BBM coming to Android and iOS

The very popular BlackBerry Messenger may soon be available on your Android and iOS device, If reports are to be believed, Reliance in Motion(the company that makes BB phones) is considering extending this facility to non BlackBerry users.

This is great news for iOS and Android users, but then why would anybody now buy a BlackBerry device. People buy BlackBerry phones because of the BBM chat which is really useful.

The general sense is that Android or iOS users will get a stripped down version of BBM. They may have to pay a certain fees for it.