True to their word and not a moment to soon, Research in Motion just launched BlackBerry App World. You can head on over to mobile.blackberry.com on your BlackBerry or blackberry.com/appworld from your PC to download the App World client. For an overview of RIM's new app store, be sure to check out this BlackBerry App World Overview .pdf.
We've been following RIM's application storefront endeavor since they first dropped word of it back at the BlackBerry Developer Conference, so it's nice to see them pull through and get this launched. Big congrats go to the App World team! At the time of this post, we have yet to give the BlackBerry App World a test drive, so we'll report back with our thoughts once we return from a brief world tour and hear what RIM's coCEO Mike L has to say at his CTIA keynote in the morning. Be sure to drop your initial reactions in the comments!
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Yup ... after searching and desperately searching why it doesn't work for my Bold, well, here we go :
http://mobileapps.blackberry.com/awclient/download.shtml?code=
Go to that link using your Bold BB browser.
It works and its cool !!
Just like iPhone apple store :D
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Like most others with the storm, i tried to d/l a few days back but it wouldnt take. Is it working now?
Apps r sweet.
I know it's new and all and I should be forgiving....but....it is so slooooowwwwww. In fact, the times I've tried going back and forth through reviews, apps, and the listings...I gave up for now. Anyone having any better luck?
I've been reading a bunch of reviews of App World as well as playing around with it (no desire for PayPal acct so I guess it is free apps only for me) and found this review to be very helpful.
http://www.basexblog.com/2009/04/02/test-drive-blackberry-app-world/
I installed the App world on my storm and it was fine for the first half of a day and then the storm became very slow. I checked the memory and it was down to about 3megs when I had around 30 before the install of the appworld. Everytime I went into the App world it would freeze up and I would have to do a battery pull.
I had to uninstall the app and then reinstall and it seems to be fine now. Will have to keep on testing it. I see that some people have already run into this issue.
still can't get it connect to the internet - seems to be somewhat of a common problem on the blogs
Im on the Bold and am able to download the app but for some reason I get a message saying "Blackberry App World is having Trouble connecting to the blackberry app world server. Verify your network connections and try again"
Please help.
on the Blackberry website it says the App Store is only available in US, Canada and UK....
i live in Australia, does this mean i cannot download the app store?
I don't know if its just me but when i installed the appworld I had over 14 million bytes free on my 8130 (4.5.0.131). After browsing the shop for about 5 minutes I noticed things running very slow and the hourglass showing up a lot so I checked my file free and I was down to 3 million bytes. Blackberry needs to spend a little more time on this before I'll be using it. On the plus side I was back up to 15 million after removing it from my phone :)
Very nice, fast, pretty and easy to use. I love its design art.
Good work guys.
im loving this app world and its only day one! imagine all the apps in a couple of months?? and once .114 (or better) goes official Blackberry will be up to par if not (well in my opinion it is) better than the iPhone... SHAZAM work AMAZINGLY!!
some prices are steep but hopefully that will go down.. im impressed
App world is great the only thing that I can see worng is that I download app world as soon as I got the email yesterday @ 11:30 pm to my storm. I downloaded it to my wife storm today @ about 6pm and notice that it show there are more apps already add to app world but it never updated on my phone. So dose that mean that app world dosen't update or what?
App world is great the only thing that I can see worng is that I download app world as soon as I got the email yesterday @ 11:30 pm to my storm. I downloaded it to my wife storm today @ about 6pm and notice that it show there are more apps already add to app world but it never updated on my phone. So dose that mean that app world dosen't update or what?
App world is great the only thing that I can see worng is that I download app world as soon as I got the email yesterday @ 11:30 pm to my storm. I downloaded it to my wife storm today @ about 6pm and notice that it show there are more apps already add to app world but it never updated on my phone. So dose that mean that app world dosen't update or what?
App world is great the only thing that I can see worng is that I download app world as soon as I got the email yesterday @ 11:30 pm to my storm. I downloaded it to my wife storm today @ about 6pm and notice that it show there are more apps already add to app world but it never updated on my phone. So dose that mean that app world dosen't update or what?
Is it just me or does it always lag with the hour glass?
Whatll happen when there are more apps?
Yeah I got that for awhile while I was downloading apps. It seemed to get better once the apps were downloaded. Other than that and the games keyword search thing, I'm loving this!
Kudos to RIM for making this available, but seriously. This is a joke. 90% of the apps are already available at other vendors for even less money and the freebies are what you would expect for a free app. I could complain about the frequent crashing and my phone freezing up, but i know my old iPhone crashed too when i first tried out the app store. But seriously, if you are looking for any shocking or earth changing apps, you will need to wait...
This is really cool! I wonder if RIM would integrate this to their desktop manager.
guilty but LIKE ITUNES does.. = )
anyone?
I have a Verizon 8830 running 4.5.127 and had big memory leak using appstore, 2Mb in 2 minutes of use just browsing the apps.
I downloaded the app to my storm but it doesn't work. Anyone else having this problem? I tried reloading and still nothing. What a POS.
