Blackberry (BBRY), announced on Monday, that BlackBerry Messenger will be coming to Microsoft’s (MSFT) Windows Phone and Nokia (NOK) X phones.
BlackBerry expects to bring BlackBerry Messenger to Windows Phone later this year and to Nokia X devices when they launch. BlackBerry Messenger is already available on devices running Google’s (GOOG
) Android operating system, Apple’s (AAPL) iOS and of course, BlackBerry phones. The messaging service was launched in 2005, reports The Wall Street Journal.
BlackBerry didn’t have a good run last year and may be hoping that the expansion of BlackBerry Messenger to Windows Phone and Nokia X phones will help it out, but this might not be the case.
“Windows Phone – compared with iOS and Android – has a low install base, so the launch of BBM isn’t going to massively change their position. It is not a silver bullet,” Jack Kent, a mobile analyst at IHS, told CNBC.
BBRY shares were up 6% as of Monday morning.
