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The Foursquare beta app for BlackBerry continues its journey to the release candidate promised land, now with the ability to add tips to the locations at which you check in, and add friends via mobile.
For those of you who haven’t caught on to the fad, Foursquare is a location-based social networking app that tracks “check-ins” at particular locales, and grants points, badges, and even "mayorship” to frequent users.There have been a lot of privacy concerns lately surrounding Foursquare, but, as Foursquare says, it really extends to the larger issue of sharing any personal information at all online, being aware of the privacy controls available and using them judiciously.
Personally, I’m holding out for Gowalla or even MyTown to find their way to BlackBerry before getting into this whole crazy bandwagon, but I still dig the idea of using GPS for something other than turn-by-turn directions. If you’d like to get the new version 1.5 of Foursquare on BlackBerry, or find more info, head to foursquare.com/blackberry.
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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.