I cant find the TICKETMASTER APP?? is it in there? THanks
HAHAHAHA BEEN SEEING ALL TYPES OF PEOPLE ON MY TWITTER WORRYING ABOUT HOW NOW DEVELOPERS MIGHT NOT DEVELOP APPS FOR IPHONE CUZ EVERYONE IS EXCITED ABOUT BLACKBERRY APP WORLD..LOL..JUST MADE MY DAY HOW THEY ARE ALL WORRIED ABOUT BLACKBERRY AND APP WORLD...SWEEEET!!
Everyone complaining needs to shut the hell up. Yes a few of the apps are repeats of what is already available. But for someone who doesn't search endlessly for applications to add to their blackberry this is the way to get them. Not everyone spends times on the internet looking for what cool free applications are available for their time. This spreads that ability.
Those complaining about no selection, this is the FIRST FIRST FIRST FIRST day of release. Give or take a few months, there will be plenty of applications and free things. There is already a ton of free stuff. Blackberry has Shazam now. Great application that is free. Trapster is also amazing and it is also free.
No, this is not nearly as good as iPhone app store but its a start and can only get better. You are complaining about something that came out today. Give it a few weeks to work out all the kinks and it will be well worth it. Those having issues are just the unlucky ones that caught the short end of the stick for a new application released. Not everything works perfectly the first day so seriously stop crying.
Great Job RIM. Way to step it up.
The games category said over 100 entries but only 1 showed up when I hit the category button. Also, I found that just because it says FREE doesn't mean it is really free. Take WisePilot as an example. It is free to download and maybe free for a short period but then it is $100 per year as a subscription...
Why must we view the AppWorld on the BB? While the ability to download directly from the device is nice, I would much rather browse the store on my computer. Then we could have the option of sending the app over-the-air or saving to the pc and installing via Desktop Manager.
I love browsing on my BB when it's the only thing available, but why shouldn't I be able to use the perfectly good pc sitting right in front of me?
(Unless I'm missing something, in which case please set me straight...)
The problem Im having is on a Storm
i am having tha same problem keebler. when i go into categories, its telling me i have 119 games available, but when i actually go in its only showing me one game which is south park. am usine tha storm. does anybody know wats up with that?????????????
Well at least i know Im not the only one..Hope they fix it soon. I dont wanna have to "key word search" for all my games. That would suck.
I have an 8900 and I only get one app in the games category too.
thats crazy. thats tha only problem i have had thus far, but thats not cool to be key word searching for games when you get everything else right of the bat. geeeeeeeezzzzz!!!!
After reading some of these comments it looks like I'm the only one to say this so far, but I think the App World is weak. A lot of the apps in there were already available OTA or from the application center that came with your BB. I have been waiting for the App canter for ever now, and the fact that they came out with theses weak apps are kind of disappointing. Now the UI works great on my storm and it looks nice, theres just not a lot on there that wowed me. Hopefully over the weeks and months to come more developers will come out with more apps like they do on the iPhone. But seen as how RIM is always a step behind I wont get my hopes up. With all that being said I love the idea of the Blackberry App World concept it looks awesome just hope they keep adding to it.
storm?
The problem I am having is on a Storm
Is anyone else having this problem? Originally under games I had a list of categories...now under games it doesnt list any categories. It only has 1 game, which is a South Park game.
Any ideas?????
Yep, I'm having the same problem. Odd since it says there are 128 games available and it only displays the one South Park game. Your complaint is the first one I've heard (besides my own of course). I wonder if others are having the same problem?
for all the hype it was kinda pointless thus far. Most of the apps that are on there you can get free on the forums here or other places. Not sure what the point of it was. And didn't they say that there weren't gonna have any free apps? Over half of what they are showing are free....or incredibly overpriced. Oh well, I'm really just looking forward to a new OS. If they can have that out in the next week or so I'll be happy.
Nothing there I use, need or want ... just another lame attempt to generate revenue. Haven't we had enough of that yet?
http://na.blackberry.com/eng/services/appworld/video.jsp
WORKING NOW ON ORANGE UK!!!!!!!!!!!
Using 4.6.0.247...
Just downloaded it through the BlackBery Help link in bookmarks and straight through no probs.
Sorry if anyone else has said this but i'm just happy!!!
As far as I can tell so far, this is a great app. Its very user friendly, fast dl and easy to use. Just an all around great app. I am very pleased so far...
viigo, stopped at 756/1238 KB, and it will not cont to download which has locked up my phone. I've tried taking out the battery, i can't delete the world app, nor is there a stop botton. can anyone help me stop this or get this down load to happen?
My only problem with this is that they don't tell you which apps work on which phones, its frustrating to download an app only to find out that its not compatible with your phone GRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
The App store is absolutley awesome. If you are having issues YOU are doing something wrong. That's right its your fault not RIM's! Read directions before you download, look to see if your device is compatible, and do your homework. Too many people are bashing the product on the release date and they dont even know what to do.
This is my first post, however, I have been on this site daily since the first day the Storm was released. Use the community to figure out all the "how to's" before wrecking your device or trashing RIM.
