After the launch of BBM on Android and iPhone devices, with more than 10 million downloads in the first 24 hours, BBM cays it has now ended its first week with more than 80 million monthly active users, including over 20 million new users on Android and iPhone devices. During its first week, BBM was the top free overall app in 35 countries in Google Play and in 107 countries in the App StoreSM, and continues to maintain a strong position in key markets such as Canada, the US, the UK, Indonesia and much of the Middle East.

This past weekend, BlackBerry was able to remove the virtual line-up so that Android and iPhone users can now immediately download, sign in and start using BBM without having to wait.

BBM allows users to chat with their new contacts ? either one-to-one, in multiple chats or as part of a BBM Group. The software also offers delivered and read statuses as well as the message-in-progress alerts.

BBM users can also share files such as photos, and voice notes, as well as update their statuses with ease. BBM Groups allows photo, calendar, chat and file sharing for up to 30 people in a user-generated community.

Every BBM user has a unique PIN that helps maintains their privacy, so users never have to give out their phone number or email address to a new or casual contact. BlackBerry ID connects with a person?s PIN, BBM contact list and services to make device switching easy.

In the coming months, BlackBerry will deliver BBM Video calling, BBM Voice calling and BBM Channels - a new community building service to connect BBM users even more broadly - to Android and iPhone users.