Join Our 3 MILLION+ Members Today! Register Here | Login
 
 
 
 
 
 
Home»BlackBerry News»News & Rumors

BlackBerry App World is the Name of the RIM App Storefront

by Kevin Michaluk on 4 Mar 2009 02:00 PM
77
 

Coming Soon... BlackBerry App World

BIG NEWS HERE... RIM has OFFICIALLY announced the name of their upcoming application storefront and they've gone with... BlackBerry App World!

The site for developers will be updated tonight and should be live again by 10pm (Eastern Time). In other words...the following link below won't work until tonight! At the same time, they will launch a sign up page for users who want to be alerted when BlackBerry App World goes live. They should go register at www.blackberry.com/appworld.

As for the rollout of BlackBerry App World, back at the Developer's Conference RIM promised we'd see something by the end of March, which will come up quick. I won't be too surprised if we see it get pushed back a bit, but at least this is a sign that it's coming sooner than later. So how do you like the name?! I wonder what other surprises RIM has in store for us on the app world front... I bet we'll find out more tonight when the new site goes live! ;-)

Filed Under: News & Rumors;
Send to a Friend
 
Login or Register to post comments

77 Comments

Posted by markdental Wednesday, Mar 04, 2009 1174 days ago

See subject ^^^^

The page has moved.

 
 
Posted by Kevin Michaluk Wednesday, Mar 04, 2009 1174 days ago

Per the post, the Site/URL won't be live until tonight.

 
 
Posted by Back Stabbath Wednesday, Mar 04, 2009 1174 days ago

awesome...

 
 
Posted by reyrey2435 Wednesday, Mar 04, 2009 1174 days ago

i cant wait!

 
 
Posted by MuDvAyNe Wednesday, Mar 04, 2009 1174 days ago

I can't wait.

 
 
Posted by Joeydelicious Wednesday, Mar 04, 2009 1174 days ago

get "the page you have requested has been moved or no longer exists"

 
 
Posted by Nachos Libres Wednesday, Mar 04, 2009 1174 days ago

Did you even read the article?

 
 
Posted by Joeydelicious Wednesday, Mar 04, 2009 1174 days ago

who has the time to read those 3 short paragraphs?!

 
 
Posted by Abigfish3 Wednesday, Mar 04, 2009 1174 days ago

The name is ok at best. However if the store lives up to the potential it has it wont matter what they call it.

 
 
Posted by paulanthonyc Wednesday, Mar 04, 2009 1174 days ago

It's better than Blackberry App "Store", but maybe RIM Apps, or just BlackBerry World woulda been nicer. Either way, I can't wait...especially since I'm PRAYING that VZW finally releases a new Storm OS around the same time.

 
 
Posted by ShogunOfDenver Wednesday, Mar 04, 2009 1174 days ago

cant believe that the creative minds at RIM could only come up with BlackBerry App World.... too many nouns

 
 
Posted by bobaloo Wednesday, Mar 04, 2009 1174 days ago

It's actually one noun, one adjective, and one adverb.

A little bit of everything for everyone. I like it.

 
 
Posted by stormaddict13 Wednesday, Mar 04, 2009 1174 days ago

Almost.

 
 
Posted by stormaddict13 Wednesday, Mar 04, 2009 1174 days ago

No it's actually two adjectives and one noun, but nice try.

 
 
Posted by Zackz115 Wednesday, Mar 04, 2009 1174 days ago

It is to nouns acting as adjectives+ world. They are nouns that describe world.

 
 
Posted by Zackz115 Wednesday, Mar 04, 2009 1174 days ago

It is two nouns acting as adjectives+ world. They are nouns that describe world.

 
 
Posted by Zackz115 Wednesday, Mar 04, 2009 1174 days ago

It is two nouns acting as adjectives+ world. They are nouns that describe world.