Oh sure...RIM has never ever coded anything wrong, I´m guessing that 99.9% of the people posting comments know exactly what they're doing and that RIM has rushed t put out a half assed product that they will eventually fix 3 months from now. So YOU enjoy all the great apps troll ;-)
Although kinda harsh, it's true. The people flaming the forum with complaints are not people who can't get the app store to work. Rather it's people who either are excluded completely due to lack of geographical coverage or worst yet are fed up with RIM pushing out another piece of sub par crap that they think will hold us off long enough till they can get around to fixing it.
At the risk of sound like a tool, I have been using different BB's for a few years now and this is the first time i've ever experienced them pull some lame sh*t like this. Usually the BB is noted as one of the most efficient and sound phones on the market. The Storm is far from that standard.
Like your Storm all you want, just keep in mind that it SHOULD be a lot better right from the start.
Some of us don't have data plans, but do have wifi which works well for all other apps (except Google who stubbornly won't add wifi support).
Sadly RIM have coded the whole app store thing so that you must have a data plan. If you access the web site in hotspot (wifi) mode then you get a generic page telling you that Blackberry is wonderful and that you should visit the page using a Blackberry (which I just did).
To install the app using Blackberry desktop requires using Internet Explorer, numerous ActiveX controls with warnings like "Unknown publisher" and finally getting it inserted directly to the phone.
When you try to run the app it then insists you get a data plan and exits. Oh well, I guess they don't want my money.
I downloaded this earlier this morning and have had nothing but issues. The app store itself crashed on me twice with "app is not responding" exceptions and one of the two programs I got from the store (MyWeather Mobile) locks up my Bold any time I try and launch it. All in all, disappointing.
Yawn...is this the April Fool's joke? Most of the apps in the store are already out in the wild. Nothing new and exciting. Where's Live Search by Microsoft. This app would be awesome for the storm...Where, Google Maps (how do you get rid of the stupid keyboard?), Yelp, etc. pale in comparison.
Where's Sling mobile, oh that's right, no wifi...Here's an example of Canadians drinking cheap beer. What brainiac decided not to include wi-fi?
Based on upcoming phones: BB own 9630, iPhone 3.0, Palm Pre the Storm will be short lived and mostly a failure.
I've downloaded but can't find it on my Storm. 3 times now and looked everywhere but no application.
I found it in a hidden folder.
RIM needs to get their priorities straight. Here we have another failed attempt to make things better and not all BB users can use it. Appworld no wifi support, only paypal and users can't tell what apps work with what phone or OS......plese. Big time let down!! Some of our BB brother and sisters can't even get a stable OS let alone find a new app..........RIM needs to FIX the way they are getting things half a** done and correct the problems that are out there now not creating new ones!!!!!!!! WE NEED TO UNITE!!
i agree 100%
Every time I try to launch App World, I get an error message saying "Blackberry App World is having trouble connecting to the Blackberry App World server. Verify your network connections and try again"
I can launch my message services, my Bolt browser and other network heavy applications and they all work just fine.
Anyone else having this issue?
I just love this Blackberry App Store! I think I will put Handango down for now.
I downloaded at midnight the moment it was launched and trust me it works like a charm! One thing we need is sometype of alert system when new or updated apps get updated on the AppWorld Store.
I guess will wait and see what RIM does for this.
Yeah nice job RIM....no goodies for those of us outside RIM's world i.e. Europe, Asia etc etc...so instead of wasting time hacking together an App store wannabe you could have had a new OS out by now, or two or three, way to prioritize.
I'm just going to stick with Mobihand thank you, I get emailed app updates, and whenever I buy anything I get a promo code for up to 20% my next purchase...oh... and I don't have to use friggin PayPal!
You all enjoy the next 48 hours trying to get the thing to work I'm off to dl some free trials ;-)
I want the Ticketmaster app that appears on the first screen shot. I am on Bold and cannot find it in a search or any category? is it out there?
Is anyone else with a Verizon Storm having trouble accessing App World?
"BlackBerry App World is having trouble connecting to he BlackBerry App World server. Verify your network connections and try again."
I am fully connected with full service!
Tips??
It said that I did not have enough space on my Blackberry for the APP. Will a memory card help? I am new to Blackberry, so I don't really know what I'm doing yet.
I got the App World with no problems. I've downloaded a couple apps no problems. It works great.
But I couldnt find Shazam. And then when I went to blackberry.com on my desktop I got them to send me the link which opens it up in the App World client. I see Shazam However it wont let me download.
Anyone having the same issue? BTW I have Storm 9530 with 4.7.0.113
i get a verification error then a out of memory error. daymit on 8900 tmo.
I'm pissed that I paid for apps on crackberry and now they are F'ing free!!!! wtf?! and ones that were free i.e. talklock you have to pay for!
I won't be buying anything from the App store because the only method of payment is PayScum, I mean PayPal. Too bad. I would highly suggest that blackberry add another method of payment otherwise a lot of Crackberry members won't be doing business with them. my 2 cents
Runs a little slow here on my 8320 with 17mb of free space. I'm sure they will work it out hopefully
Do I have to pay a subscription for their website? NO. so why charge for the mobile version. I guess I will be keeping the free on.
