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Buzzd, a location-based service that helps you find out what’s going on around town, has been around for about a year as a WAP site, but now have a dedicated program for BlackBerry now available in the App World. From the app you can search based on preference and location, book events into your native BlackBerry Calendar, add venues to your Contacts, and even provide feedback once you’re there by way of a built in thrill/kill rating system, as well as uploading photos and shooting out twitter messages from within the app. The BlackBerry Partners Fund shot some cash into Buzzd in October, so we’re left wondering about the ultimate revenue model. Considering Loopt is free, it seems unlikely folks would pay for the app, even with an active community supporting it. Venues, however, might be interested in buying into featured promotions if there are enough Buzzd users in their area. Regardless, it’s a slick-looking app – head over to buzzd.com for more info.
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About The Author
Simon Sage
Simon Sage’s education largely surrounded writing, technology and online community, leading him to begin his blogging career at www.BlackBerryCool.com and to quickly discover a vibrant and active community surrounding BlackBerry and mobile technology. In exploring RIM’s platform, he has learned what enterprises are looking for in mobility as well as what makes the innocuous BlackBerry so appealing to them. Recently Simon’s been covering RIM’s gradual move into an already-crowded consumer market, and the impact of burgeoning challengers, such as the iPhone, as well as long-time leaders, like Nokia, on BlackBerry’s advancement. With plenty of content under his belt, Simon will be branching off a bit to see what other smartphone manufacturers are working on while still using BlackBerry as a barometer. At IntoMobile, you can count on his posts being even-handed, well-informed and thought-out.
