SlashPhone » BlackBerry Application Center http://www.slashphone.com Worldwide mobile phone news, reviews and wireless innovations Wed, 15 Feb 2012 04:03:21 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 RIM Names its Software Market as BlackBerry App World http://www.slashphone.com/rim-names-its-software-market-as-blackberry-app-world-054929 http://www.slashphone.com/rim-names-its-software-market-as-blackberry-app-world-054929#comments Thu, 05 Mar 2009 15:53:58 +0000 Kim Poh Liaw http://www.slashphone.com/?p=4929 Known as BlackBerry Application Center, RIM has renamed it as BlackBerry App World, which will be available soon with its BlackBerry OS updates. The BlackBerry App World will work with compatible BlackBerry smartphones running OS version 4.2.0 or higher. It will be available for users in US, Canada and UK for the initial release and you must have a paypal account to purchase software from the App World.

]]> http://www.slashphone.com/rim-names-its-software-market-as-blackberry-app-world-054929/feed 0 The BerryStore provides better apps? http://www.slashphone.com/the-berrystore-provides-better-apps-072498 http://www.slashphone.com/the-berrystore-provides-better-apps-072498#comments Tue, 07 Oct 2008 08:52:55 +0000 Budi Putra http://www.slashphone.com/?p=2498 It’s amazing competition. While Research in Motion preparing to launch its Blackberry Application Center, a startup called the BerryStore has already launched a similar service, but “better,” according to TechCrunch.


What makes it better than the official BlackBerry App Center (besides the name), is that apps in the BerryStore work across both old and new BlackBerries alike (not just the upcoming BlackBerry Storm), and across carriers. The BlackBerry App center, in contrast, is designed to be a carrier-specific store, with different apps for different carriers.

You can simply download the RIM-unaffiliated BerryStore as an app itself by visiting www.berrystore.com on your BlackBerry -instead of downloading apps through Blackberry browsers as required by Blackberry Application Center.

I tried visitting their site on my BlackBerry Curve 8310, and it reads:

“BerryStore makes it easy for you to find and install applications for your BlackBerry smartphone.

BerryStore is still BETA software and may have defects. If you choose to use the beta, you’re doing so at your own risk. An unlimitted data plan is strongly recommended.

BerryStore should work on all Pearl, Curve and 8800-series devices. It should also work on 8700-series devices, but this has not been well tested.”

Below is a list of each app currently in the BerryStore with a short description:

Books & Reference
NeoReader: Turns your Blackberry into a barcode scanner.
Blackberry Wiki: Wikipedia reader.
Beyond411: Yellow pages, maps, and directions.
MobipocketReader: Mobile e-reader.

Business & Finance
Obopay: P2P payments.
Bank of America: Manage your dwindling bank account.
NyTimes DealBook: A bookmark icon to the popular blog.
E-Trade Mobile Pro: Manage your dwindling stock portfolio.

Lifestyle
Google Mobile: Search, Maps, Gmail.
Opera: Opera Mini Web browser.
Zumobi:Mobile widgets.
Google Mail: As in Gmail.
Poynt: Local search.
Maufait InstaFind: Al-in-one 411, flight tracker, movie showtimes, stock quotes, weather, news.
Puretracks:Mobile music store.
Tellme: Voice-enabled GPS info.
reQall: Voice-to-text recorder, to-do list, and idea manager.
Nobex Radio Companion: Shows you the name of the songs playing on the radio.

News & Weather
Viigo: News, sports, entertainment, weather, stock and traffic alerts.
New York Times: Bookmark icon.
ABC News: Bookmark icon.
The Washington Post: Bookmark icon.
CNBC Mobile: Bookmark icon.
USA Today: Bookmark icon.
Slate: Bookmark icon.
PinStack.com: Forums

Social Networking
TwitterBerry: Mobile Twitter client that avoids SMS charges.
3jam: Group text messages.
eBuddy: Instant messaging app
Dexrex: Archives your text messages.
Pinger: Voice IM.

Sports
Sports Illustrated: Bookmark icon.
ESPN Mobile: Bookmark icon.

Travel & Navigation
Google Maps: What it sounds like.
GPSed: Map your GPS tracks, save them, and share them. Also geotags your photos.
Citysense: Live hotspot tracking.
WorldMate Live: A personal digital assistant for travelers

Utilities
Box.net: Access and share files on your BB.
AutoLock: Locks the keyboard.
MidpSSH: Connect to remote servers.
MiniMoni: Monitor IP traffic.

[via TechCrunch]

]]> http://www.slashphone.com/the-berrystore-provides-better-apps-072498/feed 1 RIM to Launch BlackBerry Application Center with new BlackBerry Storm http://www.slashphone.com/rim-to-launch-blackberry-application-center-with-new-blackberry-storm-072491 http://www.slashphone.com/rim-to-launch-blackberry-application-center-with-new-blackberry-storm-072491#comments Tue, 07 Oct 2008 07:09:26 +0000 Kim Poh Liaw http://www.slashphone.com/?p=2491 With the new version 2.7 OS in the BlackBerry Storm, RIM will pre-installed an application to access its new BlackBerry Application Center. The application is also designed to support BlackBerry Storm touch screen. You can browse, search and install the BlackBerry applications directly. It is not sure if RIM will integrate the direct billing solution together with this but details should be available within this month.

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