Foursquare for BlackBerry Tastes Events, Check-In Details

A new flavor of foursquare for BlackBerry devices is now available for download from the BlackBerry App World, with features that will make the holiday season a bit more pleasant. 

Owners of handsets running under Research In Motion’s BlackBerry OS that take advantage of the capabilities of foursquare will be able to inform friends on events that caught their attention, all courtesy of the new flavor of the application.

The company announced a partnership with outfits like Songkick, ESPN, and more, all aimed at offering info on various events that users might enjoy.

“Want to tell your friends which movie, concert, or sports event you’re at? With events, you can let your check-in tell them for you,” foursquare explains in a recent blog post.

“We’ve partnered with MovieTickets.com, Songkick, and ESPN to provide details for for tens of thousands of events, which means that not only can you check in to specific events, you can also look up details before hand, like movie times and summaries,” the company continues.

Moreover, the new application release brings along a new check-in detail page, which offers users the possibility to share more info on what they are doing.

“Now, with our whole new check-in detail screen, your friends can see more of your adventures, like points or badges you earned, photos you took, and add comments inline. Perfect for important movie planning,” foursquare explains.

These new enhancements add to the features and capabilities that the mobile application already had available for its users, and are complemented by some other improvements as well:

• Made everything prettier, including your friend management screen and the help menu navigation.
• Added the ability to share your tips on your BBM profile.
• Updated the GPS technology to clear up any location issues and improve your battery life (score!)
• And a lots more tweaks and optimizations. It’s a pretty big update.

BlackBerry users interested in trying out the new software update will find it available for download via the BlackBerry App World here.

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