Foursquare For BlackBerry Updated To Version 1.7

By Bla1ze on 11 Mar 2010 08:01 am

Since the rest of the smartphone world also got a Foursquare app update, it doesn't really come as a surprise the BlackBerry version got bumped to version 1.7. As SXSW gets set to kick off in Austin, Texas, Foursquare and its location based counterpart Gowalla have kind of been in heated battle for the attention of users in attendance. It'll be a bloody badge showdown for sure.

As for the BlackBerry version, after having downloaded version 1.7 it looks to me that it's just simply overall UI changes at this point. It should be noted though that I am not exactly an avid user of Foursquare, so if anything else major has changed under the hood I might not be noticing it. For those of you out there that use Foursquare on a daily basis, be sure to let us know in the comments if you have noticed anything major that has changed in the version 1.7 release.

* Please Note: Storm series devices appear to ~~not~~ be supported in this version *

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22 comments

demeanor76 Mar 11, 2010 at 8:24 am

I'm downloading now..

FrankDLR1972 Mar 11, 2010 at 8:34 am

I'm getting an error starting FourSquare: Module 'FourSquare' attemps to access a secure API.

sdipp Mar 11, 2010 at 8:48 am

Is it still thru the APN? Because I'm with ORANGE in dominican republic and orange does not pass apn thruy BIS, they charge it as additional. It would be great if this App would connect thru BIS, any info on that?

mercurycougar Mar 11, 2010 at 9:07 am

Works just fine on my storm 9530

thebrownguy01 Mar 11, 2010 at 11:33 am

and you're running version 1.7? what OS are you on?

EDIT: nevermind, i got it working on my 9530 now.

joryoung Mar 11, 2010 at 9:31 am

This is much faster now, more refined ui, and now the places are appearing categorized so it will show you restaraunts retail and things like that.

KingWulfgar Mar 11, 2010 at 10:25 am

I cannot leave Foursquare running in the background because it kills the battery on my 5 month-old Tour. I take it off the charger in the morning with a full charge and it's dead by evening if I run Foursquare. Does anyone else have this problem?

dmbhaggis Mar 11, 2010 at 11:28 am

I got the Tour when it came out. I leave 4sq on all day and I never have any battery issues. Running .419 OS

I go 1.5 days or so on a charge...

KingWulfgar Mar 11, 2010 at 4:11 pm

Thanks for the reply. I'm on VZW, so I'm stuck with OS 4.7 for now. Maybe it'll get better when 5.0 is FINALLY out. I think it's just the GPS use that does it--Google Maps has the same problem on my phone.

Rolandh Mar 11, 2010 at 10:46 am

I've just upgraded toFoursquare 1.7on my Pearl 8110 and I get an Error saying

Error starting
FourSquare: Class
'net.rim.device.ap
i.ui.TouchEvent'
not found.

Looks like this build is Touch Screen only, and not supporting non touch screen berries.

Roland

duck383 Mar 11, 2010 at 11:39 am

received this message after updating to 1.7
"error starting foursquare: module 'foursquare-7' not found"
on 9700
^^^^^^^^^^^^^
**edit** downloaded again,just saw the problem was fixed
thx foursquare

xstex Mar 11, 2010 at 11:10 am

Loving it. Shame it doesn't work through wifi though.

pete.foursquare Mar 11, 2010 at 11:28 am

Hi all, I'm foursquare's blackberry developer. Any issues associated with downloads earlier this morning have since been fixed.

Also 1.7.0 fully supports strom devices. Just after downloading from http://foursquare.com/blackberry/beta, make sure that compatibility mode is disabled on your device.

If you're running into issues please email me: pete at foursquare.

joryoung Mar 11, 2010 at 12:59 pm

This works perfect on my storm

JonB74 Mar 11, 2010 at 1:43 pm

Seems to be a lot faster in retreiving places. The last version was painful slow and I had a lot of time out errors even though I had good signal.

Battery life - I definitely get longer battery without it running. But that makes sense as this app uses GPS. So have the app on = having GPS on = more battery usage.

KingWulfgar Mar 11, 2010 at 4:09 pm

Yeah, Google Maps does a similar thing (and kills my battery too), so I guess it's just rampant use of the GPS that's killing my battery. Oh well. Foursquare is fun, though.

eventosfera Mar 11, 2010 at 5:44 pm

I deleted the old app a few minutes ago, reinstalled the new one, connected the phone to my computer, started the Blackberry 9500 Desktop Manager, let Desktop Manager do its thing, and now when I got email and password I get the following error: "we are having a problem connecting to the network. Check your network settings and try again" :(
Thanks,

psiclne Mar 11, 2010 at 5:57 pm

it now shows the distance you are from the check in points - I dont think it did this before.

tibbdor Mar 11, 2010 at 8:36 pm

@psiclne yeah it never showed the distance before but i hate that its in meters and not miles.and it shows the places that you are mayor of now when ever you checkin there.

PartyGurle Mar 11, 2010 at 11:28 pm

Is anyone else getting the OutOfMemory error when trying to access the app? You know, the one that you get even when you are not out of memory and then if you reboot your phone, it bricks it? Help!

yfnumber5 Mar 16, 2010 at 11:15 pm

would love to get this app

sgkeglar Mar 18, 2010 at 8:10 am

So far it has been a good BETA version they have.

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