So last night in all my excitement I bought the PictureID app. After installing and trying to set up I realized how hard it is to navigate, you cant see the thumbnails when trying to select a picture and the pictures end up sideways and upside down. Contacted support and they were horrible. Anyone figure out how to get a refund for an app yet? PictureID is not worth $8 and a waste of time.
I was going though the Blackberry App World and it seems they don't or Aerize Card Loader doesn't accept the apps from there to be installed on the SD Card ? With all these apps it already has slowed down my Blackberry Bold and had to delete them. I was wondering if you can make suggestions for everyone or contact Aerize ? Thanks a lot keep up the good work !
Do you think it would work on a blackberry curve 8330 brand new?
Am I the only one seeing this when I try to open the App Store? I'm running on an AT&T Bold with the latest software. It installed just fine but when I try to open the application, it just sits at the progress bar and then comes up with this error.
It installed to downloads, but I wanted to move it to applications. When I try to access the menu for moving, I can't get a menu. Other apps have the menu. The app works, just can't move it.
I have the same problem.
Cannot move...but ia m ok with that not a biggie for just 1 icon staying in the Downloads folder.
Mine moved just fine??
Give it a batt pull?
Battery pull (reset) worked.
Hey is anyone else having problems downloading this? I'm on my Pearl and it takes me to download page but doesnt have a link......
Could they make it any longer? Storm needs a scroll to top/bottom feature.
This is very nice, I got some free games installed with no issues.
This thing is very nice, and fast. Although I think it's a little slow on the app images ... still playing around, but so far very happy !!
What was the point of signing up for advance notification to "be the first to know"? I still haven't received an e-mail from RIM.
Really?! No wi-fi support?!
Will RIM ever fully integrate wi-fi support in their devices the way WinMo and Apple has? Almost all data needing services work over wi-fi on my PocketPC and Apple's iPod touch only has wi-fi, yet nearly all of the data needing apps work on it as well. What is RIM's holdup? Is it because a great chunck of their net profit comes from thier BIS services?
an iPhone with the 3.0 update looks mighty appeasing now
For us Storm users does this mean we do not need the "Application Center"?
Whenever I try to open this up, I get the above mentioned error. Anybody know why / how to fix?
I'm was getting this same error on my AT&T Bold earlier today. I cleared my browser caches(Browser => options=> Cache Operations=> Clear History, Clear Pushed Content, Clear Cookie Cache) on my BB and it appears to be working now.
Tried it....didn't work for the Storm. Anybody else have this problem?
so this isn't that big of a deal, you can't sort by price or by name or anything it's just there...on top of that when i go to the icon on the home screen i can't pull up the menu!!!! I can't move the freaking icon and i have mine grouped by category in a way...and this just sits in the middle of the screen and i can't move it or put it in a folder or anything!!! WTF RIM!!!
WHY IS THE ONLY WAY TO PAY IS THROUGH PAYPAL........SOME PEOPLE DON'T USE THAT SERVICE
The UI is top notch. Way to get it right!
This is niiiiice!!!
Stop complaining and comparing to the apple store guys!
But I cannot find the ticketmaster app that is in the pic.
My friend here at work is on sprint with a curve and I have verizon. I wanted him to download xtreme labs speed test and it is not available to him.In the search I put in speed test on both curves and mine on vzw showed the app his dont. Under categories on vzw I show 228 games his on sprint shows less than 50. What does the carrier have to do with it?
I went to download the App World Client on my Rogers Curve 8900 and I got an error telling me my system doesn't meet the minimum requirements. What a joke!
At least something did come out for the Storm. I am tickled to death to have this on my phone. All I am hearing this wont work, that wont work man get a life. This shows me that rim is ready to take the Storm to the next level glad I kepted it. Some peopleare never happy.
Any idea when this will be available to the rest of globe?
see above!
Downloaded GPS Tracker from AppWorld and also got spammed with a MYSPACE link that I cannot delete...
Hi guys, the more im playing with it, the more im liking it, however there are some issues RIM needs to iron out...
Watch My Video - The first online... my early morning review on the appworld!
http://www.youtube.com/emkwan
Since I own both the iPhone and the Bold, I was anxious to see what the new apps were going to be when they rolled out this morning.
I was excited to get Shazaam. Well, until I read the fine print. Only free until May 31, and limitations on how MANY times you can use their service before you're over your allocation limit.
Not only was this app FREE on the iPhone, but, I am unaware of any "limits" on my allocation of their services.
I guess "free" isn't always "free!"
SHAZAM is now on the blackberry!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
In this broke economy, they want to charge so much for pointless apps. Good job RIM!
Your a Dumb As***** Those apps are made by ppl like us that is what is wrong with the economy ppl like you!
I agree it is ridiculous to pay for pointless apps.. I actually found one that's free and it is one of my favs. it's called "iheartradio". you can listen to hundreds of stations. Here's a link if you're interested http://news.iheart.com/features/get-the-iheartradio-app-240/ .
