There has been a lot of buzz lately on the leaked confirmation of the Blackberry Application Center. Working much like the Apple's version for it's iPhone, these 3rd party applications must be approved by Blackberry. The catch, it will only be available for the new Blackberry Storm. While looking around for more information on this, I came across something that's useful for us Blackberry users that won't be getting the Storm, BerryStore. It's just in beta currently, but it does look promising.
Users can get into BerryStore by downloading the application for the website. After installing, you can access the store simply by opening it up on your phone. Right now, the store is divided into 8 categories; Books & Reference, Business & Finance, Lifestyle, News & Weather, Social Networking, Sports, Travel & Navigation, and Utilities. There aren't too many applications currently, but the ones that are available have reviews from people who have already used them. Right now, every application is free, which is a great thing.
BerryStore's website encourages developers to send their applications to them so that they can be added to the store. Aside from that, any regular person who cannot find a certain application on the store can submit it to BerryStore, regardless of if they helped create it or not. I think that is one of the best features of this whole idea.
Overall, I think BerryStore is very impressive. It is extremely conveinent and easy to use. It is available for almost every phone, not just the latest. It seems like the developers are open to all kinds of feedback, as well as offers for adding new applications to the store. And with it still being in beta, I can only see it growing. I hope you all take a moment to check it out and if you have a Blackberry, to download it and try it out.
BerryStore
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
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