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New York Times Releases free BlackBerry App

by Ronen Halevy on Nov 25th, 2009 at 12:05 am EST
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nytimes-blackberry When I first heard about this I could have sworn that the New York Times already had a BlackBerry app. Turns out they only had a homescreen shortcut. The Times developed this new app in house and it looks pretty good. It is sponsored by UPS for now which probably means that they will not be charging for it in the future (hopefully).

You can find the app at www.nytimes.com/bbapp and more details at this link from your desktop.

The app downloads articles for offline reading which is nice but sadly it only supports the BlackBerry Tour, Storm, Bold, and Curve 8900. Everybody else is expected to make do with their homescreen shortcuts at mobile.nytimes.com.

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24 Comments to “New York Times Releases free BlackBerry App”

  1. Posted by: Efraim L.
    November 25, 2009 at 12:10 am EST

    Please note: Bold 9700 (aka Bold 2) is not yet supported either…

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    • Posted by: Buff
      November 25, 2009 at 1:15 am EST

      Hmmm . . . if it supports the Tour and the 8900, shouldn’t it also support the 9700 as they all have the same resolution screen?

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  2. Posted by: Milan237
    November 25, 2009 at 12:13 am EST

    Well its not supporting 9700 bummer

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  3. Posted by: scano
    November 25, 2009 at 1:08 am EST

    I have a storm and it says it’s not supported. Hmmm..Something to do with OS 5.0?

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  4. Posted by: mikel
    November 25, 2009 at 1:12 am EST

    No go on the 9000 bold… :(

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    • Posted by: Buff
      November 25, 2009 at 1:14 am EST

      the Times web page says specifically that it supports the Bold.

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      • Posted by: mikel
        November 25, 2009 at 1:17 am EST

        It told me my device is not yet supported… Must be because I’m running a hybrid OS.. 9000/5.0.0.238

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        • Posted by: Buff
          November 25, 2009 at 1:35 am EST

          I presume that the different versions are for the different screen resolutions and not because of some intricacy in the specific OS version because it does not compatibility by OS.

          The download URL probably redirects when it detects a non-compatible device/OS. If some enterprising soul posted the direct URLs this problem would probably be solved.

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  5. Posted by: Paul Howard
    November 25, 2009 at 2:09 am EST

    Does it work on anyones? Its no-go on my 9000 with os 4.6.

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  6. Posted by: andrewnyc
    November 25, 2009 at 2:29 am EST

    Can anyone post a direct URL that will work for the 9700?

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  8. Posted by: Victor
    November 25, 2009 at 9:01 am EST

    Storm link anyone?

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  9. Posted by: Cut and Paste
    November 25, 2009 at 10:25 am EST

    from: http://mobile.nytimes.com/bbapp/faq?q=20

    Do I need to register for NYTimes.com to use the BlackBerry application?

    The application does not require any NYTimes registration, though you will need to log in to your iTunes account in order to download the application from the App Store.

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  10. Posted by: hughnior
    November 25, 2009 at 12:41 pm EST

    Using the Tour and it tells me my device isn’t currently supported. Hmmm… Any suggestions?

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  11. Posted by: Efraim L.
    November 25, 2009 at 12:45 pm EST

    Downloaded the app – but when trying to run it on the Bold 9700/5.0.0.296 I get a message that this device is currently unsupported… Any other link from someone?

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  12. Posted by: wojtas25
    November 26, 2009 at 5:13 am EST

    Not supported on OS 5.0 :(

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  13. Posted by: Shaun
    November 26, 2009 at 10:38 am EST

    It works well for my Bold using 4.6.0.297

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