BlackBerry App World

Online store selling applications for the BlackBerry smartphones.

Applications for all BlackBerry smartphones having trakbol, trakped or the touch screen and working running the BlackBerry OS 4.5 operating systems above are submitted. Owners of BlackBerry have an opportunity to load applications from BlackBerry App World, visiting from the smartphone the website www.blackberry.com/appworld or mobile.blackberry.com. Access to app store of BlackBerry App World can be got, using Wi-Fi or network of mobile operator. The list of available applications in shop automatically forms proceeding from opportunities of specific model of the BlackBerry smartphone.

Development indicators

According to October, 2011 daily users download more than 4 million copies of applications, selecting them from the extensive list.

• Users load more than 1 billion copies of applications
• More than 4 million copies of applications are daily downloaded
• In App World well to more than 40.000 different applications
• About 3.500 applications are available to PlayBook
• App store is available to residents of 129 countries worldwide
• The possibility of purchase of applications with inclusion of payment in the account for communication services is available in networks of 15 operators of 10 countries of the world

Main Features

• Display of a selection of applications in the form of a roundabout on the homepage: For convenience of users of BlackBerry App World has the changing selection of applications on the homepage.
• Lists of 25 most popular applications: Different lists of 25 most popular applications on categories facilitate search among the leading applications, new applications, updates, etc.
• Scanning of the barcode: Owners of smartphones can scan the QR code of any application. BlackBerry App World will quickly find this application and will automatically open the page for acquaintance with the description of the program and its loading.
• BlackBerry ID: BlackBerry ID is the customer ID which is not depending on the specific device. With its help clients can manage payment methods, including credit cards or payment through the account of mobile operator (when it is possible) and also it is convenient to transfer earlier purchased applications after acquisition of the new BlackBerry smartphone.
• BlackBerry App World Desktop Storefront: Clients have an opportunity to look for, download and buy applications and also to manage them using the personal computer.
• Search: BlackBerry App World supports keyword-based search. Search results can be sorted by the price, relevance or the rating of users.
• Reviews: Users can give an assessment to applications from BlackBerry App World, these estimates are displayed in the description of the application in the form of asterisks. Before loading clients have an opportunity to esteem reviews, to see screenshots and to study the description of each application.
• Recommendations: Clients of BlackBerry App World can recommend this or that application to other people, having sent them the link by e-mail, using PIN, the SMS or BBM™ (BlackBerry® Messenger) and also some social networks.
• Application store: In BlackBerry App World there is a special folder under the name My World. The list of all applications ever loaded by this user is stored in it. Through this personal storage users can operate applications, including delete them and repeatedly set.
• Archive of applications: Users can create archive copies of applications on the memory card microSD or using the internal memory of the BlackBerry smartphone.
• Notifications on an exit of updates: Users receive notifications on an exit of updatings of applications which they loaded from BlackBerry App World earlier.

Service in Russia

On February 14, 2011 the Research In Motion (RIM) company announced that app store of BlackBerry App World became available to the Russian clients. Now, the owners of the BlackBerry smartphones living in Russia will be able to look for, download and use a broad spectrum of applications for the smartphone.