Xobni for BlackBerry, one of our favorite BlackBerry applications, and, arguably the third party BlackBerry application that I use the most, has been updated to version 1.0.81.11.

Xobni, inbox spelled backwards, is the ultimate address book organizing your contacts in order of importance based on the how often you interact with them.  New features in the latest version of Xobni for BlackBerry inlcude:

  • A user can now use the convenience keys for launching the Xobni compose screen (in options)
  • A user can choose to add a Xobni signature to outgoing emails
  • Updated LinkedIn Login process
  • New menu item labeled “Activate” allows a user to activate manually after purchasing a license

Head after the jump for a full list of enhancements…

Summary of improvements:

  • Compose integration for Xobni should only occur for native messaging app (fixing bars showing in other apps)
  • Xobni bar now shows up for draft messages
  • Compose integration is enabled when sharing media files by email
  • Fixed several compose screen defects that occurred when device was holstered or locked
  • Further improvements in search speed
  • Speed improvement in scanning emails, SMS, call logs
  • Improvements during contact updates to Xobni One
  • Improved failure handling during Xobni One updates (app closure, manual stop, failure, etc.)
  • A user can take a picture for a contact image from the image selection screen
  • LinkedIn login for devices at or below 5.0.0.405 will retry it’s connections upon failure
  • New, updated and recurring Calendar events are now scanned and show in the Meetings section
  • Ranking improvements when scanning messages
  • SMS messages are shown for all phone number types
  • Speed improvement while viewing contact
  • General UI update in contact detail section
  • Stability problem resolved on certain 5.x OS versions

Xobni for BlackBerry costs $9.99 and you can pick it up on BlackBerry App World.