App Store for BlackBerry arrives in Brazil
Research In Motion, maker of BlackBerry smartphones, announced on Monday (17 / 8) in Brazil, the launch of App World application store for its handsets. The store also is already operating in Argentina, Chile, Mexico and Venezuela, will soon be available in other Latin American countries.
The addresses from www.blackberry.com / appworld or mobile.blackberry.com , BlackBerry owners can download applications to their phones. For now, the store has versions in English and Spanish, but the Portuguese version should be ready by the end of 2009.
The store is organized into several categories such as games, entertainment, instant messaging, social networking , news, weather and productivity . To find out the most popular applications, there is a section called "Top Downloads" while in the "Highlights" the site's editors select news and other recommended applications.
Applications can either be stored on memory cards and internal memory of the devices. The folder "My World" maintains a list of programs downloaded from the smartphone , making it easier to control than is in the unit.
For now, applications are all available free, but the company plans to offer paid programs soon. "We are launching BlackBerry App World with a solid selection and look forward to working with our partners to deliver applications that fit the needs of our customers," said Jim Balsillie, one of the chief executive officers of RIM.
The store is available for BlackBerry smartphones with a trackball, trackpad or touch-sensitive touch screen, with software version 4.2 or later. Users must have a BlackBerry data plan activated to access the BlackBerry App World.
source: Computerworld
