You’re looking at the BlackBerry Application Center, says TechCrunch. It’s RIM’s answer to Apple’s App Store and Google’s Android Market.
The Application Center is set to debut with the BlackBerry Storm software version 4.7. RIM has created its own store, says the Boy Genius Report.
The BlackBerry Application Center features:
- The Application Center will be available on 4.7 Storm devices and will be designed for the Storm touch screen UI.
- Carriers will be responsible for hosting the application data and sending updates to the directory to RIM.
- The main application screen will provide the user with a list of all applications that are available for install from the particular carrier for the specific device model and OS version. Incompatible applications will not be displayed.
The BlackBerry Storm will be available on Verizon. It will feature a 3.25-inch, 480×360 touch screen, tactile feedback and auto rotation. It will be one of the most connected phones with CDMA/EV-DO Rev. A, quad-band GSM/EDGE, and 2100MHz HSPA support (the AWS band).
Standalone and assisted GPS is reported to be onboard along with 1GB of internal memory, and a microSD expansion slot that will reportedly come with a 8GB microSD card.
