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Lots of “coming soon”s for BlackBerry lately. What a bunch of teases! This latest “coming soon” is GyPSii’s new Tweetsii application, unfortunately initially being launched on the iPhone with a BlackBerry version to follow. Tweetsii will allow users to connect, create and share with the power of Twitter.

Tweetsii™ is a radical new way to use social media and the mobile Internet that breaks down the barrier between the real place-based world and the digital world, providing a real time connection between a user’s social graph, places around them, and Twitter. It is a real time app that supports a mobile lifestyle, with user created tweets, images, reviews, comments, checkins, tips, and more. It builds an aggregated real world index of places, not a corporate created index, with updates from Twitter users and location-based services, including GyPSii, Gowalla and Foursquare, among others. All content contributes to a place-based index that delivers real time, mobile, location-specific content creation and search to connect users with the people, places, activities and ideas they’re interested in.

Some feature highlights:

• Streams – View the Twitter world in a new way: the latest tweets from who you are following, see who’s nearby and what people are saying about the area you’re in, hot places, and what’s trending. PlaceStreams provide real time trending and a record of events at location-enabled places.
• Explore – Tweetsii provides an “Explore” feature that utilizes GyPSii’s core PlaceRank™ search technology to combine Twitter streams with millions of place-based points of interest and events. Explore results are based on not only the trends people tweet about, but also the places and events they go to, and their social graph. The places and content come from users, including other networks like GyPSii, Gowalla, Foursquare, and an index of tens of millions points of interest. Users can also search by interests – on everything from bagels to burlesque – for an instant view of what’s nearby and what people are saying about it. Explore results reveal a treasure trove of contextual tweets, photos, events, and points of interest sorted by proximity, ratings and time.
• Location-based Tweeting – users geo-tag tweets, they can easily add a photo and tie it to a location and their Twitter timeline. Check-in and be heard – allows users to “check-in” to places and share their experience, add to an existing conversation about the place or start a new one and check out relevant content around you. It provides an easy interface that helps users tweet, check-in, make recommendations, or send alerts all in a single screen. Tweetsii™ extends the GyPSii vision of user created content, by providing an easy way for users to create their own personal places and experiences, all tied to a location and their Twitter timeline. Tweetsii couples your real-world place-based life to your virtual-world Twitter experience, and brings more relevance and context to the Twitter experience.

Tweetsii is not yet available for BlackBerry devices but you can check out their site and blog at tweetsii.com or the press release after the jump for more info. I’ll also be posting about Tweetsii as soon as it’s available so be sure to keep an eye on BBRocks!

Any thoughts about this application (as it’s described) compared to the ones you use now?

Press Release

Launch of New App Tweetsii™ Delivers on Promise of Real Time Web

AMSTERDAM & AUSTIN, Texas–(BUSINESS WIRE)–GyPSii, the leading real time location-enabled social media platform, today launched a new app named Tweetsii™. The app epitomizes the real time web and connects people with places and networks, by bridging the Twitter experience with mobile social media, the social graph, location, and contextual mobile-based search: all in the palm of your hand, accessible anytime and anywhere. Initial availability will be in the Apple Appstore for iPhone, followed by Android and Blackberry platforms.

Tweetsii™ is a radical new way to use social media and the mobile Internet that breaks down the barrier between the real place-based world and the digital world, providing a real time connection between a user’s social graph, places around them, and Twitter. It is a real time app that supports a mobile lifestyle, with user created tweets, images, reviews, comments, checkins, tips, and more. It builds an aggregated real world index of places, not a corporate created index, with updates from Twitter users and location-based services, including GyPSii, Gowalla and Foursquare, among others. All content contributes to a place-based index that delivers real time, mobile, location-specific content creation and search to connect users with the people, places, activities and ideas they’re interested in.

The application gives Twitter users a richer experience by allowing them to tweet, check-in, send alerts and tips, create places, and geo-tag them with comments, photos and other rich media content. Updates made via Tweetsii appear in users’ Twitter feed making it simple to share content with friends and followers. It’s inherently mobile, and in addition to the expected Twitter Timeline features, it delivers real-time “PlaceStreams” and “EventStreams” to users, directly tied to their location and social-graph connections.

