Day Two At WES 2009
The second day at WES seemed to be all the more about apps that have been launched to App World. Device launches were non-existent, and the only interesting device-related sighting was the presence of BES 5.0 on a BlackBerry Bold and OS version 4.7.0.141 on the BlackBerry Storm 9530. The Storm OS update is in beta phase and will soon be available.
App World Announcements:
Now onto official announcements from companies about their presence at App World;
Xobni:
As per the leaked info we had earlier, Xobni announced that the Outlook plug-in mobile would be out and about for the BlackBerry. They haven’t given exact details as to what the plug-in will do for BlackBerrys, but we know what to expect.
BeeJive For Storm Users:
That’s right, the popular multi-service IM app BeeJive is finally here for the Storm crowd. There were some Storm users who already had the app running on their device at the symposium, and they were thrilled.
Poynt:
Poynt is already a pretty successful location based service for movies and the yellow pages, the service is now adding a reverse number look up feature through the white pages as well as restaurant search. The service is up on App World and will utilize both BlackBerry Maps and Google Maps. Cool!
WhitePages Mobile For BlackBerry:
WhitePages Mobile For BlackBerry is also out, and among other things, will let you import numbers from your call log to make reverse number look up easy. You will also be able to add a search result to your contact list with a flick of the trackball. WhitePages Mobile for BlackBerry runs $6.99 for a six month subscription and is currently available in App World.
Vlingo:
The popular voice-powered app came out with an update. The new version 3.0 comes with new features like the ability to search the web, exchange text messages with other Vlingo users, dial the phone, update both Facebook and Twitter statuses and launch native and third-party apps through speech. Vlingo 3.0 sells for $17.99 in App World.
WeatherBug:
This weather app brings you GPS-enabled weather alerts, detailed maps with radar and time-lapse animations from US-based weather cameras, and is a great addition to your app collection for the very reasonable cost of…free!
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