Gowalla announced last Friday that Gowalla for BlackBerry, which they have been working on for some time, is now available in a public Beta…
The beta release now includes photos and commenting on Spots, as well as better notification options. Trips and Items will be coming soon to Blackberry as well. Point your Blackberry browser to Gowalla.com and you’ll find the link to download the application for your phone. Alternately, you can download it to your desktop and then sync it to your device by visiting: http://bit.ly/BBdwnld
Gowalla for BlackBerry is a free BlackBerry download however, it is in beta, and Gowalla is asking that you provide them a hand by posting your feedback and bug reports to the Gowalla for BlackBerry support site or by sending them an email to BlackBerry@gowalla.com.
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When it comes to BlackBerry Twitter clients, there certainly is no shortage of options for you to choose from. Unfortunately, however, the BlackBerry Twitter client considered by many to be the best, Social Scope, has been in closed beta for what seems like the past couple of years and a production release, or, even an open beta available to whomever wishes to download it is no where in sight.
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Bolt, a third part web browser that makes viewing web pages on a BlackBerry device tolerable, has been updated to version 2.11. BitStream says that the update to Bolt doesn’t add new functionality, however, it does address several issues (read bugs) with the previous version…
Bitstream is releasing a new update of the BOLT mobile browser: version 2.11. The 2.11 release includes important updates that address server response times which eliminates the problem on some websites that has caused BOLT to hang at 20 percent on the progress bar, as well as improves Twitter use. Although there are no new features in this release, Bitstream strongly recommends all users update to this new version for an improved mobile browsing experience.
Install Bolt v2.11 OTA to your BlackBerry by visiting the Bolt download page from your device…
GetJar, the second biggest app store in the world, held their Gettie Awards 2010 event a few nights ago where they announce their picks for the best mobile applications of the year across multiple platforms. In the the BlackBerry category, Kayak Travel App for Mobile took home the top spot.
I have to admit, that I don’t believe I’ve ever heard of the Kayak BlackBerry application but it is appears to be a mobile client that integrates with back end of the the Kayak.com travel which I have actually heard a lot of good things about.
Kayak Travel App for Mobile is a free BlackBerry application so it is probably definitely worth taking a look at, especially if you are looking for great deals on airfare and hotels.
Download Kayak Travel App for Mobile
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Borders announced yesterday that it has launched a new eBook Store along with eBook reader applications for various platforms including the BlackBerry.
There are over a million Borders eBooks at Borders.com, including a generous selection of free
eBooks, to read on your Mac or PC desktop and on popular mobile devices. Just download any of
the FREE Borders eReader apps and relish the freedom.
The Borders eReader App for BlackBerry allows you to:
- browse and buy eBooks at Borders.com, where you’ll find over a million titles,
including a generous selection of free books
- search by title, author, topic, or keyword
- make quick and easy purchases
- access your eBook Library
- download eBooks for offline reading
- enjoy automatic bookmarking, print quality resolution, smooth transitions between
pages and chapters, and customized fonts and type sizes
You may want to hold of on downloading the Borders eReader app until July 9th, however. Anyone who downloads the reader between July 9th and 11th get five free eBooks. Visit http://www.borders.com/blackberry to download the app to your device.
There this isn’t a Borders eReader App specifically for the BlackBerry Storm or Storm2, however, the BlackBerry Bold version initially seems to work if you run it in compatibility mode.
In a press release put out yesterday, Xtreme Labs, a RIM Elite Alliance member that has put out over 100 BlackBerry applications, announced that it has recorded its 10 millionth download for its clients BlackBerry apps.
Xtreme Labs has released popular BlackBerry titles such as Buzzd, Urbanspoon, NBA Gametime, AccuWeather, and more. Get more information about Xtreme Labs BlackBerry applications by visiting www.xtremelabs.com.
One of the cooler free BlackBerry Apps that I uses on a regular based on my BlackBerry Storm 9530 is WordPress for BlackBerry which has recently been updated to version 1.3 and is now available for download. All BlackBerry users know that the current BlackBerry Browser is… well, let’s just say that the BlackBerry Browser is challenged and using it to try to manage a WordPress installation while on the go is an exercise in futility. WordPress for BlackBerry, however, makes managing your blog from your BlackBerry pretty straight forward and is down right invaluable when moderating comments.
Install WordPress for BlackBerry v1.3 from BlackBerry App World, or, download it OTA directly to your device by visiting http://blackberry.wordpress.org/download…
