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Verizon Wireless announced that its mobile app store, V CAST Apps, is now available on select BlackBerry smartphones, including the BlackBerry Bold 9650, Storm2 9550, Curve 8530 and Tour 9630. Moreover, during the next couple of weeks, the service will be rolled out to more RIM-made devices like the Storm 9530 and Curve 8330.
As you may know, V CAST Apps works pretty much like any other app store out there, giving customers a one-click process to purchase games and applications. Verizon’s trick is in the direct billing, where you pay for the apps purchased through your monthly account.
Verizon Wireless will “send” all BlackBerry smartphones that use BlackBerry Internet Service (BIS) an icon that links to V CAST Apps. Business customers using BlackBerry Enterprise Server (BES) will need to contact their business specialists for information about how to download V CAST Apps.
Finally, there’s also the V CAST Apps BLOCK feature for customers who do not want access to the apps in the storefront…
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Dusan Belic
Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.
