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A friendly reader tipped us off today that RIM has updated their popular social networking application, Facebook for BlackBerry. Facebook version 1.3 doesn’t come with a change log, and doesn’t seem to contain any drastic changes, but an update is still an update. You can download the latest version of Facebook for BlackBerry at the link below:
The Boy Genius got his hands on some slides depicting what RIM’s MySpace application for BlackBerry will look like. Our take is that it looks fairly similar to the BlackBerry Facebook application, and much cleaner than the actual MySpace site. All the basic MySpace functionality is included, with push-notifications and a wireless upgrade option.
If you’re younger than 21, you’ll probably never use MySpace for BlackBerry, but I’m sure it will excite all those new Pearl Flip users. You can see some more photos after the jump.
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When we told you back in June that Whrrl had come to Blackberry, people were excited. It’s hard not to get excited over a LBS-based social networking application that combines mapping and micro-blogging technology for discovering and sharing local information on people, places, events and experiences. A few days ago software Developer Pelago announced BlackBerry Bold support for Whrrl, so make sure to check it out! Be forewarned however, Whrrl only works for now in the U.S. To download Whrrl, point your BlackBerry Browser to:
In timely response to Nan’s first Power User editorial, Orangatame Software has released an update to TwitterBerry, their popular free Twitter app for BlackBerry. The two most important improvements are LED alerts and the ability to refresh timelines while not on the home screen; you can see a list of further improvements after the jump. We’d write up a quick review of the new TwitterBerry, but our friend Al Sacco beat us to it!
OTA install link:
http://orangatame.com/ota/twitterberry/beta/
TwitterBerry 0.7 Beta feature updates
Considering that RIM has pimped out their Facebook application across all carriers in North America, it’s likely that you’ve accessed a social network via your BlackBerry (although we prefer m.linkedin.com, and are patiently waiting for a native BlackBerry app). Analyst ABI Research speculated earlier this week that by 2013, there will be more than 140 million mobile social network subscribers worldwide, and generating subscription revenues in excess of $410 million. To put these numbers in perspective, that’s more than the current worldwide unique visitor numbers of either MySpace or Facebook, which hover somewhere around 115 million.
The question to be asked is where all that money will come from — both MySpace and Facebook currently have mobile web-accessible versions of their sites, and the aforementioned BlackBerry Facebook app costs you nothing but time and data. ABI Research speculates that the revenue come not via advertising, but through a subscription model for social network access, likely in the emerging markets of Brazil, Russia, India, and China.
Here’s a question (or two): how much would you pay to use a BlackBerry Facebook app per month? How much for a LinkedIn app?
(via CN)
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