We just got word that a public beta of HootSuite BlackBerry is now available for the masses.
Loyal BlackBerry fans have eagerly been testing the private beta version for over a month now, and now, the public beta drops for all to enjoy. Worth the wait with Twitter and Facebook plus a backwards and forwards compatibility to fit your ‘berry.
With HootSuite BlackBerry you can:
- Manage multiple social identities and networks
- Receive optional background notifications for updates
- Create custom views for tags and searches
- Schedule messages to send in the future
- Share and store photos & files
- Shorten URLs with built-in Ow.ly tool
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Newsy, the hugely popular multi-source news analyzer for iOS and Android powered devices, is now available on the BlackBerry.
Newsy.com is the only multi-source, multi-platform video news service producing daily short videos that analyzes the differences in how a story is being reported by various news organizations.
Newsy for BlackBerry features include:
- Real-time access to the most recent videos on Newsy.com
- Share videos via Twitter, Facebook and email as well as rate videos
- Post a comment from an existing account (the app saves your credentials) or as a guest
- Easy-to-navigate interface enables quick browsing through videos
- View video transcripts that contain links to news sources
- ‘Sources’ button connects you to the story-level pages of the sources analyzed
- Extensive search feature allows you to find videos by keyword
- -Access higher quality videos when connected through WiFi
- Specifically designed to utilize the features and navigation of the BlackBerry® Curve™, Torch™, Tour™ and Storm™.
Newsy for BlackBerry is a free BlackBerry download and is available via BlackBerry App World.
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BlackBerry App World has been updated to version 2.0.1.12 and is available for download. If you don’t already have App World installed, head over to http://www.blackberry.com/appworld. If installed, you can update from withing the older version of App World.
There is no change log posted, so, if you notice differences, leave us a comment letting us know that they are…
We just heard that UberTwitter Beta 9 Release 2 is now available. The major change in this version is the switch away from Google maps and to the choice of either BlackBerry Maps or MapQuest. UberTwitter hopes to bring Google Maps back in future release as well as add support for Bing Maps.
UberTwitter Beta 9 Release 2 change log:
- Map Provider Allow users to select either MapQuest (default) or BlackBerry maps to display users locations.
- User action to retrieve a map You now have to click the ‘Retrieve Map’ button after opening a tweet in order for the map to be retrieved. This will result in substantially lower bandwidth requirements and improved battery life.
- UberChannel date display bug fix Fixed a bug where tweets in UberChannel streams had the date incorrectly displayed.
- Resetting tweets to retrieve bug Fixed bug where on an upgrade the number of tweets to retrieve would reset to 60.
- Highlight color in Midnight Theme bubble layout The highlight color in the Midnight theme when using the bubble layout is now much easier to discern.
- Text Ad color We changed the color of the text ads to conform to the them colors. The ads are still clearly marked as an advertisement.
- GPS Radio Activation The GPS radio will now only be activated when you open the compose tweet screen IF you have selected to use the GPS radio to determine location. This should greatly reduce battery drain, but may result in the location mechanism falling back to the cell tower method on some occassions.
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If you aren’t using a BlackBerry Torch, or, haven’t downloaded a leaked version of BlackBerry 6 for the Bold 9650, surfing the web via BlackBerry Browser is a pretty excruciating experience. Fortunately there are 3rd party browsers out there that make browsing the web less painful. Bolt from Bitstream is arguably one of the best 3rd party BlackBerry browsers out there and it has recently been updated to version 2.3.
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Meebo, a multiple social network / cross platform instant messaging service has launched a client specifically for BlackBerry. “It’s fast, it’s free, and it’s just plain nice to look at. Available now for touch-screen and trackball models.”
Meebo gives you the easiest, most open and most “right there where you want it” way to share on the web.
Integrating all social networks and communications channels into a single, simple-to-use solution, Meebo enables users to easily share content and communicate in real time with the people who matter to them.
Meebo is a free BlackBerry Download and you can pick it up at the link below…
Download Meebo for BlackBerry
The Toronto International Film Festival just wrapped up their 10-day 2010 event yesterday. Research in Motion was a big sponsor of the festival and had some pretty cool promotions going for BlackBerry users like a free app and fresh batteries for BlackBerry touting attendees.
If you didn’t, however, have the chance to attend TIFF in person, RIM has a bunch of videos to get you caught up on all that went down.
Head over to the BlackBerry TIFF page to see what you missed…
Google Mobile App, one of my favorite BlackBerry apps and one of the 10 apps I installed on my newly blown away BlackBerry Storm, has been updated to version 3.8.22. Google rarely ever provides change logs, and, this time is no different. We do know, however, a few of the apps new features…
- Web, Image, Product and News Search
- My Location
- Local Search and Directory
- Movie Times
- Latest Results
Download Google Mobile App for BlackBerry by visiting http://m.google.com/search.
