RIM pulls Kik Messenger from App World, cites ‘number of issues and customer concerns’

Kik Messenger — the real-time mobile messaging service that’s seemingly taken the world by storm over the past couple weeks — has been pulled from RIM’s App World , making it a bit trickier for BlackBerry users to get hold of the app. It’s easy to formulate conspiracy theories here considering that Kik might provide the single most legitimate cross-platform threat to BBM at the moment, and frankly, RIM hasn’t actually said much with its official statement on the matter: “RIM became aware of a number of issues and customer concerns regarding the Kik app and service and, following discussions with Kik, the app was removed from BlackBerry App World. RIM is actively reviewing the issues and potential resolutions, and is also continuing its discussions with Kik.” To be fair, Kik’s contact farming — a big contributor to its exponential growth — is a totally valid privacy concern and probably plays a big role in RIM’s decision here… but for the moment, we’re only left to wonder. The company says it’ll let us know “when further information is available,” so we’ll be sure to pass it on. RIM pulls Kik Messenger from App World, cites ‘number of issues and customer concerns’ originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 15 Nov 2010 20:02:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink

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