 
 
Posted by bobaloo Wednesday, Mar 04, 2009 1174 days ago

Blackberry App World

Well, if we all really care, which I doubt anyone really does:

"World" is the noun. "App" modifies "world." For "blackberry" to be an adjective, it would also have to modify "world." However, in this case, "blackberry" modifies "app."

examples of what I'm talking about

1) the big, green car. two adjectives, one noun
2) the dark green car. One noun, one adjective, one adverb.

Adverbs modify adjectives. Sure, all three words in "blackberry app world" can be nouns, and I can see how people would think that "blackberry" and "app" are both adjectives, but they are not. Just like the word "dark" in the second example is not an adjective in that case. The car is not dark. "dark" modifies the meaning of the word "green," making "dark" and adverb.

I suppose the argument then would be that "blackberry" can be describing the word "world." I don't think that's the case. The world/store is specifically for apps, not for blackberries. and more specifically they are for blackberry apps.

 
 
Posted by Yesterdays Shoveler Wednesday, Mar 04, 2009 1174 days ago

They should have named it Ted's App Emporium.

(ling long)

 
 
Posted by Ted himself Wednesday, Mar 04, 2009 1174 days ago

You are incorrect Gregory, it was called Ted's Blackberry and App Emporium. We only sold one app, it was the Robert Reed Cup O Broth app. It was a good seller then abruptly died off.

 
 
Posted by Anonymous2525 Wednesday, Mar 04, 2009 1174 days ago

frrrrrrunkis

 
 
Posted by Mr.L09 Wednesday, Mar 04, 2009 1174 days ago

its about time we get some news about...name is name what matters is what we blackberryheads are going to get haha

 
 
Posted by Ki77erB Wednesday, Mar 04, 2009 1174 days ago

Dont get me wrong, I love everything Blackberry, but they could have spent a few more minutes and came up with something better than that. Sounds like a cheap cell phone booth at the mall. COME ON RIM!

 
 
Posted by vlkers7171 Wednesday, Mar 04, 2009 1174 days ago

its not a great name...but like the post says, its atleast a sign that its coming. So as long as it works, it could be called anything.

 
 
Posted by winnersmw Wednesday, Mar 04, 2009 1174 days ago

Im not worried if it will get bumped back a month or so, we should all learn the lesson the bb Storm taught us. RIM was pushed by Verizon and its customers cuz the Storm was'nt done in time. The result was it came out faster, but it has a lot of bugs and general issues. Yea yea, all phones have bugs at first, but if they would have waited an extra month or two they might have been able to work out the kinks, and it would have come out with a bang and killed the iPhone. But we pushed `em and they sent it out too early. Same with this app store. I really hope that RIM takes ALL the time they need to really get this thing going. We should'nt push RIM at all, they need their time to get it worked out completely, so that when it comes out its as good, if not better than the iPhone app store.

 
 
Posted by Yesterdays Shoveler Wednesday, Mar 04, 2009 1174 days ago

I wish I was allowed that kind of slack when I missed a major deadline.

I say hold their feet to the fire.

 
 
Posted by roshrin Wednesday, Mar 04, 2009 1174 days ago

is vzw bringing out the iphoe

 
 
Posted by .ANTHONY. Wednesday, Mar 04, 2009 1174 days ago

I CAN'T WAIT!!!

 
 
Posted by cmorty72 Wednesday, Mar 04, 2009 1174 days ago

Finally around the corner!
Like the name.
I'm sure it will be full of interesting/useful apps, and keep those that keep on barking about how Apple has a big app store, held over.

Looking forward to it.

cmorty72

 
 
Posted by Anonymous5555 Wednesday, Mar 04, 2009 1174 days ago

This is all pointless until we can save apps to the SD card. RIM are you listening. You have a built in cap in how much people can spend. Don't screw up like Nintendo.

Here's to hoping that isnt just a software stack limitation that theyll never fix.

