There will be no Instagram app for BlackBerry 10
Despite all the efforts that the old RIM (Now BlackBerry ) is working to gain a foothold in the smartphones market with BlackBerry 10, it seems that you don't have them all with you. And it is that for a few days the news about the absence of one of the most relevant photography applications of the moment in this operating system: InstagramSomething that could set back the intentionpurchase of some users who want to enjoy this photography social network
For now they are nothing more than rumors, and it is that the newspaper AllThingsD (belonging to the same group as the newspaper The Wallstreet Journal), has only been able to confirm that the published information comes from sources close to Instagram Nothingofficial for now. Said sources affirm that “there will not be a native application (created specifically) for BlackBerry 10 for now”. While another of those cited adds that “frankly, you're not sure there ever will be”. That's how resounding the decision of Instagram seems, or from their close sources, about an application created exclusively and specifically for this new operating system
However, this information contradictes what was published by the media The Verge And it is that, in an article they affirm to have seen a version of Instagram working on BlackBerry 10 Of course, it would be a port , or what is the same, the version of Instagram for Android adapted to the new operating system of BlackBerry This means having the functions of this application, at least the main ones, although with poor handling and appearance or unbalanced, which does not match the rest of the operating system
In fact, a port of the Android version would not take advantage of the new features of BlackBerry 10 , but at least it would allow its users to have Instagram on their terminals Z10 and Q10 In addition, AllThingsD adds that this adaptation involves overcoming certaintechnological challenges, which would result in a quite long waiting time before being able to seeInstagram in this new operating system.So it is a fact that, paying attention to one or the other sources, BlackBerry 10 will not receive an application from Instagram for the moment
But why doesn't Instagram appear on BlackBerry 10while other major applications such as Facebook, Twitter or LinkedIn are they from the beginning? Apparently, despite the efforts, BlackBerry 10 is still not a safe bet, so spend effort and money creating an app native of Instagram may be too much for a team of about 20 people (the current team of Instagram despite having been purchased by Facebook). Perhaps for this reason it is more viable to develop a adapted version and not a native application created from scratch.Although we must not lose sight of the fact that BlackBerry 10 has more than 70,000 applications available from the day of its release.
In short, for now Instagram is still only available on Androidand iPhone And, the logical thing would be that, before appearing in BlackBerry 10 , which aims to be the third platform on the market, made an appearance on Windows Phone , which currently occupies that position. We will have to wait and see if the alliances between BlackBerry and Facebook come to fruition.
