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BlackBerry App World Down in Israel?

By: , IntoMobile
Thursday, November 26th, 2009 at 12:53 AM

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While doing some poking around in the BlackBerryOS forums today, I happened to notice something disappointing… especially for the good folks residing in Israel. Seems as though BlackBerry App World is no longer available in the country. Paid apps disappeared first, and now, apparently free apps aren’t available either. Strange.

I know there is quite a BlackBerry community over in Israel, so this news just flat out sucks if you’re packin’ a BB and are looking for new apps. If any BlackBerry users in the country could comment or shed some light on this situation, it would be much appreciated.

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  • Drew Perry

    hi,

    i live in israel, and for now it is true that the app world is not available to us. althuogh, i’ve talked to someone i know that works for one of the carriers here in israel, and they are talking about an agreement with RIM to bring the app world to israel, partially (only free apps), if not fully.

  • Or

    its true… that sucks… do you know if it will go up anytime soon ?

  • Diffio

    Yes, there is no support for App World in Israel :(

  • Rebecca

    it’s really annoying and orange is charging extra now for internet services… fml

  • simon

    i hope they will do something soon…
    i got the 9550 and i love it, but this issue is sux…
    does anone know when its will be fixed?