LinkedIn For BlackBerry Now Available For Download

on 30 Mar 2010 12:04 AM

LinkedIn For BlackBerry Now Available For Download

The LinkedIn for BlackBerry app has finally been released. We've been hearing the word "soon" all to often when speaking of the application but the wait is finally over now. The interface has a familiar look to it, much like that we've seen in the Facebook and Twitter apps. While the app lacks some of the features of the iPhone version it does meet all the requirements needed to get things done via LinkedIn. All the basics are included, such as: Network Updates, Search, Connections, Invitations, Messages. Give it a run through folks and be sure to leave some comments on how it works for you all. Support shows for Tour, Bold, Curve with OS 4.3 and higher.

Download The linkedIn Client For BlackBerry Today>>

Source: Mashable

Filed Under: News & Rumors, BlackBerry Apps; Tags: LinkedIn

86 Comments

Posted by Agent_007 Tuesday, Mar 30, 2010 684 days ago

No Storm support? Bummer.

Posted by AsosaYoung Tuesday, Mar 30, 2010 684 days ago

No Storm why!

Posted by bosscib Tuesday, Mar 30, 2010 684 days ago

Nice app - looks good and works well on my Tour.

Posted by Johnmar3 Tuesday, Mar 30, 2010 684 days ago

I don't even know what this is

Posted by schlice Tuesday, Mar 30, 2010 684 days ago

If you don't know what LinkedIn is, then there's a fair chance you don't need to use it. Basically, it's like Facebook for business professionals, where Facebook is geared towards the personal social network.

Posted by serpico Tuesday, Mar 30, 2010 684 days ago

I was using LinkedIn for over 5 years and it was a waste of time. Had my profile up to 100%, network growing, and still no one contacted me. It was like Facebook for business, let's see how many business contacts I can get! Don't get me wrong, I'm sure it's helped some people. But in my circle of business contacts, they said the same thing and lost interest in keeping their profile up to date. This app is a little too late for me. No thanks.

Posted by mcloer Tuesday, Mar 30, 2010 684 days ago

Is the font size supposed to change like this???

Posted by JiveMasterT Tuesday, Mar 30, 2010 684 days ago

Probably not. It's extremely annoying too.

Posted by sridharsuresh Tuesday, Mar 30, 2010 684 days ago

Hey the linkedin app will be awesome on the Storm.. y no storm.. ???

Posted by schlice Tuesday, Mar 30, 2010 684 days ago

Curve 8900, don't see any major issues right off the bat. It has the basic functionality to manage your LinkedIn page. We'll see how it holds up and what sorts of updates get added.

Posted by phabriss Tuesday, Mar 30, 2010 684 days ago

After waiting all this time, LinkedIn release an app with buggs and it doesn't work on my 9700.
I downloaded it, didn't work. Deleted it, rebooted, then re-installed it, and I still can't get it to work.
Good job LinkedIn!!!
BRAVO

Posted by sinsak Tuesday, Mar 30, 2010 684 days ago

works fine on AT&T 9700. No issues so far.

Posted by Nick_Monger Tuesday, Mar 30, 2010 684 days ago

Works fine on my 9700 on Vodafone Germany.

Posted by CurlyFatAngry Tuesday, Mar 30, 2010 684 days ago

Does not work on my Bold 9000. Thanks RIM for the crappy app.

Posted by JenOfTheW Tuesday, Mar 30, 2010 684 days ago

RIM didn't make this app.

Posted by draculam3k Tuesday, Mar 30, 2010 684 days ago

well crap storm is not supported..

Posted by LouCypher Tuesday, Mar 30, 2010 684 days ago

No BIS support and once you run it, you can't close it.
It still appears when you press alt+esc

Posted by devGOD Tuesday, Mar 30, 2010 684 days ago

click menu and then sign out. works just like any other BB social App (aim,ymsg,facebook,twitter) all require you to sign out. since the pull data in the background

Posted by JiveMasterT Tuesday, Mar 30, 2010 684 days ago

Facebook does not run in the background on my blackberry.

Posted by sk8er_tor Tuesday, Mar 30, 2010 683 days ago

Did that and it still runs in the background. There's no way to shut it down, even after a battery pull. Did LinkedIn not test this app?

Posted by mypearl1 Wednesday, Mar 31, 2010 682 days ago

app looks nice. Only issue i have is the thing keep running even after closing it.

Posted by buckle.vzw Tuesday, Mar 30, 2010 684 days ago

I was so excited...until it wouldn't load on my Storm2.

Posted by noxdiurna Tuesday, Mar 30, 2010 684 days ago

It works on my Bold 9000 but the font issue is quite annoying. I don't see how difficult it is to make an app for BB but I am truly deceived by this long anticipated version.

Posted by friedmonkey Tuesday, Mar 30, 2010 684 days ago

Apparently "soon" was too soon. Release a solid version on the Storm 2 and I'll be happy.

Posted by ohbarnes Tuesday, Mar 30, 2010 684 days ago

The contact sync is a manual exercise from what I can work out so far… which is not fun with 100’s of connections...

Same issue for me with menu fonts being huge and small on focus...

