BB App World Annoyances

According to App World, both Live Messenger and BB Messenger have upgrades available.

First Live Messenger:



Microsoft...what the heck happened between version 2.5.30 and 2.5.32 that made the application size jump from < 1 MB to ~3 MB! Not cool for devices that have limited amount of storage for applications.

Next App World is telling me that I have an update available for Blackberry Messenger:



Apparently BlackBerry is taking a page out of Microsoft's playbook and offering to let me upgrade my application from 5.0.0.57 to 5.0.0.57...all while increasing the application size by over 1 MB! At least Microsoft tries to convince me that I'm getting something for that extra size by bumping up the version number.

AP news reader for Blackberry

One of my favorite Blackberry apps is the Wall Street Journal mobile reader. I just recently found the AP News mobile reader, which appears to be very similar (probably from the same developers) to the WSJ application. The AP News reader looks like it's actually formatted for a taller screen, such as the Storm.

Just remember to shut these news reader apps down when you're done with them, as the constant polling for new articles will drain your battery.