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BlackBerry App World 3.1 coming soon -- Includes WiFi support and 'gifting' of apps

by Bla1ze on 16 Nov 2011 04:26 PM
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BlackBerry App World

For those of you who have ever been frustrated with the fact you can't download apps through BlackBerry App World without a data connection, the next update -- App World 3.1, is said to correct that. Being tested internally at the moment, BlackBerry App World 3.1 is also said to include 'gifting' of apps where you can purchase apps for others and also, what is referred to as 'begging' where you can request that another user pay for any application within BlackBerry App World. No time frame for release has been noted but it shouldn't be all that long before it shows up in the BlackBerry Beta Zone. Seems like it has been a long time coming but those features will be greatly appreciated once they arrive.

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Posted by siddo_d Wednesday, Nov 16, 2011 98 days ago

FINALLY! and what else.... im in BBZ anyway

 
 
Posted by RoseBud68 Wednesday, Nov 16, 2011 98 days ago

Cool another update....

 
 
Posted by mopiou Wednesday, Nov 16, 2011 98 days ago

Great news.
I hope it will be out of beta soon.
I'm not a beta tester :(

 
 
Posted by Isaac Kendall Wednesday, Nov 16, 2011 98 days ago

Anyone can sign up for Beta Zone at:

https://www.blackberry.com/beta/apply

Cheers Isaac

 
 
Posted by mopiou Thursday, Nov 17, 2011 97 days ago

I can't.
It said :

We're sorry, the application form is not yet available for your country. We are adding new country locations over time. Please be patient as we continue to expand across the globe.

Maybe it is because i live in France ?

 
 
Posted by jstirtzinger Wednesday, Nov 16, 2011 98 days ago

"Includes WiFi support" This exists already today....my daughter downloads apps all the time using wifi without using a data plan???

 
 
Posted by uci2ci Wednesday, Nov 16, 2011 98 days ago

If you turn off your cell radio, App World won't download anything

 
 
Posted by Bla1ze Wednesday, Nov 16, 2011 98 days ago

That is. Correct. WIth a SIM in and radio on -- App World is useless.

 
 
Posted by jaycee58 Wednesday, Nov 16, 2011 98 days ago

It certainly used to! When I had a Bold 9000 I could use App World on a wi-fi only connection. When I upgraded to a 9780 I was astonished to find that this no longer worked. God knows why!! I spend all my working life without a mobile phone or data signal so this affects me a lot.

 
 
Posted by BBThemes Wednesday, Nov 16, 2011 98 days ago

nice, `gifting` was mentioned a fair while ago, so glad to see it coming, now...wheres coupons?

 
 
Posted by djdonnyk Wednesday, Nov 16, 2011 98 days ago

I am glad to see it coming as well. It would be nice if every app from Rim would be WIFI capable from now on....

 
 
Posted by jr4941 Wednesday, Nov 16, 2011 98 days ago

Schwweeet!

 
 
Posted by VR6 Wednesday, Nov 16, 2011 98 days ago

what's "Begging"...proposing that someone buy you an app?

 
 
Posted by oldtimeBBaddict Wednesday, Nov 16, 2011 98 days ago

Begging? I can't see ANY problems with asking someone else to pay for an app on your phone HAHAHAHAHA!!

 
 
Posted by Canadian Torch Wednesday, Nov 16, 2011 98 days ago

I wonder why you can't get Appworld gift cards like you can with iTunes. That would make my wife's Christmas/Brithday shopping so much easier. I guess this is as close as we'll ever get.

 
 
Posted by artlane3 Thursday, Nov 17, 2011 97 days ago

+1

 
 
Posted by guerllamo7 Wednesday, Nov 16, 2011 98 days ago

Wow. This guys are busy!

They are rolling out BB Traffic with voice navigation.
They just rolled out BBM Music
They are launching stores all over the place.
They have purchased JayCut, newBay, and signing deals for content. BB Movies, Newspapers, etc.
They are giving us 100 bucks in free apps.
They have rolled out a ton of tools for developers with TAT assistance

The new OS7 devices are just awesome.

