We’ve been patiently waiting for a Picasa client for BlackBerry since the beginning of the year, however, rumors are floating around that the the plug on Picasa for BlackBerry has been pulled.
I would have to say that this is an unexpected turn of events, especially seeing how RIM showed a working pre-release of the client to everyone that would listen back at WES. I was hoping that Picasa for BlackBerry would not only allow you to upload your pictures, but to view your galleries as well. This is a shortcoming of the Flickr for BlackBerry client.
There has been, to my knowledge, no official announcement that Picasa for BlackBerry is dead, however, all the official pages about Picasa for BlackBerry are gone and receiving 404 errors.
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This really really sucks for me. I use Picasa for all my picture needs and currently only upload to facebook from my phone.
. That’s it. iPhone 3G for me.
Sucks is right. Had been looking forward to this for a while.
I’d hoped that it would be like all of those RIM chat clients having a common codebase, just supporting different services.
After all, there are the flickr and facebook pic upload apps which seem ok.
*keeps fingers crossed anyway*
I downloaded the Google “suite” onto my curve the other day and Picasa was one of the included apps. So it isn’t dead?
Yes all the blackberry fans including me have been waiting so long for this phone indeed! Picasa looks wonderful and with flickr it’s a great phone to watch out for.
JaggedxXJ,
I believe that that is just a browser button that takes you to Picasa’s mobile site.
I simply cannot understand such a move….is it an exclusive deal with Flickr that prevents a Picasa integration for the BlackBerry?
Everyone would benefit, users and telco (due to increased data usage). Simply stupid such a move.
Google has a picasa app for mobile phones. check it out.