BBM Coming to Windows Phone & Nokia X

BlackBerry just made their first announcement for Mobile World Congress today. They have announced that BBM is coming to Windows Phone this summer and Nokia X when the platform launches. BlackBerry is jumping all in with BBM Voice and BBM Channels support. The app will remain free which is nice. Execs had the following to say about the announcement:

"BBM continues to grow in popularity as millions of people use our mobile platform for chatting and connecting with friends or colleagues, and we are very excited that we will soon welcome Windows Phone and Nokia X users to the BBM community," said John Sims, President, Global Enterprise Solutions at BlackBerry.
"Today marks an exciting moment for Nokia," said Bryan Biniak, Vice President and GM of Developer Relations, Nokia Corporation. "By bringing BBM to the Windows Phone and Nokia X communities, our customers will be able to experience this popular global messaging app."

BlackBerry Making Same Profit Off One Z10 as Nokia Does Three Lumias

Many analysts and industry professionals claim that Microsoft’s Windows Phone 8 will overtake BlackBerry. While that might be true of BlackBerry 7, it's hardly the case against BlackBerry 10.

Earnings from Windows Phone 8 top vendor, Nokia, may prove the point. Elephant Analytics on Seeking Alpha has compared the gross margin of the Nokia Lumias from their recent Q1 earnings report.

From their analysis, Nokia barely makes any money from hardware sales. BlackBerry Z10′s gross margin is much higher than that of the Nokia Lumia. Apparently, one BlackBerry Z10 reaps the same amount of profit as three Nokia Lumias.

Though, it doesn’t only appear to be such a gain on solely BlackBerry 10 sales. Elephant Analytics claims BlackBerry “still makes 20% more per legacy BlackBerry 7 device than Nokia does for their new Windows Phone 8 Lumias. While Nokia may have needed to clear out inventory by selling their Windows Phone 7 Lumias at cost, BlackBerry is still able to get significant value from BlackBerry 7 customers due to service revenues.”

Via- N4BB