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Foursquare For BlackBerry Updated To Version 1.7

by Bla1ze on 11 Mar 2010 08:01 AM
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Foursquare For BlackBerry Updated To Version 1.7

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 *
Filed Under: News & Rumors, BlackBerry Apps; Tags: foursquare, LBS, social networks
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22 Comments

Posted by demeanor76 Thursday, Mar 11, 2010 703 days ago

I'm downloading now..

 
 
Posted by frankdlr1972 Thursday, Mar 11, 2010 703 days ago

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

 
 
Posted by sdipp Thursday, Mar 11, 2010 703 days ago

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?

 
 
Posted by mercurycougar Thursday, Mar 11, 2010 703 days ago

Works just fine on my storm 9530

 
 
Posted by thebrownguy01 Thursday, Mar 11, 2010 703 days ago

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

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

 
 
Posted by joryoung Thursday, Mar 11, 2010 703 days ago

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.

 
 
Posted by KingWulfgar Thursday, Mar 11, 2010 703 days ago

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?

 
 
Posted by dmbhaggis Thursday, Mar 11, 2010 703 days ago

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...

 
 
Posted by KingWulfgar Thursday, Mar 11, 2010 703 days ago

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.

 
 
Posted by Rolandh Thursday, Mar 11, 2010 703 days ago

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

 
 
Posted by duck383 Thursday, Mar 11, 2010 703 days ago

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

 
 
Posted by xstex Thursday, Mar 11, 2010 703 days ago

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

 
 
Posted by pete.foursquare Thursday, Mar 11, 2010 703 days ago

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.

 
 
Posted by joryoung Thursday, Mar 11, 2010 703 days ago

This works perfect on my storm

 
 
Posted by JonB74 Thursday, Mar 11, 2010 703 days ago

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.

 
 
Posted by KingWulfgar Thursday, Mar 11, 2010 703 days ago

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.

 
 
Posted by eventosfera Thursday, Mar 11, 2010 703 days ago

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,

 
 
Posted by psiclne Thursday, Mar 11, 2010 703 days ago

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

 
 
Posted by tibbdor Thursday, Mar 11, 2010 703 days ago

@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.

 
 
Posted by PartyGurle Thursday, Mar 11, 2010 702 days ago

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!

 
 
Posted by yfnumber5 Tuesday, Mar 16, 2010 697 days ago

would love to get this app

 
 
Posted by sgkeglar Thursday, Mar 18, 2010 696 days ago

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