 
 
Posted by losperez Wednesday, Mar 04, 2009 1174 days ago

OMG, It truly is pointless if we can't get these apps on the SD card. Totally agree with you. Having to delete apps to add new apps is very frustrating.

 
 
Posted by palmberry Wednesday, Mar 04, 2009 1174 days ago

anon is right. I have to delete apps so I can add new ones already. This is BS. Way to have more onboard storage RIM

 
 
Posted by JReel Wednesday, Mar 04, 2009 1174 days ago

Wow, just a name, great. nothing to get excited about.

 
 
Posted by Paintthecity Wednesday, Mar 04, 2009 1174 days ago

This is going to be schweet.

 
 
Posted by SwagBerry Wednesday, Mar 04, 2009 1174 days ago

Some Good News,Eventho The Name Isn't Something I Would Of Used, But Hey All I Need Is Some More Nice Apps To Make It A More Perfect Storm...

 
 
Posted by BChydro86 Wednesday, Mar 04, 2009 1174 days ago

its awesome that this is finally coming soon. but it might be the lamest name ever.

 
 
Posted by rew001 Wednesday, Mar 04, 2009 1174 days ago

The name is kinda goofy don't ya think?

 
 
Posted by ny3ranger Wednesday, Mar 04, 2009 1174 days ago

RIM needs to fix the problem of not being able to install applications on media cards. How are we to install applications on 512kb of memory. RIM is smoking weed!

 
 
Posted by ny3ranger Wednesday, Mar 04, 2009 1174 days ago

Who was it that named it Sky Mall. I like that. Was it MS?

 
 
Posted by Zyxwvu44 Wednesday, Mar 04, 2009 1174 days ago

I like the name, and im stoked for the release. I think they could have simply gone with App World and it would be nice too

 
 
Posted by rfalter Wednesday, Mar 04, 2009 1174 days ago

Where on that link does one sign up for notification please. It's pretty much a dead looking page, nothing explained
rfalter

 
 
Posted by rfalter Wednesday, Mar 04, 2009 1174 days ago

Where on that link does one sign up for notification please. It's pretty much a dead looking page, nothing explained
rfalter

 
 
Posted by David522 Wednesday, Mar 04, 2009 1174 days ago

"I bet we'll find out more tonight when the new site goes live! ;-)"

Hopefully it is
And the name
Eh,
Its ight haha

 
 
Posted by Kevin Michaluk Wednesday, Mar 04, 2009 1174 days ago

hahaha... you got it! give it a few hours...

 
 
Posted by Tifoso Wednesday, Mar 04, 2009 1174 days ago

They should name it the FU-BAR.

 
 
Posted by scarletknights28 Wednesday, Mar 04, 2009 1174 days ago

Is this the app store for the storm?

 
 
Posted by scarletknights28 Wednesday, Mar 04, 2009 1174 days ago

Is this the app store for the storm?

 
 
Posted by bfreistat Wednesday, Mar 04, 2009 1174 days ago

if you go to that site it says come back at 10pm est for a big annoucement

 
 
Posted by tmarkt Wednesday, Mar 04, 2009 1174 days ago

Or is it only for the newer BB's such as the bold?

 
 
Posted by spartan905 Wednesday, Mar 04, 2009 1174 days ago

The Blackberry App World??? That's almost the worst name for a product I've ever seen. However, if it does anywhere near what the App Store does, I won't give a shi* what it's called!

 
 
Posted by simek20 Wednesday, Mar 04, 2009 1174 days ago

Would someone like to point out the reason for all this HYPE? I have many apps on my storm just by downloading them from ota links or whatever....what is the huge deal about having them all put into one place when it is reasonably easy to get them from the internet?

 
 
Posted by ChuckH0308 Wednesday, Mar 04, 2009 1174 days ago

The name is cheesy, but I'm glad it's coming. I agree with others that RIM needs to change the OS so we aren't limited so much on the memory. I only have one app now that I know is coming and I really want, but if I see others I want I'll be out of luck on space.

