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RIM Shares More App World Details

Mar 5, 2009, 8:38 AM by Eric M. Zeman

Research In Motion's BlackBerry App World opened to developers late yesterday, and with the opening came more information of how the application storefront will work. According to RIM, new applications can only be written for BlackBerry OS 4.2.0 and higher. Other minimum requirements include that the BlackBerry apps be written for devices using either a trackball or SurePress. This means older BlackBerries with trackwheels, such as the 7000 series of devices, won't be supported. In order to download App World to a BlackBerry, users must have a PayPal account, which will be used to bill for applications. Developers can offer applications for free, but paid applications start at $2.99 and range up to a maximum of $9.99. BlackBerry themes will not be allowed in App World. App World will initially launch in the U.S., Canada and the U.K.

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Choices101

Mar 6, 2009, 3:08 PM

Launch date set

Is there a launch date for the new application system yet?

Versed

I have no idea, when I visited Blackberry's website, the whole app information was like reading stereo instructions written in Japanese and translated into English without a grasp of the English language. Which is very un-blackberrylike. My theory i...
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cohenj88

Mar 5, 2009, 11:27 AM

Price of Blackberry Apps

If I understood them correctly, I think the maximum price of an application at Blackberry Apps World can theoretically be as high as $999.99 not $9.99.

(Though I have no idea what possible application could be worth that much.)

haley72

An app that can predict the winning lotto numbers. Id pay 1k for an app that can do that

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