Posted on August 2, 2012, at 3:05 PM .
Back in 2010 we posted an article called “Facebook for BlackBerry Not Refreshing – Worst App Ever?“. The article highlights some of the elements that make Facebook for BlackBerry such a bad app. After having brought this up countless times with some of the people at RIM, the real conclusion is that perhaps Facebook should never have been made by RIM.
Because the app is built by RIM, the company has to wait on Facebook releasing APIs that support critical features such as Event Management. Ideally, RIM wouldn’t have to wait on this and would be given source code under NDA, but this isn’t the case. Considering all the bad PR around RIM and the fact that the company is downsizing to buckle down for BlackBerry 10, it doesn’t look like the OS 5-7 version of Facebook for BlackBerry is going to get up to par with the iOS version any time soon.
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Posted on May 9, 2012, at 12:32 PM .
Jacx Technologies has released SlateIt for Facebook Fan Pages for BlackBerry. The app helps social media experts and novices to manage their Facebook fan pages while on the go.
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Posted on May 9, 2012, at 9:38 AM .
Search 4 BBM is an app that helps you find BBM friends using a variety of different methods. This app is particularly useful if you’ve lost all your BBM contacts, or are new to the BlackBerry platform.
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Posted on March 9, 2012, at 6:16 PM .
The BlackBerry brand has been gaining popularity among their users through social media. Today the official count is 27.1 million fans and followers of the Inside BlackBerry blog, Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn. I am a follower of BlackBerry through these channels and I find them to be a good source of BlackBerry tips and tricks.
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