BBM for Android leaks; Doesn’t work anyway

The buzz this morning is all about the leaked BBM for Android APK that turned up in the CrackBerry forums. It offered a small glimmer of hope for some Android users to get in early on the BBM fun, but alas, it’s not working.

It appears that the service is still locked down on Android unless you’re on “the list”, so if you don’t have a whitelisted BBID (and we’re pretty sure you don’t) then you’ll get stuck on the setup screen and that will be the end of it. 

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