There was a beta out for users in Canada a few days ago, but now that’s over and users all over can download version 1.1.0.12.  Although this update doesn’t include a change log, we a have an idea of what to expect based on the beta that was released a few days ago.

Payment Enhancements

• Ability to Request a Gift – Users can ask their BBM Contacts for a subscription to BBM Music.
• Added Notifications – Splat notifications to continue free trials and prior to first subscription charge
• Integration with BBM ‘Show what I’m listening to’ – Playing songs in BBM Music will update BBM Status if ‘Show what I’m listening to’ is selected within BBM (Requires BBM 6.1)

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BBM Music has an update available in BlackBerry Beta Zone today.  Unfortunately this one’s only for Canada residents but perhaps we’ll get it in the US soon.  As for the change log, there’s a few goodies here including payment enhancements, search improvements, and usability improvements.  Here’s the full change log of version 1.1:

Payment Enhancements

• Ability to Request a Gift – Users can ask their BBM Contacts for a subscription to BBM Music.
• Added Notifications – Splat notifications to continue free trials and prior to first subscription charge
• Integration with BBM ‘Show what I’m listening to’ – Playing songs in BBM Music will update BBM Status if ‘Show what I’m listening to’ is selected within BBM (Requires BBM 6.1)

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RIM announced this morning that any users who download(ed) BBM Music December 16th to January 4th will get four free months of BBM Music. Might be disappointing for some of you that had the app way before but a great offer for new users. Head over to BlackBerry App World and download BBM Music to get your free holiday offer!

Usually AT&T is the difficult carrier to deal with.  It was such a hardship with BlackBerry Bridge on the BlackBerry PlayBook and then NFC being blocked on the all new BlackBerry Bold 9900.  AT&T has tweeted up that they will be offering two free months of BBM Music to its customers- sweet!  The tweet reads that you should check your media folder which should have a link to download BBM Music and get the free two month trial.  Otherwise you can download it from BlackBerry App World.

 

Thanks j_wizzy for the tip!

BlackBerry makes gum now? No, this is just some promo being given out to stores that sell BlackBerry smartphones.  This in particular is from Boost Mobile BlackBerry reps who are giving out packs of gum in this sleek packaging with BBM Music ads all over it.  There are 12 pieces of gum included in each pack in rows of 2. 

The idea here is to pitch BBM Music to Boost Mobile customers.  Boost Mobile’s BlackBerry plans are $60 per month, and after your BBM Music trial is over, it’ll bump up to $65, which is still cheaper than many other carriers which have you locked on a contract.  Boost Mobile also provides bill shrinkage where your bill will decrease by $5 every 6 months (by $15 total).

Thanks ecivon

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Here’s an interesting video I came across on the BlackBerry YouTube channel called “The BBM Music Power 50.”  To sum it up it shows music leaders from Australia together sharing their top five songs of all time.  Together they created “BBM Music Power 50” which is a combination of all their favorite tracks.  It’s an interesting video to watch which is all music but gooes in reference to BBM Music.

It’s nice to see BBM Music go official so everyone can get in on the social music application.  Of course we’re seeing a lot of members increase on there due to it being a free trial, but in best hopes folks decide to stay on with the $4.99 monthly fee as well.  Any way, BBM Music updated last night to version 1.0.0.134 and yes a change log is available!

If you’re on Verizon, you may have noticed a message saying your region isn’t supported when installing BBM Music.  The change log reads: ” ‘Region not supported’ errors fixed for certain Verizon customers.” Uh oh, did that say certain only?  I’m hoping the fix goes across the board.  I deleted BBM Music on my Bold 9930 and reinstalled it to see if the message popped up again, but luckily it didn’t.  Update is available in BlackBerry App World.

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Premium services aren’t for everyone, and even if they are it’s not necessarily always worth it.  BBM Music was a really fun beta application to test out for the last few months now.  The free fun is about to come to an end as RIM has rolled out its pricing plan to be $4.99 per month to use.

For me, I’ll end up keeping it as I have come to rely on it a lot for my music and have set different playlists on it which consists of my music along with other people’s music which might be my direct BBM contact or just added through the application.

That’s only my side and I’m sure many of you have your own opinions.  Will you be keeping BBM Music services after the trial expires? Let us know in the comments and tweet us!

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Along with the official release of BBM Music in the United States, Canada and Australia, RIM put out a pretty cool tutorial video on the new music service showing how to access music and to share it with friends.  BBM Music differentiates itself from other music services with the ability to share playlists and to stream other friends’ music from your BlackBerry and even pull some of their tunes to add on your own playlists.

BBM Music has officially launched today in the United States, Canada and Australia.  It’s been several months since we’ve been beta testing the service and I think it turned out to be good with all the great music and playlists BBM users were able to access socially from other friends and contacts.  We were speculating on what pricing would be and it looks like it’s $4.99 per month for premium services.  Here’s all the specifics:

• PREMIUM SUBSCRIPTION: The Premium ‘full track’ BBM Music experience is available for a monthly subscription of $4.99 USD ($4.99 CDN and $5.99 AUD). The Premium version will feature a free Premium trial offer.

• Free Premium trial offer*: With the free Premium trial offer, you can use all the features of a Premium subscription for a limited time. Get up to 2 months* free in US and Canada, and one month free in Australia.

FREE SUBSCRIPTION: There will also be a Free subscription to the service that delivers the same social experience as the Premium subscription, but with 30 second song previews versus full song tracks. After your Free Premium trial offer period ends, you can opt to continue using BBM Music without a paid subscription by using this Free subscription. You can upgrade from a Free subscription to a Premium subscription at any time.

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