Seesmic drops BlackBerry app due to lack of demand
updated 05:35 pm EDT, Mon June 20, 2011
Seesmic gives up on BlackBerry app
Seesmic in a notice said it planned to drop all support for the BlackBerry version of its app. As of June 30, the company would swing its attention to the "most popular" platforms, including not just Android and iOS but even the much younger Windows Phone 7 platform. Company founder Loic Le Meur said on Twitter that there was no fallout with RIM.
"I would like to personally thank RIM and the BlackBerry team for their support over the years," he said. "They've been awesome, [it's] not related."
Alternative apps still exist, such as the official Twitter app and UberSocial.
The drop would still reinforce one of the worst weeks in recent memory for RIM, which saw poor results and guidance and a collapse in its stock value. RIM has been successful in growing BlackBerry App World in recent months but has had mounting problems getting support for the PlayBook and may have additional problems in getting support for apps that can take advantage of BlackBerry 7.
Mentioning Windows Phone 7 as a more popular platform is particularly condemning for RIM given considerably lower market share.
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Doing WinPhone 7 because...
it's more profitable. Not with sales, but because Microsoft will pay you money just to develop for it.