So how long before Blackberry makes apple stop playing those "only on the iphone" commercials? Regarding shazam seems to be a limited use application before you have to pay. I would also like to see a filter that would allow you to view storm specific apps. Huges surprise last night and im happy with the interface but we will have to see how they run with this.
when i try and open it...it says
upgrade your service to a plan that includes browsing and discover a world of possibilites....etc
but i have all that that :/
this is happening to me also. if you find a solution please let me no
Has anyone contacted Orange UK yet, or is this a RIM issue?
I have both the BB Bold and the iPhone. I was sooooo looking forward to this new app store as a way to compare, pardon the pun, apples to...um...BB's.
These apps are waaaaaaaay too freakin' expensive. I feel like this will be another way BB will be unable to compete in a mostly apple market.
Now, IF they could make the apps price competitive, THEN and only THEN, could BB really try and gain some more of the mobile consumers.
BB App store only available under IE?
Come on RIM, you can do better than that!
Just downloaded and it is great very clean fast now only if they can get the OS for the storm to be as good or better.
Really didn't think this would happen today, Kudos to RIM! Now please get back to work on perfecting (fixing) the Storm. :)
How does this work if your PayPal account is protected by the SecurID password generator?
downloaded this morning and played around and definitely thought the UI was very easy. Works pretty quick and has plenty of options already. Definitely enjoying some free options too. I guess I'm glad I got my Storm less than a week ago. Now for that firmware update...
OK, so it happened on schedule now WHERE is OS 5.0 for older devices!!!??
I was able to download successfully, but receive the error when loading, "BlackBerry App World is having trouble connecting to the BlackBerry App World server. Verify your network connections and try again." I am on a Verizon Storm. Any help appreciated.
I agree i do like the interface that app world provides...RIM DID A GOOD JEORB!
first impression is i like it, smooth format and very clean
Much better than I expected! pretty slick UI
Lots of new stuff here that has not been released before!
The App World is great, I downloaded it on the train this morning on my way to work and have downloaded a few appliations so far. I've noticed, however, that so far all of the applications I've downloaded were not built for the Storm, so they all run in that annoying compatability mode with the keyboard up at all times, etc. A quick update to make them Storm compatable would really make me happy, but for now I'm happy with what I've got.
Yeah!! Finally! Even a few hours early! Nice
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As I type this, it's downloading and.. oh its done.. installed...
Wait a second, why do I still have my application Center?
Skipping through user agreement..
Ohhh slick interface!
Wow, really happy with this up until now, thanks RIM, looks great on the Storm!
Oh, and thank you Crackberry, I wouldn't have checked if I didn't get reminded by you =)
APP world looks great. But as others have said, these have all pretty much been available. On top of that, what good is app world when your phone can't consistently run the apps. Way to go RIM on app world, but tsk tsk on the OS. So a big FU Verizon for releasing the phone way too soon and a big FU to RIM for not updating us even once about the new OS. (FU stands for ummmm Fudge Umbrella)
Verdict. App World is Great, but there is no excuse for no new OS. I have my fingers crossed the new OS will drop some time today but I am not holding my breath. There is absolutely no excuse not to have a new OS by April. This is retardickulus.
There's no app store for Guam. Arghhhhh!!!! Technically were supposed to be a Territory of the US.
App world is not available outside the US, Canada and the UK. So us irish customers will lose out. What a load of Boll*x. Very Disappointed
well it's not working here! 8900 on orange and i need to upgrade to OS 4.2 or above, though of course Orange wont let me change the OS, they have to - is this deliberate? are they blocking App World to force people through their App download thing? there's a few comments and threads about this on the BB 'support community forums mobile' thing, seems to be mainly a problem on Orange and Tmobile...
I got it, flipped through a bit - I dig handy , so far easy to use
cool app :)
There must be a fix for this to work on Orange UK.
I'm using 4.6.0.247.
Very disappointed.
Just need some clever person to work it out at RIM.
Pretty nice program...I was hoping to see Facebook 1.5 :o(
why won't work outside USA?
RIM has done another stupid campaign
i get the same device unsupported message on my Bold os.247. i don't see any peeps from the UK on the thread so far saying they have this working either. sort your shizznit out RIM.....
It works on my Bold, on Vodafone. I will try download it on my Storm later, but I think the UK Storm is having problems downloading.
Sorry, your device does not meet the system requirements that are needed to support Blackberry App World.
Bold, latest OS.
ARGH, *punches computer*
The stated requirements are:
BB Web access - tick, I have this
Minimum OS is 4.2 - tick, I have 4.5.0.52
Trackball - tick, I have a Curve 8320
US, CA or UK - tick, I live in the UK
and guess what - "Your machine does not meet the minimum requirements to use AppWorld" - HOW?
The Curve 8320 is not exactly an ancient Blackberry Model, and yet they still don't want my money!!! Frustrated beyond belief, or is the whole Appworld thing an April Fools Joke?
A most frustrated Fr. Simon
Still not availble here... Have a storm with Vodafone and simply doesnt work!! Was really looking forward to this!!!
:(
I get a "Sorry, your device does not meet the system requirements that are needed to support the Blackberry App World"
just spoke to the Vodafone NL customer support, they know Jack S*** and will include it into their monthly meeting, they know more in a month time :(
I dont understand why the app store from blackberry is not supported by my carrier. What has my carrier to do with this??
