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Poynt, on of my favorite BlackBerry applications and on my list of 10 of the Greatest BlackBerry Applications of All Time, has been updated to version 1.8.6 and is now available for download in BlackBerry App World.
Poynt for BlackBerry v1.8.6 features include:
Poynt for BlackBerry, in my opinion one of the greatest BlackBerry applications of all time, has recently been updated and now includes local event features which allow North American users to search for local events by performer, venue, date, or category directly from within the app.
Press Release
Poynt App for BlackBerry Smartphones and Android Adds New Local Events Feature Powered by Eventful
CALGARY, ALBERTA–(Marketwire – Jan. 11, 2011) – Poynt Corporation (“Poynt Corp.” or the “Company”)(TSX VENTURE:PYN), a leading provider of mobile local search services, today announced the addition of Events to the Poynt local search app (“Poynt” or the “App”). The new Events feature is now available for BlackBerry® smartphones and Android devices in the United States and Canada.
The new Events feature displays current and upcoming local events, as well as detailed event information, including turn-by-turn directions. With this update, Poynt users on BlackBerry smartphones and Android devices have the added benefit of quick and accessible local event listings simply by selecting the Events icon displayed on the App’s home screen. Poynt provides users with up to the minute event listings and details through its content partner Eventful, the leading digital media company connecting 20 million consumers to local events.
The new Events feature allows users to search by performer, event or venue nearby, by event date or by category, including festivals, concerts and sporting events. Users can then view details such as maps, photos, browse websites, view seating charts and get detailed performer information. As well, users can add events to their device calendar or send details to friends.
Poynt harnesses the power of multiple applications in one intuitive package. Users can search for businesses and retailers, gas stations, people, local weather, find movies and buy tickets, find restaurants and reserve a table, and now stay connected with local events. Poynt allows users to go one step further–mapping locations, adding results to calendar or emailing results to friends without exiting the application.
“Events are the heart and soul of local communities everywhere and we are excited to make this enhancement to Poynt’s robust feature set by giving users access to this information,” said Andrew Osis, CEO, Poynt Corp. “The new Events feature is key to our vision of bringing the user a true all-in-one local search experience.”
“We are pleased that Poynt has chosen to utilize Eventful’s data to power their new Events feature,” said Jordan Glazier, CEO of Eventful.” The continued integration of local event content into the mobile experience allows consumers to access the information they need in new and exciting ways.”
The new version of Poynt is immediately available for download for BlackBerry smartphones and Android devices via Over the Air download at m.poynt.com or from their respective app stores.
Poynt is a free application and is now available to BlackBerry, Android, iPhone, and Windows Phone 7 users in Canada, United States, Australia, Germany, the United Kingdom, Italy, France, and Spain.
It hasn’t been quite a month since Poynt, the self described online version of your local Superpages or Yellow Pages that comes complete with maps – so you can pinpoint nearby businesses, get contact info… and find out how to get there, was updated to support the BlackBerry Storm, however, it appears that it has been updated again to version 1.0.0.29.
I am going to assume Poynt 1.0.0.129 contains just minor bug fixes over version 1.0.0.15 as I haven’t been able to find any release notes or major enhancements to the application.
Poynt is a free BlackBerry download and actually one of the applications what was on our 5 Free BlackBerry Storm Applications Worth Downloading list. Personally I think that Poynt is just one of those applications you should install if you own a BlackBerry.
If you already have Poynt installed it will prompt you to update next time you use it. If you don’t you can install it OTA by point your device’s BlackBerry Browser to http://m.mypoynt.com/crackberry/storm/.
RIMarkable reader Curtis just sent us an email this morning telling us about a free BlackBerry application that gives you pretty good local search capabilities that rival Beyond 411, one of my top free BlackBerry downloads of all time.
He said, “There is a application that you might want to mention to your readers that I just picked up on. It is called Poynt for BlackBerry and is a free local search utility that rivals Beyond 411. Poynt pretty much gives you the same information but is a lot prettier.”
One thing that I know RIMarkable readers like are free BlackBerry applications so I figure that I would spread the word. I’ve only been playing with Poynt for about 45 seconds so I can’t give it a full review just yet. I can confirm, however, it is nice looking.
You can check it out by downloading it OTA directly to your BlackBerry. Just visit m.mypoynt.com via your devices BlackBerry browser. Let us know what you think in the comments.
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