RIM and MySpace announce record download numbers
Research In Motion (RIM), along with MySpace have announced record download numbers of the MySpace for BlackBerry smartphones application, for the first week it was released. Since the release of the MySpace application for Blackberry on November 13th, there have been more than 400,000 downloads.
These numbers have marked a record for an all-time high for both RIM and MySpace in terms of first week downloads. With the MySpace application for Blackberry alone users have sent more than 15 million messages and updated their status over two million times. We can't help but feel the numbers would not have been so high if the MySpace application had been released any sooner.
Press release:
MYSPACE AND RIM SHATTER DOWNLOAD RECORDS
MySpace for BlackBerry Smartphones Exceeds 400,000 Downloads in First Week
LOS ANGELES and WATERLOO, ON—November 21, 2008–MySpace, the world's premier social network, and Research In Motion (RIM) (Nasdaq: RIMM; TSX: RIM), a global leader in wireless innovation, today announced record download numbers of the MySpace for BlackBerry® smartphones application in its first week of availability.
Since the application's launch on November 13, 2008 there have been more than 400,000 downloads which represents an all-time high for both MySpace and RIM in terms of first week application downloads. Through the MySpace for BlackBerry® smartphones application, users collectively sent and received more than 15 million messages and updated their mood and status over two million times in the first week.
"We established an innovative and collaborative partnership with RIM to address a key desire of consumers to have greater mobile connectivity and interaction with their friends and the global community at large," said Chris DeWolfe, co-founder and chief executive officer of MySpace. "This record shows just how much of a force in the mobile consumer space RIM and MySpace have become."
"This rapid adoption is a reflection of an evolving consumer lifestyle where social connectivity and information access are more important than ever," said Jim Balsillie, Co-Chief Executive Officer at Research In Motion. "This powerful new mobile application combines social networking and mobility in a highly personalized and empowering manner and we are very excited to see such a positive response in the first week."
The MySpace for BlackBerry smartphones application is fully optimized to deliver rich content and data to users on the go. MySpace for BlackBerry smartphones integrates MySpace's primary social networking components with the BlackBerry platform to provide instant, push-based messaging to users. It is available for download at www.blackberry.com/myspace or m.myspace.com from your BlackBerry® Browser. The application is available for a wide variety of BlackBerry smartphones, including the BlackBerry® Bold™, BlackBerry® Curve™, BlackBerry® Pearl™ and BlackBerry® 8800™ Series, and will be available to BlackBerry® Storm™ users beginning November 24, 2008.