 
 
Posted by inspector_yoo Wednesday, Mar 04, 2009 1174 days ago

This is not big news. Maybe for developers. All they did was announce a name, but it's not like it's super creative either. Not really a big deal. Maybe the future announcement tonight will be bigger but for now this is barely news, so definitely not big news.

Hopefully, they will be talking about the new official OS. But if all they do is announce the name of what version it's going to be and not give any other information like they did today that will be disappointing as well. Even so, that is much bigger news then the announcement of "Blackberry App World."

 
 
Posted by hershey72 Wednesday, Mar 04, 2009 1174 days ago

Love the Logo!

 
 
Posted by headshrink Wednesday, Mar 04, 2009 1174 days ago

I hope it opens up a whole new world for my storm.

 
 
Posted by maddie1128 Wednesday, Mar 04, 2009 1174 days ago

RIMS would have been enough.

 
 
Posted by SofaKingKev Wednesday, Mar 04, 2009 1174 days ago

FINALLY!

 
 
Posted by blittenb Wednesday, Mar 04, 2009 1174 days ago

well where is it??

 
 
Posted by molina.00 Wednesday, Mar 04, 2009 1174 days ago

yea still waiting lol

 
 
Posted by TheStrik3r Wednesday, Mar 04, 2009 1174 days ago

I second that lol, where is it

 
 
Posted by j.p.hatfield Wednesday, Mar 04, 2009 1174 days ago

ummmm....time management...not strong

 
 
Posted by Zargon Wednesday, Mar 04, 2009 1174 days ago

I hate it when people are late.

 
 
Posted by durick120 Wednesday, Mar 04, 2009 1174 days ago

well its 1006EST and no exciting news From BB

 
 
Posted by BB King Wednesday, Mar 04, 2009 1174 days ago

{ CRICKETS }.......

 
 
Posted by Harlemknight Wednesday, Mar 04, 2009 1174 days ago

It's up.

 
 
Posted by Harlemknight Wednesday, Mar 04, 2009 1174 days ago

It's up.

 
 
Posted by Zargon Wednesday, Mar 04, 2009 1174 days ago

blah

 
 
Posted by molina.00 Wednesday, Mar 04, 2009 1174 days ago

any one else getting a blank screen when you try to register?

 
 
Posted by kylesixtytwo Wednesday, Mar 04, 2009 1174 days ago

Yes, i am getting the samething. its quite annoying. it may be the servers and all of the blackberry users haha they should have been better prepared

 
 
Posted by mexii Wednesday, Mar 04, 2009 1174 days ago

i am

 
 
Posted by jfs101 Wednesday, Mar 04, 2009 1174 days ago

All this wait for something we knew long ago??? A notification to let us know when app world is up and running??? How much you wanna bet that Kevin will be giving stuff away from the app world by the time is available?!!!

 
 
Posted by LatinLegacy Wednesday, Mar 04, 2009 1174 days ago

ZZzzzzzzZZZZZz

 
 
Posted by LatinLegacy Wednesday, Mar 04, 2009 1174 days ago

ZZzzzzzzZZZZZz

 
 
Posted by j.p.hatfield Wednesday, Mar 04, 2009 1174 days ago

whats the announcement????sign up and wait????

 
 
Posted by j.p.hatfield Wednesday, Mar 04, 2009 1174 days ago

i....zzZZzzZZzz...wanna see th.....annnnn..ZZZZZZZZ

 
 
Posted by j.p.hatfield Wednesday, Mar 04, 2009 1174 days ago

just register?!?! 'sup Kev?? what big deal???

 
 
Posted by pyrex Thursday, Mar 05, 2009 1173 days ago

while everyone else is worrying about the name, will Rim finally open up on API for developers? Or are they going to seat on their bums and close us out? That is a nice way to get completely destroyed by Apples' App Store.