Posted on July 6, 2011, at 12:49 PM .
App World 3.0 is about to go live and it looks like RIM has updated the desktop App World site. App World 3.0 doesn’t seem to have anything all that new from the consumer side, but does help developers with larger image submissions (for PlayBook), as well as other description changes in the vendor portal. The desktop redesign is really awesome though and has a more “zen” feel to it. As you can see from the screenshot, or heading there yourself, the site has a featured carousel as well as smaller carousels with the Top Free, Top Paid and Newest items. Perhaps the homescreen of the app version of App World should be designed this way too.
Check out the App World homepage at this link.
Posted on December 16, 2010, at 6:13 PM .
There’s a new app in our store that looks like a really awesome new desktop tool for your BlackBerry. The app gives you an incredible amount of control over your device from your desktop, including the ability to BBM from your PC. With your keyboard and mouse, SOTI Pocket Controller gives you 10 products in 1 including:
1. Real-Time Remote Control (e.g. BBM from your Desktop)
2. Presentation Tools
3. Training Tools
4. File Synchronization
5. Service Book Support
6. Explore Tool
7. Task List
8. System Information
9. Screen/Video Capture
10. Printing
Each of these tools has its own feature set and together it all makes for a very powerful solution. Head over to the store and learn about each of these tools including in the SOTI Pocket Controller Pro solution.
Learn about SOTI Pocket Controller Pro solution for BlackBerry for OS 4.6 and 4.7 at this link.
Learn about SOTI Pocket Controller Pro solution for BlackBerry OS 5.0 and above at this link.
Posted on October 20, 2010, at 1:35 PM .
We got confirmation that BlackBerry App World desktop commerce was coming back at the BlackBerry Developer Conference and it’s now live. The new App World site allows you to purchase and download free apps as well as sync your device so that your apps are synced with the site.
Currently, only Windows is supported and the site supports a few types of billing including PayPal, credit card or carrier billing. To get started with the new site, you’ll need to install a 1MB MSI App World installer.
Head over to App World and check it out.
Posted on September 28, 2010, at 8:25 PM .
In an interview with Martyn Mallick, Sr. Director, Business Development and Strategic Alliances, we got confirmation that App World for desktop will be getting commerce. This isn’t necessarily big news because we’ve always assumed that this was part of App World’s roadmap, but it’s nice to get confirmation from RIM on the upcoming feature. The feature was also confirmed in an App World session here at DevCon, where we learned that the service will use your BlackBerry ID and will even be able to leverage carrier billing from the desktop. With this new feature, users will be able to buy and download apps and they won’t even need a data plan. All they’ll have to do is purchase and side-load.
Posted on February 25, 2009, at 6:40 AM .
Its annoying to have all your sent items sitting on your device but it’s important to have them in case you need to review an old sent email. So, we need to delete the items on your device, but keep them on your desktop for future use. To do this requires a quick setup, and a routine task:
1. Go into your messages.
2. Click the Trackwheel and select Search.
3. Scroll down and change Show from Sent and Received to Sent Only.
4. Scroll down and change Type from All to Email.
5. Click the Trackwheel and select Save.
6. In the Title, give it a name. Recommended: Sent Only.
7. For a shortcut key, pick a letter. Recommended: “A”.
8. Click the trackwheel and click Save.
9. This will now search and pull up all of your sent items. To delete them all without impacting your desktop, highlight the top most date, click the trackwheel, and select Delete Prior.
10. Now, on a regular basis you simply:
* Go into messages.
* press Alt-A.
* view the sent only items.
* Click the trackwheel.
* Select Delete Prior. Done!
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