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youtube.com - 2/26/2009

Blackberry takes a shot at Apple! [ad] (video)

— youtube.com — Literally! (more) Blackberry takes a shot at Apple! [ad] (video)

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jkontherun.com - 3/5/2009

BlackBerry App World going live soon

— jkontherun.com — The much anticipated app market for the BlackBerry is going live soon according to RIM. The market... will be known as the BlackBerry App World and interested crackberries can sign up tonight to be notified when the App World will go live. (more) BlackBerry App World going live soon

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na.blackberry.com - 3/5/2009

BlackBerry App World FAQ

— na.blackberry.com — Multiple versions of the same application will not count as separate submissions (Example: an application might have... a version for the BlackBerry Storm smartphone and the BlackBerry Bold smartphone) An update to your application, resulting in a ... (more) BlackBerry App World FAQ

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The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) — ... $3 or more, they'll end up all being worth that much, too. But we have to agree with Gizmodo's conclusion, too: while it would be nice if every app on the store was worth more than $3, there are definitely a few apps out there that are worth having the lower (and free) prices for. And to add to that, it's hard to believe that, even at $3, every app would strive to live up to that price -- most likely what will happen is that you'll end up with just as much crap on the Blackberry's store, except that you'll be paying $2 more for it. Still, it's an idea. If ...

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TechCrunch — ... reports in the past because they provide us with some valuable insights on Apple’s App Store and Google’s Android Market based on the startup’s in-depth analysis of publicly available data. Now the company has added RIM’s Blackberry App World store to the fray, which gives us even more data points to compare the rivals’ app pricing and whatnot. ...