Major issues in the UK - Does not work over here yet. Some error regarding required internet package. Vodafone saying that this is not their issue that its a RIM failure..
So launch does not included UK..... yet!
Please fix this quick! (can I ask the UK get an official firmware release. Vodafone confirm testing .118 - please tell us its stable!)
Not much to ask really
+1 cheers for the epic fail RIM
Yet another failure for this Rim regarding the Storm. Supposed to be available in the UK but it states that you need a browsing package which we all have as it is the only one available. Vodafone moderators do not have a clue what's happening and yet another selling point of the Storm VS i phone fiasco places a big tick in Apples favour. Very poor
this sucks... ony uk, us and canada :-(
Granted, I am extremely happy that RIM finally got with the program and centralized apps into one location.
I think it's kinda pointless given that we still have to be extremely critical with choosing apps, seeing that we are working with limited memory here. Especially, for us Storm owners who are dealing with an OS with severe memory leaks.
In a matter of hours I went through and added a bunch of apps that I had normally been too lazy to find the .jad on the web, only to find that i had put a serious burden on my memory resulting in slower performance.
My point to this rant? RIM re-adjust your priorities.
I think I speak for many, when i say i'd gladly hand back the app world for a stable and efficient OS for my storm. Next, create a way for me to save and run apps from my memory card and then I will be a much happier recipient of the app world seeing as how then I'll be able to use it to it's full potential.
Thanks
P.S. I'm running .113
Only avalible in US, UK and Canada???
EPIC FAIL RIM!!!! :(
Didn't work for my 8900 US English in Belgium :-)
The device is said to be unsupported at this time.
they call 'APP WORLD' for RIM the world is USA and UK only?
i can't believe that its is only available for USA, canada and UK
WTF hell?
d
Haha "App Countries" maybe is more fitting
it's because you don't live in the US, Canada or the UK.
Seems like we've been left out of the party.
Oh well, back to wordmole i guess....
i am getting this error "sorrry your device does not meet the system requirments that are needed to support blackberry app world " .i am using a bb bold in india mumbai on vodafone.my OS version is v4.6.0.247.can someone pls help thnx
I had to cancel my first download attempt ... hung about halfway done ... retried the download and all went very fast ... clean interface ... needs some device-specific improvements like when I connect with my Storm please don't show me apps that won't run on it until after I buy them ... Paypal must be ELIMINATED as the only way to buy apps ... I have had problems with them in the past ... nice to see Shazam ... they are off to a good start ... I've had good luck on April Fools Day ... bought my now 4 year old Dodge Magnum RT on 4/1/05 and it has been the most reliable and trouble-free vehicle I've ever owned ... told my wife "I'm going over to Longhorn Dodge to buy the HEMI Magnum now dear." She said, "haha, good one, April Fool to you too." And 2 hours later I pulled it into the driveway.
Anyone with a Storm 9530 having problems? I hit the icon and I get 'Failed To Transmit'. This is twice painful!! I been waiting patiently for both this and an official update. I'm still running the original OS, haven't tried a leaked one as yet. Oh the pain!!!
I am having the same problem. Have tried uninstalling and re-installing 3 times - not luck. Can't figure this one out.
bring it on to the world!
Is it supposed to take a long time to load? My screen has been saying that it's downloading to the phone for about half an hour and there's no progress in the progress bar. WTH? I need my app world!
Guess they forgot that they sell their phones in places like Australia.
I hear ye mate,
What bothers me is Vodafone really sold the Storm to me convincing me it was the phone to buy and as much as I love it, All I get is an Application Centre that seldom has anything new and exclusion from the App Store.. I'm seriously thinking of switching from the storm to the iPhone which will mean a switch to o2 over Vodafone.
Ugh
Mick
Does this work for Berry's on Orange UK? I noticed someone with a Bold couldn't get it to work, I have a Curve and it says my phone does not meet the system requirements.
Is brave. The app stinks on the iPhone for free, and on BB World they think it's worth 2.99 ?!?!??
i downloaded it with in minutes of recieving the email. woohoo
Only 3 countries allowed to use appworld?
UK, USA, Canada, whys it called appworld?
i emailed kevin to update article because when rest of world wakes up on the 1st of april going to have alot of sad noobs spamming forums saying why cant i download this? minimum specs fail error.
You're joking right?
The UK isn't a country.. United Kingdom consists of England, Scottland, Ireland, and Wales..
I am in the UK on Vodafone, I downlaoded the blacberry apps world and it does not allow me to use it.
message pops p that I need a plan that includes browsing (which i do), then nothing happens.
Urhhhhhhhh
No European Users Allowed! except UK. Nice Rim
THATS A BUNCH OF BULLS#¡7
CMON!!!
April's fool
I have a Bold on OS 4.6.0.247, Orange UK and it says that my device is not supported! WTF!
Can anyone email me the file?
gd@gdnetwork.co.uk
cheers in advance!
Slick interface, small app size, easy to read layout, quick (no long loading times), lots of categories and seemingly lots of programs. I would like to see something like Apple's iPhone app store with the top 25 free and top 25 paid, but that's no big matter.