I think it is a good time to be a BlackBerry owner. These guys are working for our business.

 
 
Posted by jayemmbee Wednesday, Nov 16, 2011 98 days ago

Too bad the media and haters never see this they focus on the negavtive.

 
 
Posted by up488 Wednesday, Nov 16, 2011 98 days ago

Ya and that will never change, no matter what Rim does! There will always be something.

 
 
Posted by EvanKr Thursday, Nov 17, 2011 98 days ago

It really bothers me, today some local news anchors on the radio were talking about how if RIM wanted to survive, they'd need to "sell out and split into different companies", and whenever they talk about RIM all that they can do is hate. When BBX phones are announced, even though they will have modern specs, they'll criticise them anyways just because they're not iCrap.

I remember when the Torch 9850 was announced they criticised it because it lacked the famous physical QWERTY that Blackberrys are famous for, and then they criticized the Bold 9900 for having a small screen when they could've got rid of the keyboard and made it all touch. Oh well, haters gonna hate, and we can just hope that the media's had enough RIM bashing for now. Go shoot something like webOS that's already dead, don't criticise RIM as they're doing well and have great devices.

 
 
Posted by yvpan1 Wednesday, Nov 16, 2011 98 days ago

yeah they're busy.. totally busy, but THANK GOD for this update! i'm looking forward to seeing the new Appworld here. it should have to work on wifi, Thank God RIM will bring it back, now, don't put it on beta testing for too long.

also.. yeah, release the OS 7.1!! can't wait for using the wifi tethering for my playbook rather than using the bluetooth (apart from the bridge browser..)

 
 
Posted by raiderfan Wednesday, Nov 16, 2011 98 days ago

How about gifting us with a UI thats easier on the eyes and doesn't look like a 5th grader drew it

 
 
Posted by jSkiLLzZz Wednesday, Nov 16, 2011 98 days ago

speaking of free apps and gifting where is that latest free app from bb. last ones i got were vlingo and shazam which works amazing on os7, 9930. that phone is hotter than hansel, i love it. waiting on the next free release

 
 
Posted by Vanti Wednesday, Nov 16, 2011 98 days ago

haha lol they're using this as well as all this poisitvity so that they wont have to fork over the rest of our free apps. The BB store in Indonesia app world 3.1 BBM Music BBx hehe we see you Rim >:)

 
 
Posted by fingazz Wednesday, Nov 16, 2011 98 days ago

All bb users add me 22E6600A

 
 
Posted by Blackberry_boffin Wednesday, Nov 16, 2011 98 days ago

You have been busy, RIM. I will give you that.

 
 
Posted by sectionsix Wednesday, Nov 16, 2011 98 days ago

How about "regifting" of apps.

 
 
Posted by leejayh Wednesday, Nov 16, 2011 98 days ago

I think that this was a really smart move. I have no cell reception at my house (yes - there are silly places like that in the US. So, I have to load all Apps when I am in town, even though i have Wifi at my home. It has been annoying and almost pushed me over the edge.

 
 
Posted by VR6 Wednesday, Nov 16, 2011 98 days ago

yes it's been a long time coming for this feature that should have been avail in the first place...who wants to use their data to d/l games and apps when you can use WIFI?!

 
 
Posted by Marvin-13 Wednesday, Nov 16, 2011 98 days ago

wheres the update that will let me download apps on the 3 gigs of unused memory built into the phone? -_-

 
 
Posted by bbpandy Wednesday, Nov 16, 2011 98 days ago

It's called BBX

 
 
Posted by PostMortem Wednesday, Nov 16, 2011 98 days ago

This should be interesting.

 
 
Posted by essielove17 Wednesday, Nov 16, 2011 98 days ago

Add me 3247B828
<3love

 
 
Posted by Jerky223 Wednesday, Nov 16, 2011 98 days ago

When will they introduce AppWorld Gift Cards?
I don't like associating my credit card for online content stores.

