I had my first BlackBerry about 8 years ago, back when it was this big clunky thing with a monochrome screen. It was an office issued phone so I had no choice but to take it even when deep down I was thinking it was too stuffy.

Fast forward to 2011.

Because of work (again) I got myself a red Blackberry Torch and boy did I love it. I never really understood why people kept gushing about BBM until I got around to using it myself. With over 35 million people actively using the service with an astounding 2,000 new users every hour BBM now ranks as the world’s largest mobile social platform.

Below is a video that spoke to me… and I’m sure, to a lot of BlackBerry owners out there.

Here’s an infographic of how big BB and BBM is becoming… Check it out…