Great job RIM!
I guess I'll wait and try tomorrow a.m.
Shame only for US and Canada, nothing for Europe........
Working fine the Great Britain!
YEAH! Shazam's on there!
Shazam was my first. Thank you, thank you, thank you...;)
anyone else getting an error msg saying "blackberry app world having trouble connecting to server...verify network connections..."
Only supports USA, Canada, UK what about the rest of the world RIM??? Bah..
I'm very pleased with app world.. Too bad I don't know how to post my own thread or else I'd be posting about the people who posted saying that it was just a April's fools joke and RIM wasn't going to have it out in time or it would've sucked etc.. Well jokes on you RIM came through... Nice clean interface and easy to use..
Not crazy about that. Would like to be able to use whatever credit card I wish to use -- as I do with CrackBerry App Store, Handango, Bplay. Hopefully they will realize a lot of people will not want to deal with PayPal.
this is cool! I'm totally thinking this is the postive step in the right...heck any direction. I can't wait for a new OS and some much needed functionality. .109 was the best i've seen yet and now add APP world in there, i like where things are going...Shazaam is cool too, i jumped on the wagon and found it to be very good at getting even the strangest of songs correctly. It does work on the storm in non-compatibilty mode but as mentioned before you do lose the ability to scroll between the menu's. I find it MUCH easier to leave it on compatibilty mode and just scroll like the pearl/curve for now until it's updated.
its an april fools day miracle!
Been looking through everything so far and overall its great. Nice design and pretty smooth. Do agree with some and think being able to distinguish between phone models to find apps compatible with your phone would be great. Still great job by RIM only finally getting it up and running.
That's not FAIR! US AND CANADA ONLY!??!?!?! How can I install this?! :D. Can someone upload the Jar for the Bold? :D
appstore and shazam!!! this day cant get any better
no not wi-fi enabled. u need to have a data plan
Is it WiFi enabled?
Ure better off running shazam with compatability mode enabled. this allows u to scroll but lacking the full screen mode. if u disable compatability mode u get the full screen but cant scroll through the menu to close the app and select other functions
paypal only? seriously? come on. what a way to turn off coustomers. i ahve paypal but only use it to send money. i will not store my bank account info online anywhere. i guess i wont be buying anything from the app store
Surely it isn't that hard to roll out to other countries immediately?
I really like it
All you people saying it works for the storm try choosing anything in the menu other than tag now and see how well that works? Not working on my end...if all you want is tag now thats great
I have that problem
oh shoot, I had not checked that. It probably will be fixed soon though. I give it 2 weeks tops.
Wow! Very impressed! Very easy to use and runs smoothly.
DELETED
so..downloaded the app, shazam, and worldmate. Now I have "BootFreeStub" and memory cleaner in my apps, but I can't turn off the memory cleaning. the options won't let me. anyone??
You need a internet browsing plan and you cannot connect via WiFi >.>
You need a internet browsing plan and you cannot connect via WiFi >.>
Maybe I can lose BerryStore now. So far, I like the search function and from a sheer numbers standpoint, there are a lot of apps to download (lots more than berrystore). The selection is still a little questionable though... where are the IM clients? Not a single one listed? Where are file managers like Aerize Explorer, File Manager Pro, or my personal favorite, BBFileScout? No mention of BBWeather, WeatherEye, BerryWeather or WeatherBug in the News & Weather section??? Even Accuweather and Weather Push which are listed on the mobile.blackberry.com site is absent from the list!
But I'm sure selection will improve over time. There are two things I can already tell are going to be MAJOR gripes if not addressed though. One is that there doesn't seem to be a way to distinguish between apps that truly are free and apps that are trial based (I've only been using it for a few minutes so I don't know if this is standard for all programs, but I've already seen one pay app listed as free just because the trial can be downloaded without a purchase). The other thing that's going to get annoying fast is that there's nothing distinguishing "launcher" style web shortcuts from full applications. I think these should go in a separate section. I don't need another icon cluttering up my phone for every web page I want to visit more than once. That's what bookmarks in the browser are for.
I'm anxious to see how well this is maintained, how quickly it grows, how useful the reviews turn out to be, etc. So far, nothing's really caught my eye and prompted a download. The last app I've downloaded was the App World client.
WeatherBug is the second app listed under News & Weather
Downloaded and running now...sure are a lot of Terms of Conditions. Pretty slick interface. Works very well on the Storm so far.
it was good to see that RIM held on to their part of the bargain by releasing the app store right on time. Kudos RIM, im about to download the app store now! hopefully it wont be buggy as the Storm hehe
I am having trouble downloading the useful-sounding level app. anyone else?
Come to rely on Crackberry.com for all the necessary apps so many should be pretty familiar. 5 minutes didn't yield anything I haven't bought or trialed and didn't like. No new Facebook app (still 1.2.x). Haven't looked for themes yet.
Experiencing some slow download of icons and while scrolling, no doubt from the high volume.
