Back in April I brought you a sneak peak of Viigo "Project Tango" and today, after weeks of anxious waiting, you can finally download yourself a beta copy and give it a try! Read On for the details...
Viigo is running two beta programs over the summer months as they prepare for a September final release of Viigo 3.0:
- Private Beta - launched yesterday, some 2,000 beta testers will put the newest features through their paces.
- Public Beta - available today, this beta is open to everyone!
As of right now the Private/Public Betas are running the same code base, but the Private testers will be getting new features shortly (ie. Audio) which will make their way to the Public beta a few weeks later. You can expect to see 2 or 3 versions of the beta before the final release hits and Viigo will automatically notify you when a new version becomes available. Unfortunately, the beta won't carry the CrackBerry.com branding, so if you want to go beta you'll have to sacrifice that for a few months. Don't worry though - when the final CrackBerry.com Edition of Viigo 3.0 is released it'll be backed with some sweeeeet schtuff you won't find anywhere else.
What's in the Public Beta
- News & RSS – essentially the same as we have in the current shipping version of Viigo
- CFL – a sample of what’s going to be possible on Viigo’s Expanded Sports Service (league news, standings, live scores, ticket sales, etc.) … will eventually become part of the sports folder, but it’s separated right now for technical reasons.
- Weather – 5 day forecourt favorite cities … lots more coming here too including radar, etc.
- Sports – live scores for the following current leagues (MLB, PGA, LPGA, Formula 1, CFL and the Euro 2008) … you’ll see other sports such as the NFL, NCAA, etc as the respective seasons start
- Entertainment – some fun bPLay Games and Themes – including some free games, just for Viigo users … lots more coming here
- Stocks – a very very early sample of a portfolio service, showing updated market data for a sample portfolio of commonly held stocks … lots more coming here, including the ability to manage your own portfolios, and get much richer data than is currently shown.
- Beta Feedback – the ability to submit Bugs, Features Requests or UI Requests directly to our Product Management team right from within the app.
Viigo Beta Links
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36 comments
i just downloaded it! u always come thru for us crackberry addicts!!! fuel the addiciton!
when i try to ad live scores or something else it just says loading or with stock it says intializing service..urr
downloading as we speak!!! well purpleberry218 finally here huh!
Is there any catch to Viigo?
is it completely free?....like will it charge me for internet or something.
Viigo uses data, just like pretty much any BlackBerry application, so you need to make sure you have a data plan through your carrier.
Viigo is free, and Viigo won't send you a bill, but if you don't have an adequate data plan in place your carrier will charge you for the data used (an email only plan won't cut it - you need data).
I am on the private beta. right now, the onlything i see different on my screen is "TOP SECRET" written across the deader to the left of Viigo(beta)
I will keep you guys posted on the private fun!
AA
I'm also on private beta, but everytime I try to go the download link they provided in the email in takes me to the feedback page! Any ideas on this? How did you download it?
You need to go to that link from your BB.
I'm also on the PRIVATE BETA, very kool. Keep you posted.
Can I get rid of the CFL channel? I live in the US and couldn't care less about the CFL.
Could anyone on CURVE be kindly giving us the .jad download URL links of the three free games? my carrier blocks my 8310's user agent (UA) so that Bplay can't recongnize what my device is which means I'm not able to download these goodies due to the Bplay redirect action. But I can still OTA them by point my browser to the direct jad download links. thanks in advance.
Wayneson
sorry, posted in wrong section earlier....when i try to ad live scores or something else it just says loading or with stock it says intializing service..urr
I am on the private Beta also,, What is the difference between the Public and private one? I thought I was special, Now its everywhere, HA!
I explain it in the post... at this moment they are the same, but give it a week or two and the Private testers will be getting the newer features sooner than Public testers (like listening to Podcasts). Public testers will get the features a few weeks later, once they have been given the Private beta stress test
Right now everyone will have the same version of viigo until beta updates become available over the next few weeks which only the private beta testing members will get.
