I remember that when the BlackBerry Storm first came out one of the big complaints was that there weren’t any good weather applications that worked on it. Well, that shouldn’t be a complaint any longer. WeatherBug is now available for the BlackBerry Storm and it is absolutely free.
I have to admit, I have no idea how long WeatherBug for the Storm has been available. I found out about today from someone who asked me what I thought about. Now that I have downloaded it I’d have to say that I think it is pretty solid. I need to wait until I get outside to see if the GPS location finder works as I am in the middle of an office building right now but evertything so far seems pretty good.
You can tell that this app was written specifially for the BlackBerry Storm. When you change from landscape to portrait mode, the screen doesn’t just flip, the actuall layout changes.
If you want a good weather application written specifically for your BlackBerry Storm, check WeatherBug out. You definitely cannot beat the price.
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Uhhh yeah… This has been out about a week after launch. Granted it was beta.
Hmmm… What phone is that? My Blackberry Storm doesn’t look anything like that. It is a completely different shape, and doesn’t have protruding buttons on the top.
How did you install it? I can’t seem to load it through the desktop manager, OTA, through media card as the weatherbug site only has a downloadable jar file?
that .jad file is an OTA download.
The link is http://blackberry.weatherbug.com/storm/storm.jad
That worked thanks!
I think some intern got the BGR Mock-up of the BlackBerry at the time code named Thunder now official called the Storm. I can’t believe a real company like Weather Bug would use leaked mock-ups, especially when they can easily get legit pictures of the phone now. Heck just open the Emulator for crying out loud!
I have had this for a month or so, but I do not see the radar option. Am I missing something or do I need to delete my old version and reinstall the app?
@Brian
Are you sure you have the “Storm” specific version? I had the Weatherbug app for General Blackberrys. It was basically an animated bookmark on your home screen that took you to Weatherbugs WAP site. I don’t believe it featured a radar option.
Oh sorry. That was actually for Dalton.
I just downloaded the app specific Storm Version (Thanks for the Link Robb) and for some reason the “Locating…” never ends. It just cannot connect to “My Location”. Is this a common problem that has some kind of fix. Thanks
I love it! Works great most of the time and will be very handy for road trips and vacations. Sometimes it gets lost in getting location but usually after a minute that takes care of itself.
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I am trying install the Storm.jad file and my desktop manager keeps giving a message saying it’s not compatible with my device. Any suggestions where to move on from here?
Lilly, earlier in this thread is the over the air download link.
Is this application really free? Or is it a trial version?
any information would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
It appears to be really free…
i downloaded it and it freezes when i click on weather bug. i did a battery pull and it did the same thing. can sumone plz help.
Huge thanks for the OTA download link – I was using a non Storm specific version but the actual Storm version is so much better!
i tried to install the weatherbug but dont have a clue to what I am doing. Could someone help me. Looks interesting..
i got it taken care of… its pretty cool
June – the link from Robb earlier in this thread worked great for my storm. i simply put that address into my browser on the storm and was able to get it downloaded immediately. Once the download is complete, you can move the icon on your storm to a location of your choice (I put mine on “Home”, and moved it to my main screen – one of the first 8 icons you see – to see the weather icon and the temp pretty much anytime). Once installed, you will be asked to “Locate” 0 instead of having a gps find me, I simply locked according to my zip code and it works great. Hope this helps
every time I try to get the OTA link using the browser, I get a message: HTTP Error 503: service unavailable. This has been going on for a few days. Any thoughts on this? The browser works fine on all the other web sites I use.
Ooops, never mind, the browser address bar was automatically starting with http://www instead of just http:// Without the www it worked fine.
I loaded WB up on my Storm earlier today and it worked great! I loved it…that is until it started freezing the handset up. Now when I attempt to run the program the handset freezes up and I have to do a battery pull.
I’ve tried uninstalling and then reinstalling but to no avail…anyone else had any issues such as this?
I see on this page a storm with a pic of a rader. I dont see it on my phone. And I have the file for the storm. Any help will be nice.
This doesn’t work for my storm, it never has. I have used the link above on 2 different storm operating systems.
How do you download weatherbug. I have tried for hours and it never looks like your samples online. Can some one help me!!!
From your BlackBerry Storm’s broswer, go to http://blackberry.weatherbug.com/storm/storm.jad.
It will install from there.
whenever I install it the current conditions screen some information in off of the screen like the dew point and below that. Does anyone have a fix for that.
I’m not getting the radar either. I used this link for my download and it says for the Storm:
http://blackberry.weatherbug.com/storm/storm.jad
I downloaded the OTA file download program and put the links yall have on here in the place and it keeps saying this is not a valid OTA file.
now its telling me that the domain or something is wrong
I loaded weatherbug. All it does is search for a location. I can’t get it to do anything.
Is this free? or do I have to pay $2.99 a month?
I keep trying to download this and I keep getting a msg that says insufficient space for app. Every app I try to do it tells me this but my phone is only 3 weeks old and I know I have tons of memory…what am I doing wrong.
keith its free and laurie if u call verizon they should be able to help walk u through it. i have it on my phone and i love it…
please let me know is weather application applicable for
country – India
city – Bangalore