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BlackBerry App World 3.1 arrives in the BlackBerry Beta Zone

by Joseph Holder on 5 Dec 2011 02:44 PM
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BlackBerry App World

*UPDATE* Another release has now been issued to address the BlackBerry ID issue. If you were experiencing that, go ahead and grab the newer download.

Just in time for the holiday gift-giving season, that new and improved BlackBerry App World experience we've all been waiting for is finally here... well, in the Beta Zone at least. This week, App World Version 3.1.0.38 hit the BlackBerry Beta Zone and is ready for you to try your hand at gifting and begging for apps.

What's New in 3.1

  • Gifting/Begging - allows you to request that a friend or family member pay for any application within App World.
  • Content Rating - allows content providers to rate the maturity level of their content and for you to filter content based on their desired level
  • WiFi Only Support - will allow App World to still operate when a you only have a WiFi connection
  • New Language Support - Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean, Thai, Indonesian, Vietnamese, and Dutch

Check out more in the BlackBerry Beta Zone

Filed Under: News & Rumors; Tags: App World 3.1, BlackBerry App World, BlackBerry Beta Zone
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37 Comments

Posted by bilalqwarriach Monday, Dec 05, 2011 167 days ago

so does it mean that its now available in countries that were previously not supported?

 
 
Posted by Xader Monday, Dec 05, 2011 167 days ago

Nice edit. I saw that "first". ;)

 
 
Posted by bilalqwarriach Monday, Dec 05, 2011 167 days ago

no actually i intended to put this as my second post :p

 
 
Posted by Xader Monday, Dec 05, 2011 167 days ago

Oh, I figured it was just a placeholder, but I had to give ya a hard time.

It's all in good fun! :D

 
 
Posted by Xader Monday, Dec 05, 2011 167 days ago

Awesome.

I've been waiting for wifi support in App World. It sucks having to download over EDGE when I have a high-speed connection available.

 
 
Posted by bobby_boy Monday, Dec 05, 2011 167 days ago

Too sound old-fashioned, I usually plug my BB into my laptop, connect to blackberry appworld website, then download apps using my USB cable, reducing my wireless account data usage.. (But that's just me, this will make things easier) :-]

 
 
Posted by CrackBerryTorch9800 Monday, Dec 05, 2011 167 days ago

Another website said that it would be released to the public on the 15th of this month.

 
 
Posted by daveshiz Monday, Dec 05, 2011 167 days ago

Does anyone know if this is compatible for latest os 7.1 cos I got unable to find app and codeline after I pressed the download button ? Or is it same as latest bbm and is incompatible ??I have loaded plenty beta zone stuff in past

 
 
Posted by Bla1ze Monday, Dec 05, 2011 167 days ago

It doesn't like 7.1 -- nor should you expect it to since it's not even an official OS.

 
 
Posted by daveshiz Monday, Dec 05, 2011 167 days ago

Cheers

 
 
Posted by Xader Monday, Dec 05, 2011 167 days ago

Yeah, I've found this to be a problem too. But I'm not willing to give up Wifi calling, so I guess wifi downloads will have to wait.

 
 
Posted by siddo_d Monday, Dec 05, 2011 167 days ago

I hope this one is better. I hate being on a beta program and they don't use all the feature enhancments suggested

 
 
Posted by sergeh Monday, Dec 05, 2011 167 days ago

I wonder when they'll add the gifting option to the PlayBook

 
 
Posted by izzachar Monday, Dec 05, 2011 167 days ago

cool so now we can ask Kevin to buy all our apps for us!!!!

ROFL

 
 
Posted by LatinoLoco24 Monday, Dec 05, 2011 167 days ago

Keep getting "Blackberry Identity update needed.." Tried doing the update and various battery pulls to no avail and the same recycled notification.

Anyone else?

 
 
Posted by rafa6571 Monday, Dec 05, 2011 167 days ago

same issue here

 
 
Posted by spike12 Monday, Dec 05, 2011 167 days ago

Same here.