 
 
Posted by Darlaten Wednesday, Nov 16, 2011 98 days ago

+1,000,000,000,000,000,000

I have longed for this idea. This would be a great addition for App World; easier for kids, teens who have a BB Phone and/or a Playbook but don't have a credit card.

Also could make it easy as an impulse buy item at the tills of stores in the same way that PS3, Xbox, Itunes has their cards on display at the check out counters of most electronics stores.

Also increases their name being out there whereby you see BB App World cards everywhere you realize that they actually have a store.

I have no idea why this hasn't been done before but in this day and age, it would be heaven sent and can only bring nothing but benefits to BB.

 
 
Posted by Revyrah Wednesday, Nov 16, 2011 98 days ago

Bla1ze,
Do you guys know if gifting will be supported internationally, unlike iTunes gifting.

 
 
Posted by Juggalo20 Wednesday, Nov 16, 2011 98 days ago

"Begging" better fkn be blockable or I'ma uninstall App World all together.

 
 
Posted by Darlaten Wednesday, Nov 16, 2011 98 days ago

Can you buy me an app? If so, I'll give you my pin number. LOL

 
 
Posted by Juggalo20 Thursday, Nov 17, 2011 98 days ago

Hahahah

 
 
Posted by Vanti Wednesday, Nov 16, 2011 98 days ago

Lets keep the good times rolling bring on the updates and BBX!!!

 
 
Posted by Deviant_Anchovy Wednesday, Nov 16, 2011 98 days ago

What about unsupported countries and no BIS? ?_?

 
 
Posted by ciscobear Wednesday, Nov 16, 2011 98 days ago

am how is this a new feature? This used to occur in the first couple releases of AppWorld then it stopped......crap...Glad it's back but nothing new here.

 
 
Posted by Xerxes10 Wednesday, Nov 16, 2011 98 days ago

I must agree, RIM has been busy! When they released BlackBerry Traffic I thought it was ok but wondered how they thought they were going to compete with Android/Google without turn-by-turn spoken navigation. Well, now we have it (beta)! It seems to work great. Between that and my free Vlingo reading texts etc. my trusty 9800 has a new lease on life and I no longer feel compelled to upgrade it.

 
 
Posted by ench18 Wednesday, Nov 16, 2011 98 days ago

Sweet update! :)

 
 
Posted by Rob-john_com Wednesday, Nov 16, 2011 98 days ago

Great to see some progress from RIM and love the gifting idea but what about coupons - DEVELOERS need coupons for contests and giveaways, etc... Uuuggghhh!!!!

 
 
Posted by WymanD Thursday, Nov 17, 2011 98 days ago

I'm ready, I want it, now, bank account is ready, bring it on for my Bold 9000 and torch 9800, wifi look out, here I come.

 
 
Posted by Thetnaung Thursday, Nov 17, 2011 98 days ago

This is a great move RIM. There are a lot of user who like to use BB but they have give up due to those limitation. Now this will bring a lot of user back to BB.

 
 
Posted by Mr.Storm Thursday, Nov 17, 2011 98 days ago

I was a die-hard blackberry fan but not being able to access the App World through wifi is just insane. I mean why do RIM even want to do that in the first place? The App World is already quite limited and by limiting the App World only through BIS/BES is just out of the world. I'm glad RIM is fixing that now, but it's a little too late (for me) as I've already jumped ship to my Samsung Galaxy S II. I do wish RIM all the best in the future of the upcoming BBX phones and really hope they can sustain the hype for QNX platform. Just my thoughts..

 
 
Posted by chunt69 Thursday, Nov 17, 2011 98 days ago

Great news, can be such a pain when your signal is bit weak to have app world disconnecting all the time. good move RIM, lots of good news for blackberry owners at the mo :-)

 
 
Posted by jrlbruins Thursday, Nov 17, 2011 97 days ago

The blackberry app world sucks the apps suck prepaired to the apple store. The free apps suck why should i pay for shitty apps.

 
 
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