Seeing some web launchers for free, kinda lame since they're not really "apps". I guess if you can't bookmark in Opera...
shazam does work for the storm. make sure you go into options>advanced options>applications>shazam>menu>disable compatibility mode. that should make life a lot easier
They made it so it wouldn't work over wifi only... you have to have a data plan! >:-(
OK a few things...the interface is great on my BB Storm but....
They don't list which BB the applications are compatible with..
Shazam won't work on my Storm :( It's the only app i downloaded and of course it wouldn't work...way to go RIM
Also App world is kinda useless because you can only buy and install so many apps before you run out of room because there is no external storage allowed....kinda limiting their income potential here...
Shazzam works on my storm. make sure you set the permissions under option>advanced>applications then hit bb key and set permissions and disable compatibility mode also.
I'm loving it!! More Apps for my Storm!!! and it has a cool setup and easy functions. I havent downloaded much yet but maybe 2 or 3 apps but its Awesome!!!
Am happy the app world is here and am pleased!!!
I'm downloading App World onto my Storm as I type. Quick download at this time of the night. Glad to have this on my phone. Thanks for the heads-up, Crackberry.com!
Does anyone know if Shazam works for the Storm??
just got it and it looks sick!
USA, Canada and the UK only!
I don't understand why this app's not available Worldwide, after all the hoopla it's a real letdown, you think the Apple App store is geographically limited? Mobihand doesn't care if I live in Spain, they take my money anyway and not just PayPal.
Or do they install only to the device memory?
I just downloaded the app connectorlocal. It doesnt seem to format very well to the storms screen. Maybe they should put that information in the app store so we dont download apps that dont work well with our model blackberry.
I'm sure that is coming at some point. For now they needed a functional store and we have it.
Does anybody know when will this be available worldwide?
nice app world woot woot cant wait to dl it and check it out
VERY nice interface (on both the Storm and Curve). Runs nice and smooth. Not too keen about having to type my PayPal password into the app on my phone though (it's a mix of letters and numbers) but so far so good. Glad this is finally available.
What is the use of the app world if RIM doesn't add apps to it periodically. And not just loads of cheezy fart apps either. I want real iphone qaulity apps. Is that to much to ask?
It just launched for Pete's sake! They will add apps as they become available. They have only been taking submissions for about two months. Give them a break, iToy was no better at launch.
It's working perfectly!
OMG do you know what this means...? There is absolutely no need for the iPhone anymore LOL
WOOHOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!
They really did a nice job on this. A bit disappointed in the pricing, but hey, there's actually FREE ones on there, which wasn't expected.
Yeah, only app I have downloaded is shazam and it's sweet. Although there is a lot missing, for instance where do you find utility apps like batterpull etc?
looks great, but the apps are very expensive.. 10 bux for games?
PERFECT!!
I just downloaded Shazam!! Awesome!
loaded and appears to working very well on my storm.... COME ON OFFICIAL OS!!!!
it was all going great until it told me to reboot.. and then when my phone came back on, half my icons were missing.. i am now downgrading my phone.
Looks great: I love it! Incredibly easy to navigate. Visually, it's easy to use and the graphics are great. Large icons are easy to read. Only downside (so far) is that large categories take a minute to load. With more apps coming, this could become slow to use.
I was even surprised to see Shazam is now available for BlackBerry. Great treat! Excellent job RIM!
It would be nice to have a method of viewing new applications. As the App World grows, it'll be hard to see what's new without having to re-check through all the old apps.
I think it's pretty damn unfortunate thate it doesn't seem to do any filtering based on the device you have and the device(s) that the software is either intended for, or runs best on. It should only show me the titles that will run properly on the Storm and it seems to just list everything.
Especially with some of those prices. It would really suck to buy a 9.99 game just to find out I cant play it on my storm. Hopefully they will addres this
can anyone find the ticketmaster app? its displayed in that picture but i cant find it anywhere?
how do you save apps to the card??? I'm out of space on the application memory..... thanks
pretty impressive! Rim held up on there end. hopefully offical os drops later on today too.
I suppose as a Storm user I was hoping for an expansion of the App Center. Not entirely sure what I was expecting. This looks like a great App Center for all BB users, but is there going to be something for the Storm to rival iPhone's App Center?
Are these being stored on system memory, or that cloud BS RIM was talking about?
Is it worth it? since we will be downloading apps like crazy...
im thinking they lunched it before the april 1 virus attack...anybody else thing so?
Very impressive so far
Just got the email at 12:39am EST.
Looks good! Make sure you check out the Shazam App!
J.
Looks awesome even though its a bit slow. Just installed Shazam yay! Seems better than I expected.
Got it downloaded but it won't load. I get connection problems. On Bell Mobility, in case that matters.
I am flippen excited.
I went to the app site but could not get the download link to work? Note yet live?
SICKKKKKKKKKKKKKK!
at first i thought it was an april fools joke. then i thought crackberry wouldn't be that cruel. then i downloaded it and its working just fine. so yeah... NOT an april fools joke.
Pure awesomeness! :) looks great!
What's the most expensive app in the store?
So far the RSIC Survey is $59.99, anyone seen anything more expensive?
TeleNav GPS $99 is the highest I see
I just found this app called PEPID Emergency Physician Suite its going for $199.99
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