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By Kevin Michaluk on 4 Mar 2009 06:51 pm
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* Update: Well, the 10pm EST exciting announcement wasn't all that exciting (they announced that you can now sign up for announcements?!), but RIM has now put up their BlackBerry App World teaser site. Developers can sign up to begin submitting their apps for inclusion in the launch of App World if they haven't already and consumers can now register to stay notified of updates. To purchase from App World a PayPal account will be required, and RIM has tossed a page up on the site directing people to create their accounts. We'll let you know if any other App World details emerge... there's definitely still a few bits of info I'm waiting to see surface. Gotta love that BlackBerry logo within a circle in the image above though... somhow it looks very CrackBerry-esque!  *

Following up on our post earlier today announcing that RIM has given its application storefront the BlackBerry App World name, tonight at 10pm EST they're apparently going to make an exciting announcement...

We'll drop and discuss the details here in the blogs once we hear the big news. In the meantime, you can click the image above to jump on over to the announcement site.

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219 comments

pennzman543

I hope its good news..lol

Clubbinmalta

Doubt it's something to get majorly excited about although I would LOVE to be proven wrong :) (gemini lol)

Hopes they release the mew facebook app soon even though it lacks chat which could be kinda handy at times

CreaseKeeper28

You know there are other IM clients out that that have FB chat built into it...

I know i use Meebo at work..and I'm sure there's others out there as well..

As for the announcement....methinks they are going to "announce" a *gasp* date that we can actually get on it....

but hey, that's just wishful thinkin!

sspediacci

Honestly I'm excited. But I should know better not to be excited damnit!

Kevin Michaluk

I just like the wallpaper on that BlackBerry in the image above! Looks sweet. Puttin the RIM logo in a circle like this is almost a little CrackBerryish. :)

Re: Announcement. It won't be all good news..or well, at least it won't be received well by everyone. It's going to be interesting to see what the reactions are (both from developers and consumers).

alan8385

if you happen to find that or come across that wallpaper somewhere, be sure to let us know!!!

vandebe

yeah i totally want that on my pearl.

i wish i had photoshop skillz

xmvl001

i posted a similar one in the wallpaper forums:

http://forums.crackberry.com/f123/all-flavors-blackberry-circle-black-17...

vandebe

+72

love it.
Thanks man!

Johny cracks

This is really sad. I tried setting up a pay pal account at one point...let's just say I had to close to credit card account I attached to it, my password was stolen and changed, and pay pal is impossible to reach. You must know you are completely inept when you make it so hard to contact the customer services. Please people stand up and let Blackberry know that they should provide an alternative and make it NOT a requirement of the App World Store Front to open a pay pal account! Kevin. Use your Jedi mindtricks to help us followers.

yahia-rph

I Totally agree with you, the should change PayPal or have an alternative to it.

alan8385

well, let's hope this is good!

TheChampJT

Tell us a new Storm OS update is going to be out by the end of the week followed by the App World opening and I'll be excited.

whsingleton

The best announcement would be that they have come to their senses and have decided to DELAY opening this "App World" for a month so they can get saving applications to the SD card (or other internal memory) to work. I have a Storm and don't want people with the iphone to laugh at me, OK?? If they launch this thing and people have to remove apps just to download other apps it is going to be the biggest disaster ever. You just wait and see...

breen243

I think RIM should get the Storm optimized with another update instead of focusing on the app store. I'm not adding another app until they get this working better. Love my Storm but it could be so much better if they just took care of the lingering issues.

dlappjr

What we already know. They are going to announce that their is going to be an app store sometime soon. Thats it, they will have no other info other than App World coming March 2009, or maybe April 2009. But since we must know everything as soon as it is put out, we already know this.

It's not even out yet and it's old news.

robotmarv12

doubt its something good so lets not get too excited

ress626

too many pecimists here

Jimmy Lisk

My friend who works for Verizon has confirmed that the app store is going online tonight at 10 PM.

Chrisb06

.....for some reason i don't believe this, speculation around the water cooler. BUT, you never know.

Ascetics

Your friend that works at Verizon was wrong, sir.

djricorich#IM

lest hope they announce a release date

Jimmy Lisk

March 23, my friends, is when we can buy apps. Tonight they launch the developer's package.

grifter rc

they have decided to make the storm os completely from the gound up and it's now touch friendly,consumer friendly, and graphically fun???

anyone anyone??

PGAPRO

Thanks Kevin now i have something to stay awake for. Can you imagine the forums after this announcement?