Tweetsii feature highlights include:

• Streams – View the Twitter world in a new way: the latest tweets from who you are following, see who’s nearby and what people are saying about the area you’re in, hot places, and what’s trending. PlaceStreams provide real time trending and a record of events at location-enabled places.
• Explore – Tweetsii provides an “Explore” feature that utilizes GyPSii’s core PlaceRank™ search technology to combine Twitter streams with millions of place-based points of interest and events. Explore results are based on not only the trends people tweet about, but also the places and events they go to, and their social graph. The places and content come from users, including other networks like GyPSii, Gowalla, Foursquare, and an index of tens of millions points of interest. Users can also search by interests – on everything from bagels to burlesque – for an instant view of what’s nearby and what people are saying about it. Explore results reveal a treasure trove of contextual tweets, photos, events, and points of interest sorted by proximity, ratings and time.
• Location-based Tweeting – users geo-tag tweets, they can easily add a photo and tie it to a location and their Twitter timeline. Check-in and be heard – allows users to “check-in” to places and share their experience, add to an existing conversation about the place or start a new one and check out relevant content around you. It provides an easy interface that helps users tweet, check-in, make recommendations, or send alerts all in a single screen. Tweetsii™ extends the GyPSii vision of user created content, by providing an easy way for users to create their own personal places and experiences, all tied to a location and their Twitter timeline. Tweetsii couples your real-world place-based life to your virtual-world Twitter experience, and brings more relevance and context to the Twitter experience.

“Tweetsii™ is an extension of the GyPSii vision to connect people and places across networks,” explained Dan Harple, Founder and Executive Chairman of GyPSii. “The Tweetsii app breaks down barriers between the real world and the digital world, by making real time social media easy to create and interact with. The GyPSii technology takes us beyond ’search engines’ and shows what we need are real time place-based ‘connection engines.’ In the age of mobile we can return the Internet to an experience of discovery, but more personal, relevant, and place-based. Mobile technologies have achieved more connectedness, but not deeper, more profound connections – that’s what we’re hoping to do with Tweetsii™.”

Renowned social media pundit, Twitter character, and founder of #140conf, Jeff Pulver, got to recently see a beta version of Tweetsii, and said he’d, “discovered a product I think reveals a true post-Web 2.0 real time web vision. It goes beyond Web 2.0, mash-ups, website-based search, and delivers the app that to me, epitomizes the ‘State of Now.’ I believe Tweetsii is the next big step in the real time web experience.”

GyPSii’s OpenExperience API powers mobile lifestyle and location based applications for the largest telecommunications companies on the planet including China Mobile, China Unicom, Telefonica and others. The company is now bundling on hundreds of millions of devices from Samsung, LG, HTC, Lenovo, and on the Apple iPhone in China among others. GyPSii is supported by over 400 devices and on 11 major platforms worldwide. The API was used to build Tweetsii into the Twitter eco-system.

In the latter part of 2009, the company added over 1 million new users and is on track with continued exponential growth. To support marketing and additional development of GyPSii applications including Tweetsii, GyPSii is also announcing that it recently closed an $11 million private funding round led by U.K.-based Schroders. This latest infusion brings total fundraising to $40 million to propel the GyPSii business forward.

Tweetsii can be downloaded for free on iTunes. For more information, visit www.tweetsii.com.

About GyPSii-

GyPSii provides real time mobile web technologies and products that connect your world in real time. GyPSii connects people, places, communities, content and advertising across networks and devices, with patented and patent applied-for technologies for the transfer and publishing of location based information between mobile devices. GyPSii provides apps and Open API solutions to a wide range of companies, such as Samsung, LG, RIM, Wind River, Garmin, China Unicom, China Mobile, China Telecom, and others. GyPSii apps are available on Apple’s iPhone, Symbian, Windows Mobile, RIM Blackberry, Android, Java, MID/Linux, Palm webOS, and accessible via most well-known mobile app stores. Based in Salo, Finland and Amsterdam, The Netherlands, GyPSii operates offices in North America, Europe and Asia Pacific. For more information, visit www.gypsii.com © 2010 All rights reserved.

The GyPSii and Tweetsii related marks, images and symbols are the exclusive properties and trademarks of GeoSolutions and/or its business units. All other brands, product names, company names, trademarks and service marks are the properties of their respective owners.

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I’m constantly on the lookout for a good RPG or MMORPG whether it’s a computer or console game. I’m also big into movies, particularly apocalyptic movies, so when I found out about Fallen Earth I got all geekcited. I didn’t get geekcited because the game looks awesome but because Icarus Studios, the creators of the game, has partnered with AFK Interactive to extend their Fallen Earth Mobile Companion to BlackBerry smartphones!

“People have been talking about interconnectivity between MMOGs and mobile devices for a long time, but until now, no one has gone so far as to build an app that provides real-time interaction to this level,” said Jim Hettinger, CEO of Icarus Studios. “Just the ability to chat with members of your clan in-game from your mobile phone is a huge benefit, but this product does so much more than that.”

