on 9 Mar 2010 12:42 AM
Been quite a while since we've seen a BlackBerry App World update. Guess RIM thought it was time for one. No idea what may or may not have been fixed in this release folks but if we happen to get a change log we'll add to the post. In the meantime, you can download the latest version from the BlackBerry website or from within app world itself. Have at it, let us know if you notice anything in particular that has changed.
When I go to App World it only shows version 1.1.0.24
Ok "now" it shows up in app world after I downloaded it from the website...however, I haven't noticed anything different
I just downloaded it and for one its a hell of a lot faster than the older version. Ive found 2 new things. When you delete an app instead of saying uninstalled it says "Uninstalled" and in yellow it says *Reboot Required." And the 2nd thing is that I think the colours are a bit darker shades of blue. Hope this helps
1.1.0.33 is showing up for me at blackberry.com/appworld
Still 1.1.0.24 for 9530
Faster, much smoother, less bugs, its about time!
Yes.it is available for all devices you just have to change you browser ID to blackberry and it will show up
Not a big issue.. But I did find a small bug ... Is it just me? http://twitpic.com/17hpus
That was fast to find a bug already.
Just downloaded it for VZW tour, just email yourself the app from http://na.blackberry.com/eng/services/appworld/download.jsp
I have the same bug on mine, but it was there before I updated as well. Perhaps its an OS bug? I'm running 5.0.0.461 on an 8900.
They'd better go work hard and go directly to AppWorld 2 cause this one sucks big time
I haven't noticed much with the update. Although, when I go to the My World, it actually shows me all my downloaded apps. That, by itself is worth the update. I hope it lasts. UPDATE: I just had a upgrade notice with The Hockey News app. I upgraded it through the My World folder in App World, and, it worked like a charm, easily beating install times of previous installs. Hallelujah!!!
At the time of writing, this hadn't been automatically "pushed-out" to users, so it can't be too important (You know, when you get the little "BlackBerry App World" icon on the Home screen, to show that updates are available?).
Not that most users will actually get all excited by the latest attempt at an application store from Research in Motion (RIM) anyway...
Stick with the (downloadable) Crackberry.com application store - it's ugly and not all that user-friendly, but it has a MASSIVE catalog, a "deal of the day" and other specials/bundles, plus it's available to EVERY country, INCLUDING premium (paid) applications!
RIM's app world pushes suck anyways, even with apps that have been out for like a week with an update you often don't get the "push" alert of it being updated.
*UPDATE* Was recently advised the reason why push sucks is because well, it doesn't exist. The system actually polls, rather then pushing. So that's why updates do not come through as fast as they would if they were indeed pushed.
I always thought it was very slow, this explains why. I'm sure you mean "pulls" rather that "Polls" though. :-)
Crackberry's application is just too buggy to me. I run the blacksheep of the RIM family the 8330m and its horrible. I love the selection that it offers but it just runs too slowly for me. The flashing animations just seem to slow it down for me. At least the blackberry app world moderately runs smooth even if it is just a piece of crap most of the time.
Yeah I agree, CrackBerry.com's Application Store is pretty poor... I find it to be slow and ugly (DEFINATELY ugly!), though I haven't experienced too many "bugs" with it (although ocasionally, my "past purchases" doesn't synchronize with the Internet-based version correctly!).
The main reason I use CrackBerry.com's Application Store is because of its MASSIVE catalog, the "deal of the day" and because it is tied-in to my CrackBerry.com Application Store account, showing all my previous purchases and allowing me to (manually) check for updates or upgrades to applications.
A site as big as CrackBerry.com however, really does need to put a little more effort into their Application Store, ESPECIALLY when it's generally considered to be one of the best alternatives to BlackBerry App World out there...
Personally, I'd like to see the interface given a complete overhaul and the application made a little faster.
As a new user, I wasn't expecting to be told of an update, so I was moderately impressed. Less impressed with needing to reboot mind; my 9700 takes a looooong time to restart...
It's working, downloaded from blackberry.com/appworld
Nothing really different, maybe a little faster?