PGAPRO

Thanks Kevin now i have something to stay awake for. Can you imagine the forums after this announcement?

tfrankson

1 more hr, I wonder what it could be

tfrankson

1 more hr, I wonder what it could be

grifter rc

well maybe they could just announce that they've fixed the camera and now when you push the button it takes the picture :)

An RIM Insider

Release date is March 23, JimmyLisk is right

scarletknights28

How did u get that date?

An RIM Insider

It's what's been passed to us. JimmyLisk was right, yes, but he was unclear. I'm not sure how he knows that date, but his post made it seem like you could buy progs tonight. No, but the developer kit will be released. We plan on launching officially on March 23.

TheChampJT

I'm going to laugh if they're late for this. 51 minutes left.

Rated PG-13

Jeeeeeezzzz, I wonder what's in store for us now guys!!!!!! I CANNOT WAIT TO FIND OUT WHAT RIM DOES FOR US NOW!

blaghh blagh

hope they fix how apps are saved, the way its set up now is retarded, I just switched to a bold and am at most dissapointed.

scarletknights28

Watch the stuff be posted late. I bet u thats whats going to happen.

skyboxer

I'm not sure what the excitement is about with this app store thingy. If I need an app for something all I have to do is ask right here in the forums and I get not only an answer but usually a link on where to get it. Maybe I will see the benefit once it's up and going.

NASCAR20FAN

Some free apps maybe?

scarletknights28

Maybe, but probably not but that still would be good :)

tagg32

Hopefully they finally fix the problems with the 8350i!

TheChampJT

10!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

pmd5498

you guys are acting like a bunch of school girls lol

stevenberry54

5 MINUTES!!!!! AAAHHH GOING CRAZYYYY

stevenberry54

A SCHOOL GIRL WHO CANT WAIT TO SEE THE APP WORLD! haha

lepordgek

THREE
THREE
THREE
THREE
THREE
THREE

stevenberry54

kind of ironic how most people wish there was more time in a day. and if there was! you'd have to wait LONGER! lol

flash24

Lame a** name and that's from the heart.

Rated PG-13

Omg Omg Omg Omg!!!!!!!!!!!!

JBB89

this should be up soon. like, now. ahah

HotCelica

Its 10 but nothing on site

davidwongdw

Still not updated yet @@

TheChampJT

-1!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Kevin Michaluk

Bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbboooourns.

Not seeing anything yet.

JBB89

how anti-climactic :D

Rch1214

haha...did you actually think they would be on time?

scarletknights28

It should be up its 10:01!!!!!!

Rch1214

haha...did you actually think they would be on time?

sgtmilstack

Technical malfunction. Refresh.

Rch1214

haha...did you actually think they would be on time?

mindchatter

Refreshing like a mad man..lol

oooooooooo

there a minute late where the hell is the announcement

sahmad88

Give them time to actually make whatever the announcement is and then type up the update on the blog. We'll find out soon enough.

flash24

RIM screwed us again lol

mindchatter

Refreshing like a mad man..lol

ferrarixp

its 10:02
WHERE IS MY EXCITING ANNOUNCEMENT?

HotCelica

HAHA what if RIM cant load the stuff on the site cuz 6 million people are sitting here refreshing their page over and over

mindchatter

Refreshing like a mad man..lol

hotsauce8815

Im here at exactly 8pm Mountain Time and nothing!! WTF!? I knew it was all bull....

An RIM Insider

You idiots are just looking for a reason to complain. Late is like, 15 minutes. Not one minute, or two, or five. Jeez, calm down.

Rch1214

I just noticed there isnt a date...maybe tomorrow..lol j/k..still nothings

firewalkr333

Its after 10EST wassup with that haha

ferrarixp

and its now 10:05...
figures.

audicy

We're all just kidding man, relax! LOL

Good thing RIM isn't a woman...'cause she's LATE !

Rch1214

haha...late is never good!

Clyde67

it's not coming is it..

mlynchmob16

This is crap RIM. I need to be studying for a test, but I can't knowing there could be an announcement any minute. This is cruel...

urbanjeff

If they are good for them.
We are just rats in a berry maze.

dapro911

on its 10 05 wtf when are they doing this

adam4281980

I thought "late" was the norm for RIM!

chuk1005

wait for it wait for it wait for it

HotCelica

POW!!!! Right in the kisser

lepordgek

c'mon!
i was wating for hours=[

Yesterdays Shoveler

Maybe they meant 10:00 AM, as in tomorrow morning?

NASCAR20FAN

Maybe they ment 10PM PST lol

Tick Tock Ten

Punctual as Ever RIM 7:07 PT = 10:07 ET The hell?!??