The Mobile Companion will allow users to chat, send and receive in-game mail as well as:

• Manage crafting queue and craft items
• Access all of the in-game features of the Auction House
• Interact with clan members
• View character profiles
• View the world map

Very cool! The Fallen Earth Mobile Companion will be available for free in Q2 of 2010. If you’re interested in a preview of the app, AFK Interactive will be offering demonstrations at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco March 11th through the 13th at booth 712.

The computer game itself goes for $19.99 (discounted) at fallenearth.com with a free 10-day trial available. For more info visit their site or check out the press release after the jump.

Sidenote: The game might be a bit graphic for some of you as it is rated “Mature”. You’ve been warned .

Press Release

Icarus Studios Chooses AFK Interactive to Extend the Fallen Earth Mobile Companion Application to Additional Mobile Devices

Brings Fallen Earth to Additional Mobile Platforms

Following the recent announcement of Icarus Studios’ development of a Fallen Earth mobile companion iPhone application, Icarus Studios, co-developer of Fallen Earth, the critically-acclaimed MMORPG, has teamed up with technology start-up AFK Interactive to extend the Fallen Earth mobile companion application to the Blackberry, Android, Brew, and Java platforms, set to be released in Q2.

The mobile companion application, described by early reviewers as “game changing,” allows Fallen Earth players in-game and real-time access to several key features of the MMOG from their mobile phone. Similar to the upcoming iPhone application, the app will enable players on other mobile devices to log in to the live Fallen Earth server and interact with their character(s) and other players via several different modules such as Chat, Crafting and the Auction House.

“People have been talking about interconnectivity between MMOGs and mobile devices for a long time, but until now, no one has gone so far as to build an app that provides real-time interaction to this level,” said Jim Hettinger, CEO of Icarus Studios. “Just the ability to chat with members of your clan in-game from your mobile phone is a huge benefit, but this product does so much more than that.”

In addition to providing the ability to chat and send and receive in-game mail, the app allows users to perform a number of other tasks, such as:

• Manage crafting queue and craft items
• Access all of the in-game features of the Auction House
• Interact with clan members
• View character profiles
• View the world map

“There are so many other cool features we can pull from the game and bring to the mobile phone,” commented Doug Dyer, President of AFK Interactive. “We’ve built a powerful platform based on commercially-launched technology that’s taken years to develop. This platform enables the app to be run on low-end to high-end mobile devices and will be able to deliver everything from interactive game wikis to virtual goods storefronts that support multiple revenue models and integrated billing. This is the next direction for online games.”

The Fallen Earth mobile companion app will be available for download from the Fallen Earth website in Q2. AFK Interactive will continue to support the product across new devices and operating systems on an ongoing basis. In addition, upgraded versions of the app with new feature modules are planned for the future.

Following the availability of the upcoming applications, several of the Fallen Earth mobile app features will be made available via the Fallen Earth website for players without a compatible mobile device.

Providing a glimpse at the new application, AFK Interactive will be offering demonstrations at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco March 11-13 in Booth #712. Icarus Studios team members will also be on site demonstrating the soon-to-be-released iPhone application.

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The increasingly popular foursquare for BlackBerry application has been updated to version 1.7.0. I found out about the update yesterday and reached out to foursquare for a changelog about what was new, but since many of you are already wondering I figured I’d post about it with my own observations. Here’s what I see that’s new:

• Refreshed user interface
• New icons for the Friends, Places, Tips and More tabs
• New “gold crown” icon to show mayorship (instead of the black one)
• Users’ avatars are now displayed in many of the app’s screens
• Checkin locations now show the primary category icon next to them
• Friends screen seems to be better organized (or is it just me?)
• Probably some bug fixes

That’s all I can find so far. If I missed something feel free to share it in the comments.

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While browsing the web I came across an article on the Telegraph about MySpace’s major relaunch plan which includes mobile applications. In this interview, MySpace’s new co-president Mike Jones mentioned that a relaunch of mobile apps are planned and will be released as micro apps:

Mr Jones also discussed MySpace’s mobile plans: “Mobile is our largest growth segment. We are aiming to release 20 to 30 micro apps in the next year, across the major phone platforms [Android, iPhone, BlackBerry] which will each offer small parts of the MySpace functionality.

“By also making certain APIs available, third party developers can use certain parts of our content to create very specific apps.”

“In the next year” is a bit vague and “small parts of the MySpace functionality” doesn’t sound too exciting, but I’m sure they’ll try to impress since they’re attempting a serious recovery as a top social network.

Any MySpace fans looking forward to these “micro apps”? Does anyone still use MySpace?

