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BlackBerry App World v3.1 now available in BlackBerry Beta Zone

December 6, 2011 by Robb Dunewood 2 Comments

BlackBerry App World v3.1 is now available for download in BlackBerry Beta Zone and contains a few new features including Wi-Fi only download support and content ratings.

Unfortunately we must also report that Research in Motion has included the most  bass-ackwards implementation of application gift requesting imaginable.  Instead of allowing a gift giver to initiate the process of giving of a BlackBerry app to someone, BlackBerry App World v3.1 instead allows users that want gifts to beg for them via BBM.

I can honestly tell you that the first time that I ever receive an unsolicited gift request from a BBM contact will be the last time I ever use BBM and possibly BlackBerry App World.  Let’s hope that RIM kills the gift begging feature in BlackBerry App World v3.1 before it becomes officially available, or, at the very least, adds the ability to opt out of being begged by contacts to buy them apps.

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Filed Under: BlackBerry Tagged With: App World Gift Requests, Application Gifting, BlackBerry App World, BlackBerry Beta Zone

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  1. Charity Clancy says

    December 6, 2011 at 12:27 pm

    I thought they meant you could buy an app for someone as a gift, but, giving people a way to ask you for gift from within the app seems kind of tacky to me.  I’m with you. I hope RIM gives a way to opt out of getting gift requests…

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  2. Staso26 says

    January 16, 2012 at 5:32 am

    this is cool!

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