Overall look quite good (bugs aside).

...my BB has ground to a halt (30 secs between menu response) as I write this so may be syncing contacts in the background??

Posted by ohbarnes Tuesday, Mar 30, 2010 684 days ago

...after 15 mins it did not speed up so I manually rebooted... after reboot the first keypress caused a white screen and then it rebooted itself... as many of you seem to have it running ok, I'll keep trying...

[Bold 9700 - OS .545]

Posted by Firf Tuesday, Mar 30, 2010 684 days ago

Works great. For a version 1, they did a better job than Facebook ;)

Does exactly what it should for an 'on the road' version of Linkedin.

Posted by Guy594 Tuesday, Mar 30, 2010 684 days ago

It works great on my Bold 9700!

Posted by ckinglam Tuesday, Mar 30, 2010 684 days ago

app is working great on my AT&T 9700!

Posted by Phillybest Tuesday, Mar 30, 2010 684 days ago

I've waited all this time and still no app for the Storm! No wonder there are so many iphone users!

Posted by dalfordster Tuesday, Mar 30, 2010 684 days ago

Installed smoothly, runs fine, all features tested successfully, great interface (far better than the Facebook app), as I have 2,500+ contacts in LI, it took a while to load them all (3 minutes or so), it ran in the background fine as I switched applications (email, password keeper, etc.), the fonts seem fine on my device (no huge fonts so far).
Thumbs up on this initial version, well done!

Posted by dalfordster Tuesday, Mar 30, 2010 684 days ago

Just in case that's a factor in the app running smooth.

This OS is the best yet for no memory leak, maximum memory available after the OS upgrade (30mb+), so I added several apps in the past week.

With LI a few more mb taken, total free now at 24mb.

Posted by rusco Tuesday, Mar 30, 2010 684 days ago

I just wonder why, BIS users is not supported by Linkedin apps???

Posted by devGOD Tuesday, Mar 30, 2010 684 days ago

probably a speed/performance issue

Posted by armatek Tuesday, Mar 30, 2010 684 days ago

btw what's the point of this application?

Posted by infinus Tuesday, Mar 30, 2010 684 days ago

it looks like a collection of wap pages of linkedIN.

and how could it close it.
i can see it always on.

Posted by iamcornelis Tuesday, Mar 30, 2010 684 days ago

The application won't stop running in the background. Even after logging out and rebooting the phone?

Posted by PDM Tuesday, Mar 30, 2010 684 days ago

Their BETA testers do need to be shot!

It is a PITA not being able to close the app and NO BIS-B supported as mentioned above.

Wasn't this developed by LinkedIn? Why are people having a pop @RIM?

Posted by diegonei Tuesday, Mar 30, 2010 684 days ago

For the same reasons they usually blame RIM for not releasing OS 5.0...

Posted by hammerhead1 Tuesday, Mar 30, 2010 684 days ago

Works great with my Curve

Posted by Scream_At_Chaboi Tuesday, Mar 30, 2010 684 days ago

Just downloaded the LinkedIn app for the 9700 Bold. So far, it is running smooth on this. I'm running on the default os that came out the box (no leaked os) My guess it may not be working on other devices is because of a leaked os? Too many apps/junk on your current device? Who knows!

I also have linkedin on my ipodtouch. Just like FB, I like linkedin on the ipodtouch better than on the blackberry. However, I like how its easier to retrieve direct messages & send messages through the linked in app itself or through email via the blackberry better vs ipod touch.

Overall, the interface and menus on the ipod touch destroys the blackberry but for a 1st version on the bb, it isn't so bad.

Works well over here.

Posted by madnuno Tuesday, Mar 30, 2010 684 days ago

After installing Linkedin Blackberry application my Curve 8520 is bricked.

The message is:
RELOAD SOFTWARE: 552 Problem

Posted by diegonei Tuesday, Mar 30, 2010 684 days ago

For those connecting to the app WITHOUT a BES account. What are you using?

I'm on BIS and nothing I do is getting me there.

(I'll turn WiFi on now, but what is the point of this app if I can only use it when under HotSpot coverage?)

Posted by shabbs Tuesday, Mar 30, 2010 684 days ago

This app is brutal... the fonts are all out of whack and don't leverage the system settings... and it doesn't seem to close... it's always running in the background. Not impressed so far...

Posted by jsox78 Tuesday, Mar 30, 2010 684 days ago

No Storm support. Considering how long it has taken them to get this out you would think the Storm would be supported.

Posted by jesbreslaw Tuesday, Mar 30, 2010 684 days ago

be careful - i had to do a complete reinstall

Posted by bsewall Tuesday, Mar 30, 2010 684 days ago

It's almost like the black sheep Blackberry. Seems like a lot of big players (AKA Google, LinkedIn, etc) don't give the Storm much love.

Posted by dax_gordon Tuesday, Mar 30, 2010 684 days ago

I don't know if it's a bug, but I've just downloaded this app, installed and configure my account details on it. And when I want the application to quit, just won't quit! it's stays on memory! I've tried signing out of it and won't quit! I don't like not being able to control when this app is running. That's all I have to say about it.