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Beta 7 of the ÜberTwitter BlackBerry Twitter application has been updated from version 0.963 to 0.970 with some bug fixes and a few new features. Here’s a list of the changes in the new version:

• Java exceptions on device boot – Fixed issue where java exceptions would be reported on device reboot due to lack of permissions
• Opt-out of sponsored tweets – Users can now opt out of receiving sponsored tweets
• Goto User bug fix – Fixed bug where entering a user not in your timeline and then pressing trackball wouldn’t use the text you entered but instead find the closest match from your friends list
• Everyone Near You – Fixed bug where it wouldn’t uses your current location, and sometimes would revert to somewhere off the coast of Africa. Also increased the distance to a 10 mile radius, in the future we will let you select this.
• Mini-Icon Notification – Fixed bug where if the app didn’t have certain permissions not related to the mini-icon, it still wouldn’t show the mini-icon
• Fine-Tuned control of visual notifications – There are now three settings each for the mini-icon and application icon so you can fine-tune the control over how you want each to notify you. Also, the number next to the mini-icon will only reflect the number of new tweets of the type it is tracking. For example, if you only set the mini-icon to track new DMs, then the number next to the mini-icon will only reflect the number of new DMs.
• New short-cut for page-up – Added a new short-cut to page-up in the timeline, pressing ‘0′ (zero) will now page up in the timeline
• Instability when using cell location – Fixed bug that would cause instability in the app when using cell tower location
• 3G Cell Tower Inaccuracy – Fixed a bug in the cell tower location mechanism when 3G towers were being used
• Symbol Screen – Again reworked the symbol screen
• Secure Connection – Changed the default Twitter endpoint so your traffic will travel over a secure HTTPS connection
• Deleting DMs – We now allow you to delete direct messages.
• Constant permissions requests – Fixed bug where every time the app was started it would ask for permissions.

According to the site, this update “is in preparation for a substantial feature upgrade for Beta-8 which we plan to release in March”. I wonder what kind of new features they’ll be packing into Beta 8 and whether it can stay ahead of other BlackBerry Twitter apps.

ÜberTwitter is available for BlackBerry devices running OS 4.2.1 or higher as a free version that is ad-supported or a paid version for $4.99/year with no ads. For more info and to download visit ubertwitter.com.

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The free Nimbuzz all-in-one instant messaging application has been updated with support for BlackBerry Os 5.0! Nimbuzz supports many different instant messaging IM account types including Skype, Windows Live Messenger (MSN), Yahoo Messenger, ICQ, AIM, studiVZ, Google Talk, Facebook, MySpace and many more.

Here’s a few of the key features:

• runs in background
• connects you to all your friends
• brings home screen notification
• auto-reconnects
• “Clickable” URL’s

According to the Nimbuzz compatibility list, the application supports pretty much all BlackBerry devices. To download Nimbuzz visit get.nimbuzz.com from your BlackBerry Browser.

via Nimbuzz Blog

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Stitcher let me know that their streaming audio Smart Radio application is now compatible with BlackBerry OS 5.0 with a version just released for the Storm2 9520 and 9550.

Here’s a quick feature recap:

• Listen – Stream the best podcasts, radio shows and other great audio to your mobile phone.
• Customize – Stitch your favorite programs into personalized, on-demand stations.
• Discover – Find new shows you’ll love in Stitcher’s stations, or let Stitcher recommend shows to you based on your preferences.

Stitcher is already available on the first generation BlackBerry Storm as well as the Curve 8300, 8310, 8320, 8900 and Bold 9000. Version 1.2 of Stitcher is set to release in early July. This update will include improved handling of longer shows, full seek functionality and Bluetooth streaming.

For a direct OTA download visit stitcher.com/dl from your BlackBerry Browser or visit stitcher.com for more info.

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If you’re subscribed to the Business Edition of the BlackBerry Connection Newsletter you should have gotten this in an email a few hours ago. The March 2010 issue of the newsletter has the usual suggested BlackBerry App World apps, a WES 2010 Preview Guide and a little section titled “Two Popular Business Apps Are Almost Here!”.

In this section are the upcoming Twitter for BlackBerry and LinkedIn applications. The Twitter for BlackBerry sign up page went live early in February along with a private beta which eventually got leaked. Since RIM’s Twitter app has received absolutely no updates since the launch of its private beta, I’m interested in seeing how it will do once it’s released for everyone. I’ve personally sent in a long list of bugs and feature suggestions which were acknowledged but haven’t been acted upon yet.

As for the LinkedIn app, Rob from LinkedIn said that it would be available in “a little over a month or so”. It’s been more than a month so I guess we’re at the mercy of Rob’s definition for “or so”. My guess is both the Twitter and LinkedIn apps will launch before the end of April (or earlier) but we’ll see. RIM is known to sometimes push back launches.

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