I agree with you to some extent here hulk, but I love bbm. I use it all the time and I find it really convenient. The fact that it links up with the Playbook is awesome and using the PIN is really not a big deal to me. I haven't used the apple version, but haven't heard many positives. I've heard of guys waiting for messages for hours on end and you have to use phone numbers to use it or something? I don't know. I just like bbm.
I also don't swtich phones that often, so its never really been an issue for me in terms of adding new contacts or anything. I think that last time I just put it on facebook and added some that I wanted to have there right away.
As far as whether there are better apps than BBM Music I really don't know. I tried rdio on my iPhone and it was good I guess. I stopped after the free week though and didn't want to spend $10/month. I haven't had to pay yet for this service, so who knows....maybe the $5 will make me not want to pay for it either. Music is tough anyway I think in the sense that we all have hours and hours of music to access, but a lot of it is rarely listened to, if ever. I have piles of old CDs in boxes that I might never pull out again, tonnes of albums in iTunes and lots on my portable devices. I have no idea how long it would take to listen to it all, but its kind of pointless in some ways!
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