BlackBerry App World 3.0 now available

By on Sep 7, 2011 at 2:01 AM
mobile September 7, 2011

Research In Motion launched BlackBerry App World 3.0 on Tuesday and it adds number of enhancements over the previous iteration. BlackBerry App World 3.0 offers a revamped home screen with rotating banners that display new and featured applications, an App sharing feature that allows users to share their favorite applications using Facebook, Twitter, BBM, SMS or email, new application channels for finding apps faster and the ability to manage subscriptions through the BlackBerry App World “My World” portal. BlackBerry App World is available now and the upgrade is free. BlackBerry users can visit http://www.blackberry.com/appworld/download on their devices to download App World 3.0 beginning immediately.
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  • Anonymous

    Seriously? Who even cares!  Blackberry Apps blow hard.

    The only thing worse than the apps…. THE STORE!

    • Anonymous

      Well, if the only thing worse than the apps is the store, I suppose upgrading the store would be a good thing.

      • Steve Jenkins

        shhhhh…..your making to much sense…

      • Anonymous

        touche….

        although I would still consider it a “fruitless” effort….no?

  • http://twitter.com/l00nd Øivind Lund

    its actually a nice upgrade compared to the previous version… the app store content however is still missing a lot of ‘basic’ stuff… heres to hoping the QNX phones and platform won’t have those issues!

    • Not Appy

      Agreed. After 3 years of BlackBerry I swapped for an Android device. Completely stunned by how much better the Android market was in breadth and quality. The odd thing is that I’ve also found it a lot easier to use too. It just works.

      • Anonymous

        Wow, imagine if you had switched to the iPhone, considering that same stark contrast is there between the Android Market and the App Store. Actually, it’s probably a good thing. Your mind might not been able to handle it.

      • Not Appy

        Steven, I have to confess that the exact same thought did cross my mind too. A lot of people say iPhone is even slicker. I haven’t really spent time with an iPhone but can see that it looks great. I kind of feel like a man whose just moved from horse and cart to one of those new fangled automobiles…..;-) Once I learn to drive I’ll consider a Ferrari till then I’m so happy with my (ok it was also pretty cheap) Android device. Kicking myself for not jumping sooner.

  • Gadgetperson

    Please tell me they finally updated it so PANDORA is available??!!

    • http://crackberry.com/ CrackBerry Bla1ze

      You realize that it is up to Pandora, and their licensing agreements with content providers to update it and make it available — not RIM, right?! lol.

      • Gadgetperson

        Well they don’t have this problem on ios or android. When a new phone comes out all the important apps are already compatible. It is partly rims fault for not having as tight developer relations.

      • http://crackberry.com/ CrackBerry Bla1ze

        Well, at least now you’re making sense.. your first comment made none. You implied the updating of App World would some how magically make Pandora available which, obviously it doesn’t. It’s still up to Pandora to make the app available and realistically since BB 7 remains for the most part unchanged, all they should really have to do is log into the BlackBerry App World vendor portal and change the compatibility list to include BB7.

        Not exactly a whole lot of developer relations needed there — just some common sense on Pandoras part. Developers were advised to check, and subsequently update their apps if needed long ago.

        As for the iOS and Android comments.. when Apple releases their one phone per year, it’s rather easy to maintain an app, provided they never changed anything within iOS itself that would affect the core app. Android — well, Android can release all the new phones they want, they are now slowly reaching the point where all new phones launched are all on the same OS any so not many changes need to be implemented within apps — if any.

        But, I digress… you should try Rdio, lol. Their app already works with BB7 devices and they have an iOS, Android version. :)

      • Anonymous

        Its not a matter of tight developer relations, its a matter of how the app stores work. Android, iOS, and Windows Phone are forward compatible by default – meaning, you can make an app have a minimum version, but by default, it will work on everything newer than that. AppWorld does not work that way – the developer has to explicitely say that the newer version will work. I find this practice a bit odd on RIM’s part, but at the same time, how lazy are the developers that they can’t go in and make the change?

      • Rudy

        To expand…

        The problem is where you live.  Pandora is only available in US and UK.  You can thank the CRTC if you are Canadian for being pre-historic idiots.  I know for a fact Pandora is available on AppWorld, you just need to use apps like HotSpot Shield to get it.

        That said – I wish RIM would open up their VPN access to allow for OpenVPN’s, I would be using Pandora up here in Canada all day long!

    • Anonymous

      If you are going to call yourself “Gadgetperson” you should at least have some idea of what your talking about.

  • http://twitter.com/hawaiiinsomniac hawaiiinsomniac

    Awesome! I can’t wait to get the BB 9930 and check out the new App World!

  • Anonymous

    damn kobe, fix that fg%!

  • Anonymous

    Now if only it had apps..

    • http://twitter.com/NICKVALENTIN0 Nick Valentino

      It has apps.  Oh wait…you probably mean like a plethora of fart apps though, right?

  • Anonymous

    I am leaving my iPhone and going to BB.  App World 3.0?!  IM IN!  Can’t wait to have nothing available and be bored out of my mind!!!  I’ll just stick to my iPhone.  What was I thinking.

    • http://twitter.com/nica81 AJ

      well said.. it’s sad that RIM has been in the game for some time and their lack to inovate their customers with quality apps

      • Steve Jenkins

        do you two share the same pillow when you get in bed with eachother?

    • Applesucksfatties

      You mean you’ll stick with your iToy?  Hopefully you’ll get reception (with the antenna issues an all) while you are trying to message somebody or download apps OTA….oh wait, your iToy doesn’t have either function.

    • Anonymous

      Don’t forget having to REBOOT YOUR PHONE to install/upgrade apps. That’s a wonderful experience!

    • http://www.apple.com/ios/ios5/ BoyRetardedReport

      Yeah I mean it’s always been

      APP > MESSAGING

      A phone is about ‘working’ features come second. I prefer my keyboard obviously you like a bigger screen to watch your porn better… I see now why there are 5.5″ phones

    • http://twitter.com/NICKVALENTIN0 Nick Valentino

      Here’s an idea, get a job.

  • http://tumblr.lgdm.tv Mister Legend

    Less App Worlds…. more apps.

    (and more QNX)

  • Peacenik

    What is the point having apps if your Blackberry runs out of memory after downloading 2 of them?

    • Steve Jenkins

      Your wrong, GFY…

  • Max

    But but but but but but I thought you RImjobbing morons said you don’t need apps? Waaa hoppen morons? 300 apps on app world and you get your aquaman underoos in a bunch?

    • Applesucksfatties

      @42358be99588bce8d3d16edf0755d569:disqus - why are you such a loser?

    • http://www.apple.com/ios/ios5/ BoyRetardedReport

      @42358be99588bce8d3d16edf0755d569:disqus you always say rimjobbing can you explain to me what that means?

      You fucking moron kid I swear I am gonna IP trace you get your address and send gay hookers to your house

      • Steve Jenkins

        You’d be doing him a favor… ;)

  • Anonymous

    Doesn’t download apps OTA? You need to inform yourself so you can troll better.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_GJNXFTQ4N3ECNMJLMHZ56BY2HA Tim Mcfadden

    I just got a $829.99 iPad2 for only $103.37 and my mom got a $1499.99 HDTV for only $251.92, they are both coming with USPS tomorrow. I would be an idiot to ever pay full retail prices at places like Walmart or Bestbuy. I sold a 37″ HDTV to my boss for $600 that I only paid $78.24 for. I use Meta Cent. c0m

  • Shane

    Wow…App World 3.0 is so cool.  I had no idea it could be this great.  Good job RIM.

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