I'm sure all of you know about the iPhone Whale and Twitter's Fail Whale.
Well let me introduce you to my iPhone's other whale friend!
The War Has Ended (Digicel vs. Claro)
On March 11th, the tables turned in the telcom industry when America Móvil (AMX) announced that they have entered into an agreement with Digicel to sell its local operations (Claro) to them while they take over Digicel's operations in Honduras and El Salvador. The feud between Carlos Slim Helú (owner of AMX and the richest man in the world) and Dennis O’Brien (owner of Digicel) finally seems to be winding down. In case you didn’t know, Claro dived into the Jamaican market in 2008 as a result of Digicel invading AMX’s Central American territories. By 2009, Claro Jamaica secured its place as Digicel’s main rival by making a big splash in the market with their catchy advertisements, aggressive promotions and competitive rates but this was not enough for them to cruise along comfortably.
So…What does this merger mean?
Blackberry Messenger Unites Us All
The pride and joy of RIM, Blackberry Messenger is ready to venture out and find some new homes this year. According to BGR, Blackberry Messenger will soon be both Android and iOS compatible and by soon I mean later in the year or possibly even later for iOS. Of course, nothing is ever as good as the original, RIM has said that the Android and iOS versions of messenger will be stripped down versions of the BBM experience but I still expect it to be better than the current third party apps that are out now. While Kik and WhatsApp can get the job done if you don’t mind some delays and a mediocre interface, it really is nothing like then BBM experience.
Finally, friends will not have to be separated by their platform choices! Team Blackberry, iPhone and Android unite!