Daryl let us know about a new app called XE Currency that showed up in App World. The free app from XE.com helps you convert over 180 currencies with ease. The app also lets you monitor up to 10 currencies at the same time so you can keep on top of things. The last updated rates are stored for offline use so you can continue to convert rates when you don’t have signal or are roaming.
Features include:
- Every World Currency
- Access all 180+ world currencies and precious metals.
- Monitor up to 10 currencies at a time.
- Easily switch your base currency.
- XE currency rates are trusted by millions of people.
- Brought to you by XE, the world’s favorite currency site. - Up-to-the-minute rates
- Get live mid-market rates for every world currency.
- Major corporations around the world trust our rates. - Personalize your settings
- Double click the space bar to reset the base currency.
- Choose up to 10 default currencies.
- Choose how many decimals are shown.
FOSSroxTHX Not Registered
Posted: March 11, 2010 at 9:48 AM EST
This looks like a cool app. I keep up with metal prices and I frequently need to make euro and other conversions when hunting deals online. I’ll check this freebie out!
FOSSroxTHX Not Registered
Posted: March 11, 2010 at 9:49 AM EST
Well, maybe not unless there is a way to get it installed without install BB App World. No need for that!
PDM Not Registered
Posted: March 11, 2010 at 10:07 AM EST
I couldnt agree more. I refuse to install App World on my BB.
Plus, why don’t they think about all the users in countries that are still not covered by BB AW.
Ian Not Registered
Posted: March 14, 2010 at 7:47 AM EST
And i thought it was me alone
When App World came out i bought several apps while in Trinidad where i am and they were all in My World now they are gone and the app tells me i can’t buy anything even tho i have a US paypal and back account. Stuuupid. Plus AppWorld is a memory hog on my 9530 running 5.0. I usually install it to get the app i need then uninstall appworld after…
PDM Not Registered
Posted: March 11, 2010 at 10:09 AM EST
Try :
http://www.xe.com/blackberry/XECurrency.jad
ofutur ( View Profile) Enthusiast - Posts: 443
Posted: March 11, 2010 at 12:56 PM EST
That’s 1.0.0
Appworld reports 1.0.3
BubiSparks ( View Profile) Newcomer - Posts: 4
Posted: March 11, 2010 at 11:04 AM EST
Doesn’t work on my Storm 2. Says it needs an internet connection, but all my other apps have access just fine
mcky Not Registered
Posted: March 11, 2010 at 11:38 AM EST
I like this app. Works well on my tour. Comes in very handy.
yshai Not Registered
Posted: March 11, 2010 at 11:44 AM EST
doesn’t work on my 9700. same error message like BubiSparks
Cadillac Cowboy ( View Profile) Newcomer - Posts: 75
Posted: March 11, 2010 at 4:53 PM EST
Works fine on my BlackBerry Bold, running BlackBerry OS 5.0.0.509 (official) and connected to Telstra Australia…
Dan L ( View Profile) Beginner - Posts: 100
Posted: March 11, 2010 at 3:04 PM EST
@yshai I am using a 9700 as well and it is working for me with no problems.
I like the idea of this app especially how tiny it is – only 87kb!
One note I thought I would mention which had me confused at first. If you want to change the primary currency – I live in Canada so rather than have the US $ which is by defaut at the top of the list and the one which is set to 1.000 (and all the other currencies are measured against it).
If you highlight one of the currencies in the list (I assume this is the one you want to change to be the primary) you can delete the numbers there and edit them to be 1.000 giving making every other currency value relative to it and not the US$.
BubiSparks ( View Profile) Newcomer - Posts: 4
Posted: March 11, 2010 at 5:02 PM EST
@yshai – I got it to work using version 1.0.0 from the XE.com website and setting my provider APN correctly.
This sucks as I don’t want to use my provider’s WAP access as I pay for the data so I won’t be using the app until (and if) they update the it to use BIS access.
Version 1.0.3 does not work at all – won’t connect
Cadill9 Cowboy Not Registered
Posted: March 11, 2010 at 5:05 PM EST from my BlackBerry 9000
Version 1.0.3 works fine for me, with the BIS connection…
fraziel Not Registered
Posted: March 11, 2010 at 10:18 PM EST from my BlackBerry 8900
Not working in my 8900
Requires internet connection, something like that
Weird..my other apps work fine..