WhatsApp Messenger for BlackBerry 10 provides a high quality messaging experience that utilizes real-time push notifications to alert you when you receive messages- even when the screen is locked.

ENGADGET: WhatsApp lands on BlackBerry 10, offers Z10 owners a BBM alternative

BlackBerry 10 provides an ideal platform for social apps such as WhatsApp Messenger to fully leverage innovative new features like BlackBerry Flow, where apps work together, sharing information with each other to quickly lead the customer intuitively to the information they need and to give them the ability to immediately take action.

ENGADGET: WhatsApp lands on BlackBerry 10, offers Z10 owners a BBM alternative

WhatsApp and Kik Messenger (among others) are thriving in the new mobile chat frontier.

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