About two months ago, MySpace and Research In Motion (RIM) announced a joint effort to create a rich native freeware app for MySpace on BlackBerry phones. On Thursday, RIM made MySpace for BlackBerry globally available. You can also download it from the BlackBerry browser when you point to www.blackberry.com/myspace.
As you may not know, I am not a fan of MySpace and I can find better things to do than get friend requests from call girls in Russia, annoying spam from people you didn’t even know, and chain letters. I use my BlackBerry for business only.
You can read our blog on “MySpace Affecting Our Teens“.
However, according to CNet, the functions and feel of this BlackBerry MySpace application have been modeled on RIM’s Facebook app for BlackBerry, which has been going strong for about a year.
Navigating from icons at the top of the app, you’ll be able to view your home screen, messages, friends, and photos. You can also change your status and mood, manage friend requests, and add comments.
Launching the BlackBerry’s camera to take new pictures, caption them, and then update them to your MySpace page is the application’s best feature by far and the mobile platform’s only real additional contribution.
One thing you should be aware of, you’ll only be able to get messages pushed to your phone if the address associated with your MySpace account is the same one you’re using on your BlackBerry.
