Will You Play BlackBerry Games That Use BlackBerry Messenger?

RIM just announced that they are opening up their BBM Social Platform so developers can leverage BBM accounts within their applications. The release allows developers to access BBM info like like their avatar and username, as well as create "areas within the user's profile for promoting recent application activity or storing trophies or achievements."

RIM just announced that they are opening up their BBM Social Platform so developers can leverage BBM accounts within their applications. The release allows developers to access BBM info like like their avatar and username, as well as create “areas within the user’s profile for promoting recent application activity or storing trophies or achievements.” This is a sign that while RIM may be investigating Android, they’re also getting smarter about BBM.

The release at this point is targeted at developers, and the entire list of features is given below:

“With this beta release, Java developers have access to APIs and features that allow them to build important functions into their applications.

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