Now tweet, update Facebook status with BlackBerry messenger

Research In Motion has announced that the BlackBerry BBM service will now be integrated with Twitter and Facebook. According to RIM, the latest versions of Facebook for BlackBerry and Twitter for BlackBerry let users automatically share status updates or tweets with their BBM contacts from directly within the app. RIM also will issue a revamped version of its BlackBerry Travel app allowing BBM users to share their vacation plans and flight changes with select contacts or their entire BBM community. The new social networking integration is part of RIM’s enhancement of BBM connected apps, set to roll out over the next two weeks. [caption id=“attachment_273566” align=“alignleft” width=“380” caption=“The new social networking integration is part of RIM’s enhancement of BBM connected apps, set to roll out over the next two weeks. AP”] [/caption] Apps such as Facebook, Twitter, BBM Music and BlackBerry App World will now include BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) connectivity, the Canadian company said in a statement on Wednesday. Users will now be able to automatically share their Facebook status or Twitter update with their BBM friends from the apps, it added. Alec Saunders, vice president of developer relations at RIM, said about one in every five apps being downloaded on BlackBerry App World is BBM-connected. Waterloo, Ontario-based RIM has more than 70,000 apps in its App World store for either BlackBerry phones or the PlayBook tablet, compared with 200,000 iPad apps, and half a million for the iPhone. With inputs from Reuters