 
 
Posted by cohusker Monday, Dec 05, 2011 167 days ago

Same! :(

 
 
Posted by spike12 Monday, Dec 05, 2011 167 days ago

From the beta forum, its reported to work:

"go to Aplication Options and delete the current BB ID version you hold, then reboot and go back to app world, it shows a message for you to install the BB ID, once you've install it already, reboot and then it would work perfect!I had the same issue, I did what I just wrote up lines and that's it!"

 
 
Posted by diruocco Monday, Dec 05, 2011 167 days ago

how do u get to deleting the bb id version???
where do u find this???

 
 
Posted by LatinoLoco24 Monday, Dec 05, 2011 167 days ago

About to try this now. Much appreciated!

 
 
Posted by siddo_d Monday, Dec 05, 2011 167 days ago

Wtf is this every second it wants me to update that stupid blackberry identity update thing

 
 
Posted by dasDestruktion Monday, Dec 05, 2011 167 days ago

Of course I've installed it and the icon is now missing after multiple reboots. Why does RIM have so much trouble with these disappearing icons? Search the forums. This has been happening for years and years with AppWorld and BBM especially. *sigh*

 
 
Posted by Lindstrom Monday, Dec 05, 2011 167 days ago

Hopefully RRoYY will xtract it and make it OTA for 7.1 users :-)

 
 
Posted by mohawk rcer Monday, Dec 05, 2011 167 days ago

He did but u still need a key code :(

 
 
Posted by ifraser Tuesday, Dec 06, 2011 167 days ago

According to the beta support people, BBM 6.1, Twitter beta and App world 3.1 are not 7.1 compatible just now. (even though i have had the 1st 2 running for 2 weeks) lol

I requested a beta code but they havent got back to me so guessing they wont supply one unless you can download the app :(

 
 
Posted by chunt69 Monday, Dec 05, 2011 167 days ago

Installed and seems to work great, so nice to be able to use it when I've got crap reception at home, works fine with network off just solely on wi-fi. Seems to refresh quicker using alt rst now aswell.

 
 
Posted by bladerunner6821 Monday, Dec 05, 2011 167 days ago

ok. having the same problem as everyone else (Glad i'm not alone) NOW.....is there a solution? Crackberry.com i hope someone has gotten hold of somebody from RIM about this....

 
 
Posted by Chaddface Monday, Dec 05, 2011 167 days ago

Do what spike said a coupe posts up. Worked for me. I had 3 different BB I'd's. Deleted them all. Go back and download again. It seems they had problems because all 3 ID's had different version numbers. Thanks Spike.

 
 
Posted by spike12 Monday, Dec 05, 2011 167 days ago

No prob really. The credit really goes to the folks who posted the solution at the beta forum. Its easy to forget that its the proper place to look for the answer, but this site is so addictive and useful itself!

 
 
Posted by 07thking Monday, Dec 05, 2011 167 days ago

Dam servers are overloaded with downloaded requests, agggrrrr. Me first people, lol.

 
 
Posted by adam-schuetze Monday, Dec 05, 2011 167 days ago

Anybody have the .jad file they can post? I can't download this from Beta Zone, since I'm running OS 7.1. I'm looking to install an "Agent Switcher" addon for Firefox, but the addons.firefox.org web site isn't responding.

 
 
Posted by gtamhankar Monday, Dec 05, 2011 167 days ago

WiFi support is the biggest addition! Dont really care about the rest...

 
 
Posted by ibby-berry Tuesday, Dec 06, 2011 167 days ago

Anyone Can confirm if it works on wifi in unsupported countries ?

 
 
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Posted by BigRob673 Thursday, Dec 08, 2011 165 days ago

I love that now it doesn't ask for a password for free stuff!!!!!!!

 
 
Posted by starkna Sunday, Dec 18, 2011 154 days ago

Nancy hi DL App world and have the above problem. Blackberry identity update needed. It says would you like to install it, I say yes,it seems to try to install a 0. Doesn't work,sometimes it trys 100 and hangs. I looked in options and don't appear to have device option. Have BB version 5.0.0.092,curve 5820. Please help.