For Tour, Curve, and Bold based on Blackberry OS v4.3 or later

Mar 30, 2010 12:40 GMT  ·  By

One of the latest software solutions recently released for users of BlackBerry smartphones is LinkedIn for BlackBerry v1.0, which comes with a full, rich feature set, meant to enable owners of such a device tap into the most useful options of LinkedIn. The new application is available for download for Tour, Curve, and Bold devices powered by Blackberry OS v4.3 or later.

Among the features that users will benefit from with LinkedIn for BlackBerry v1.0, we can count: - Network Updates. View and share crucial business intelligence and updates with your network. Perfect for those spare moments between meetings. - Search. Search across over 60 million global professionals, and get the answer back in seconds. We’ve implemented a unified search across both your direct connections and the entire LinkedIn network. - Connections. LinkedIn is your address book in the cloud. Get quick access to any of your connections to get their up-to-date profile information, and the ability to send them a message immediately. - Invitations. Why wait to get back to your desk? Accept outstanding invitations immediately. Messages. Messaging is one of the reasons that BlackBerry owners love their devices, and we’ve worked hard to integrate your LinkedIn Inbox. - Reconnect. You can’t leverage your network if you don’t build it. This module brings suggestions for new connections to you anytime. Now you can build your network from anywhere, in seconds.

According to the development team, they focused a lot on offering an enhanced experience to BlackBerry owners, and those with handsets running under operating system 4.6 or later will enjoy a deep integration with BlackBerry Mail, Contacts & Calendar. The application has been developed so as to integrate LinkedIn connections with BlackBerry address book and will also display invitations and messages directly on the device, not to mention that the LinkedIn profile of an attendee of a meeting can be seen on the BlackBerry calendar.

“Now, right from the convenience of your primary BlackBerry applications, you can easily select 'View LinkedIn Profile', and view the full LinkedIn public profile for anyone. Whether it’s a meeting invitation, an email, or an address book contact, you can get the information you need about someone, anytime, anywhere,” Chad Whitney, the product manager responsible for mobile products at LinkedIn, notes in a blog post. Moreover, he says that future enhancements and additions to the software solutions will be on their way to users during 2010. The application is available for download from here and will soon arrive in the BlackBerry App World too.

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