TheChampJT

I see Kevin is F5'n it too!

flash24

The special announcement is RIM will be taking over Apple!!!

CurlyFatAngry

Where the hell is it ... Yo! Devs @ RIM ... Wake up and take that parking page off !! LOL

pecanBB

I guess 10:00pm EST didnt mean eastern time I guess it meant estimated time lmao

lepordgek

I laughed really hard at this

audicy

If I were working at RIM in charge of this announcment, I would be laughing my ass off at all of us right now! LOL

urbanjeff

its 10:07 and im going nuts!!!

pressbox

This is marketing at it's very finest. Hundreds, nay thousands of eyes looking at their site, all waiting for.....

pecanBB

I know some of you are upset that a paypal account is required for app world

kjdoug

wheres the announcement its 10:10pm EST!!!

.andy.

a little disappointing.... : (
10:09 and nothing...

Rated PG-13

I CAN'T WAIT ANY LONGER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

oooooooooo

there 9 minutes late now.........

my neck is already in a noose lol

Rated PG-13

I CAN'T WAIT ANY LONGER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Rch1214

its up...totally not "exciting" but nice to hear

mrl09

time 7:10pm still nothing dam you rim lol

Abigfish3

thats it announcing what we already knew super exciting

JBB89

wow, all that for a COMING SOON announcement. lame.

rfdesort

Disappointing. I hate how you have to pay for it too w/ paypal. BOOOOOO.

Yesterdays Shoveler

Sign up for our e-mail list! WOOOO!

Anti-climatic.

TheChampJT

WTF was exciting about that? PayPal required?!

jerrodab2006

we all knew the app store was coming and there exciting news is the app store is comming, haha

flash24

That was a stupid announcement!

Yandar

It looks like the Canadians have been infected by the Americans. Always late to any party (sarcasm)

lucidot

WOW!!!! I was prepared to be amazed, and by God I was. LOL

WutTheDuece

i agree LAME...but oh well...still cool

scarletknights28

F@#$ It's not compatible with the storm. I just wasted a half hour waiting for this to learn its not compatible with the storm. Thanks RIM!!!!

pricej636

It says blackberry smartphones with a trackball OR surepress screen...

scarletknights28

Yep now i just saw that so thanks anyway

scarletknights28

Yep now i just saw that so thanks anyway

trackizmy1#cb

BlackBerry App World
System Requirements

* BlackBerry smartphone operating system 4.2
or higher
* BlackBerry smartphones with trackballs or SurePress™ touch screen

jerrodab2006

sure press touch screen = storm

robhimself

This is something everyone knew, the least they could have done was announce a solid release date...

spun2u

Maybe they over slept?

Raptor007

Ahem, RIM do not make a 10pm announcement claim and then don't show up on time.

cheech73

Are we there yet? come on RIM lets get a move on

BerrySpecial

Well, that's no news.......Got to find the positive...maybe it will be soon?

.andy.

announcement...? FAIL
what a waste and paypal?
BB needs to get on the ball.

Zach1008

Nothing too interesting. Just a page to sign up for updates and when things progress with their app world. I hope they get things going soon as that is the only downfall to the storm over the iphone.

Yandar

FOR THAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

FinallyHere

Seriously, BB I appreciate all the time you save me, but you just took a good chunk of it back while i was waiting for that "announcement." Yay! I am sure I will be reading about this gem tomorrow. It is going to be the it topic. Umm, seriously, yay!

dchandler

Whats going on, come on Rim lets get it

De3

I thought they were going to announce that the apps were going to be free...but oh well I guess its better than nothing

xfuchsiax

Wow, I am totally not excited by that exciting announcement.

dbaucom

They are a little late kinda like the Official OS we all have been waiting for

mamoru16

That was dumb... back to forum stalking. :)

ALCie

Why all the hype? All they were launching was the "email me when ready" button. We knew what it was called and that it would come eventually. And we knew that we would have to pay for apps (it is a store). Now we know that they will have to be paid for via PayPal (kinda a bummer).

Yandar

being taking lassons on how to F**** up a product announcemet from Microsoft.

jamking86

RIM just updated tha website about tha apps store announcement, but there wasnt much to it.

David M

RIM pulled a fast one on crackberry nation.

strauss884

It's nothing no big deal, just hype

strauss884

It's nothing no big deal, just hype

strauss884

It's nothing no big deal, just hype

Fabmaclover

plus there site is very slow to register

therisingsun

I'm just amazed at all the excitement....well hope somethin good comes thr...;-)

Everlast04x

OMFGZZZZ I NEED PAYPALZZ?!?!?!?!?!!?11/!?!/.1,?.!

grow up people you live in the modern age if you dont have paypal then return your blackberry and get a dumbphone

SynnzBB

I was expecting like a date or something.