"Maybe a little faster"?
Dude, this thing's like greased lightning now, and I can navigate between most screens in under a second (most images when scrolling through a list load almost instantly, too...)!
Still not paid applications for the Australian version though, so I'll keep a copy of BlackBerry App World installed for those "only available via BlackBerry App World" titles, but stick to the (downloadable) CrackBerry.com Application Store... As I said above, the CrackBerry.com Application Store is ugly and somewhat difficult to navigate (particularly the former), but it has a MASSIVE catalog, including paid applications!
There was an error when trying to read reviews in the newly leaked 5.0.0.536 for the 9700. This new release of app world fixes that bug.
Hopefully it will solve the "ready to install" bug that's been occurring on my Tour since I updated to 5.0.
So I updated and immediately checked my file free memory. Before the update I had been around 93MB. Right after updating I went up to 105MB!!! WTF!!! So I closed BB App World, re-opened the program and rechecked file free memory and I was back down to 96MB. Not sure what, if anything, this means, but it is weird. Otherwise, app seems to work as before.
I went from 97-98 to about 102-103.
Cool beans!!!!
Yeah me too! I went from 6mb to 22mb back down to 6mb, LMAO! The sad part is I'm not joking. That's what I'm really at.
I deleted the App World from my BlackBerry. I downloaded an app and when I "deleted" it from my applications it still left behind an icon that said archived which I had to delete as well. I also downloaded the Imagining theme which placed a link to download more themes on my homescreen which pissed me off even more so I deleted the theme. Once my BlackBerry rebooted there was the archived icon on my homescreen. I got really pissed this time and removed App World altogether. I don't want junk on my phone and when I delete something I expect it to be deleted.
Up yours App World!!
You have to delete things in app world its self or this will happen.
But, why doesn't every app do that? Also, downloading a theme that placed an icon on my screen to download more was single handedly enough for me to delete it all together. I don't want junk on my phone. It's bad enough I can't delete the myspace and flicker links.
After I downloaded the upgrade I went to log into paypal, and it's giving me a error code... WTH! always a problem.
How do I update from within App World itself? I tried running a search on "app world" and "blackberry app world" but with no luck
go to Top Free
Tried that. It doesn't show App World in the list of 25 Top Paid apps. Is it because I'm in a non-supported country?
go to "top free" it will be listed there
still doesnt work with Wifi turned on...
For the people who read this site and probably visit the CrackBerry store and otherwise know how to located BB apps, AppWorld seems like flawed and unnecessary nuisance. But to the vast majority of BB users who are only moderately tech-saavy, a central clearing house for locating and downloading applications (analgous to a poor man's iTunes) is ABSOLUTELY necessary if you expect RIM and other 3rd parties to work in developing new and improved apps.
People complain about the PayPal thing, but I think that works fine after you clear the initial hurdle of setting it up. I think the bigger problems are the slow response time, poor layout of information, and technical glitches, like the fact that it freakin' deletes itself every week! But they need to continue to work on it and promote b/c it is absolutely necessary.
They could have spent more time on their new Twitter App... Just a thought. What?? Is that you calling me iPhone?
Faster transitions and DL's.
It was still showing the .24 in App World. Went to the BB site and was able to get the new version. I'm hoping they fixed the issue with having to install it again after battery pulls or changes.
Unfortunately BB App. world is still not available in my country,despite the fact that all carriers here,offer Blackberry phones for a year now...
Of course no official new OS s,other apps,or whatever...so,am still waiting for that miracle day to happen`...in regards with BB app.W at least!!
bla!
I hope it is a good update, because there are lots of bugs to be fixed!
I just updated the App World haven't noticed many changes but it runs a bit smoother now. But at the end of the day the Blackberry App World will still suck!!!
the new size of the updated app would is 1000kb so the picture is wrong..
Mine was only 728k, I think its 1mb if you download it through appworld itself because it downloads the multiple language version. If you go to www.blackberry.com/appworld it allows you to select the language making the download smaller.
Just got it pushed to my phone. FIle size was 1000k. Not expecting any life-altering changes.
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