Phone users to join their pubic BBM beta prgoramme for the platform.

The screenshot below shows how the app maintains native Windows Phone UI elements, unlike the Android and iOS version that try to imitate BBM for Blackberry 10.

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If you’d like to join the public beta programme, head over to Blackberry Beta zone now and sign up for the programme. Find out more about the beta app here.

Muyiwa Matuluko Author

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