FED UP!!

These guys are clowns. I have had every model since the 5810 and at one point service with every carrier. What gives? From the buggy software, the STORM? It is my opinion that they want to be in every soccer moms hand that they have forgotten their core base. Am I being to hard on them?

Rated PG-13

When is it going to come up???????? I mean, ALL I'M LOOKING AT ARE THE QUESTION MARKS ON THOSE BOXES! lol

eye4ni

The little link at the bottom that says "DOWNLOAD FREE APPS HERE" ?????? Check it out

boomhower#cb

Maybe they just wanted to see how much traffic would be generated on their website.

Yesterdays Shoveler

That's the best theory I've heard...

Zero2026

That's all we can do...wait

NfurNO

what a waste of time. Looks like Pay Pal is slowly taking over the world

trackizmy1#cb

RIM:Be first in line to submit applications you've designed for BlackBerry® smartphones to the new BlackBerry App World™. We're counting down to a spring launch and we're accepting submissions now.

eye4ni

That was a pretty lame "EXCITING" announcement..... Hurry up and wait some more

juker1103

so the storm isn't even compatable? that's nice.

rockigirl

It says "SurePress™ touch screen" under requirements. That means the storm.

.andy.

dont worry - the storm is compatible.

Nico350Z

What an announcement!!! They announced....NOTHING!

an⋅nounce⋅ment   [uh-nouns-muhnt]
–noun
1. public or formal notice announcing something: The announcement appeared in the newspapers.
2. the act of announcing.
3. a short message or commercial, esp. a commercial spoken on radio or television.
4. a card or piece of formal stationery containing a formal declaration of an event, as a wedding.

They forgot option #5 for RIM "Big waste of Crackberriers time!"

NfurNO

This is true, but for the first time in a long time an new OS relase was the second thing on everyones mind

Rello

But unfortunately at this time...it seems like we got a better chance at seein Jesus before that happens. :(

freshgeardude

I cant believe they are using Paypal for this. It is pissing me off already.

They should have linked it with the carriers instead

j.p.hatfield

should went thru the carriers....RIM just took 3 steps back

j.p.hatfield

RIM just took 4 steps back...no announcement....

jamking86

Gosh. That was embarassing.

bimmerfest

its all hype..good work on getting the crackberry addicts attention, I'm sure it will be storm compatible and will be out probably the latest by end of April. They need to get this out before apple's convention during the summer. If they don't blackberry sales will decline even further.. WE Want free apps

mmmurrell

well i guess i won't be purchasing anything from their app store. i refuse to ever have another pay pal account.

DenBerry

Looks to me like it could be the new CDMA Bold? Anyone else think so?

Rello

I don't see what you're lookin at dawg. It looks like a regular 8900 to me????

mrwatch921

I would like to know what happens if you don't have paypal or can't get it like

me for a reason does that mean your just SOL????

If so this is a fail for RIM because i would never use shady paypal.

Rello

Like most of ya'll have said, this was a complete waste of time seein we already knew this was coming. Me personally, I hope they can throw us a bone on a new device soon. I know they got some sexy stuff cookin up, and damn it i wanna know!!! Its the crack that keeps me comin back ha ha

mrwatch921

I think we need to write RIM and ask them what happens to the many of people

who do not wish to get PAYPAL does it mean we will never be able to buy a paid

app? if so this is a huge fail and i would not keep my storm because of it i mean

i love it but F this.

yahia-rph

I hate the fact that you got to have a PayPal account to be able to buy any software. PayPal are the biggest scammers in the world and they always give you the run around and not help you solve any problems, on the contrary, they cause more problems. IF ANYONE AT BLACKBERRY SEES THIS MESSAGE, HAVE ANOTHER CHECKOUT ALTERNATIVE! SCREW PAYPAL.

cfoxx

Asking developers to pay £200 to submit their applications is too much; nobody other than MSN and Facebook will afford to submit free applications, so we can wave goodbye to the hope of great, free games like on the iPhone.

What a let down.

AUllah

What happened to the app store, IT was suppose to be up at 10 pm on March 4.........
Any ideas ?

7520boostberrymv

im new to this i have a blackberry 7520 converted into a boostberry it works really well just wondering if you all would know of some good apps that would work on my phone like weather, sports, and news apps