BlackBerry rolls out its BBM service on other operating systems but users who did not pre-register will need to wait in line.
Android and
iPhone users will have to queue to download Blackberry's BBM messaging app
after it launched to "unprecedented" demand.
About six
million people had signed up for alerts about the service before it became
available.
People who
did not pre-register can download the app from Google Play or Apple's App
Store, but will need to wait in line until they can start using the service.
BBM, which
is available worldwide, lets users share instant messages and pictures and plan
events with up to 30 friends in real time.
It had been
due to launch on Android and iPhone in September but the rollout was delayed
when an early version was leaked online, causing a spike in traffic that
affected BlackBerry's servers in "abnormal ways".
The BBM app
has previously only been available to BlackBerry customers
The
unreleased version was installed on at least one million Android handsets
and a further one million iPhones, BlackBerry said.
Andrew
Bocking, head of BBM, said: "Our team of developers and engineers has been
working around the clock to bring you BBM, and make some upgrades while we're
at it. Some incredible work has been done."
In 2011,
many BlackBerry customers lost access to their messages and emails
for up to three days after a failure at the company's data centre in Slough,
Berkshire.
The computer
glitch led to a backlash against the company, forcing its bosses to apologise.
Its latest
handset, the BlackBerry 10, launched in January, as the company
attempts to close the gap to rivals Apple and Samsung.
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