@Kevin Got ya,, Thanks, I guess I skimmed over that portion of the post :-p
Apparrently the beta version does not recognize the os 4.5 on bb8310. Would not d/l. Only listed os 4.2. Any ideas on this?
you can download 4.2 version anyway, works smoothly on my 9310 4.5.0.42.
I have OS 4.5 and and bb8310 and it's running just fine
I was a private beta tester...but I could never get the dang thing to load with the link that Viigo sent me. So...now I just downloaded the public beta version, and it loaded perfectly.
Meh...no big deal. Us "public folks" will get the updates without having to mess with all the bugginess that will surely pop up on the private versions...
I've been waiting for "PROJECT TANGO" from the beginning, I'm so glad it's here and as I'm writing this I've just downloaded the beta version and messed around with some of the features already. I like the weather feature as one can simply add multiple cities around the world, great for a person who travels quite a lot. Thank you Kevin!
Just got it and love the new look and features!!!!!!!!!!!!
I love being able to select multiple cities for the weather and love the sports scores. anyone notice on the stocks one of the only stocks thats up happens to be RIM? :)
I like it but its lagging the hell out of my Curve after an hour or so of being open
have you cleared the cache? and do you have it set to be moved to the background? mine is selected as no to save it after exit, no to move in the background, and my articles are 300 with a max of 20 per channel. try that it works for me and seems to be really quick still.
Will there be a CRACKBERRY edition of this?
dupa87 read the article Kevin said once the full release is out you will get a Crackberry Version..........
Awesome work so far. I like it... Thanks for the heads up:):)
Wouldn't load correctly after the reboot on my 8300 running 4.5.0.37. Strange that Viigo 2.2 runs fine, but the beta doesn't.
Looks like this will be nice to have. I look forward to having it. I'm not sure if at this time I will install the beta. I like to work with betas but being so new to BB I'm not sure if I want to chance doing something to mess anything up. Chances are that there will be no problems at all. I'll see how things for for a little bit and possibly install it later.
Put it on my 7100 this mornin' Pretty cool!
There's a scrolling news feed covering the download button!!!!
i got viigo beta last night and nothing will sync. plus the weather is a day off. it shows friday june 19th. it should be june 20th. plus there is no way to delete the CFL and STOCKS & FINANCE.i dont even know what CFL is...being in USA.
looks to me like there are already a few bugs to work on.
Glad that the public beta came out. I got in on the private beta and I must say that it is very nice indeed.
Glad that the public beta came out. I got in on the private beta and I must say that it is very nice indeed.
I can't see where to download the beta, it looks like it is bloacked by rolling news
Am I missing something?
Loaded yesterday and have a few problems off the bat:
- slowed my Curve down to a crawl
- when I tried to get the Full Article for a number of messages, it just hung and never loaded the articles
- it froze my Curve once so had to do a battery pull
- lost all my saved articles (from previous versions)
- the home screen was too cluttered: should give the ability to remove unwanted entries (e.g. CFL, Entertainment) and re-sort to move most frequently used items to the top
- when you're reading an article summary, and click with the pearl, the menu with Full Article already selected doesn't come up anymore--this was very intuitive and convenient; now you have to press the menu key, scroll down to Full Article and select (and to boot, getting the article doesn't work)
Within a half an hour I was reverting back to the Crackberry-Viigo version and ended up losing all my channels even though I successfully logged in with my account. I tried rebooting, closing Viigo, then did a Viigo Reset and after hanging for some time it finally asked me to re-register, logged into my account and finally reloaded my channels (losted my saved articles again!); in addition, it also loaded all the extra channels from Tango (which I promptly removed).
Overall, I think the original is faster, less cluttered, and the menu functionality is more intuitive--it fits my needs perfectly well. I don't miss the extras because I already have WeatherEye and an MLB shortcut on my device. My only complaint is with the Special Views: it doesn't provide totals for All Read Items or All Saved Items; and whenever you upgrade or reload Viigo, you lose all your saved messages.
Love Viigo but Tango just isn't for me.