Location-based check-in app Foursquare has released an updated version of its service for RIM&'s BlackBerry smartphones, according to mobile blogあCrackberry. However, any excitement by users should be short-lived.
The new version, v1.9.10, was releasedあearlier this evening, and an issue immediately arose where some usersあgot aあfalse a4ぎAunable to check-in screen.&'' Checking in, or announcing your location to your friends on the service, is kind of the point of Foursquare. Recognizing the severity of the bug, the company quickly released another version, v1.9.11, to resolve the issue.
Foursquare isn&'t out of the woods just yet. According to several BlackBerry commenters on Crackberry, the new version is now leaving a white blank screen when the app is launched. (My girlfriend&'s BlackBerry shows the same behavior.) A Foursquare employee named &''Pete&'' posted on the Crackberry comment thread, saying that the company was looking into the issue and that is should be fixed within 24 hours.
Regardless of the bugs, the new version does have a few upgrades worth noting, includingあimproved tip and to-do management, ability to call a business from the venue page and improved battery life and performance. Regardless of the updates, it appears BlackBerry users are once again left wanting more.
It&'s tempting to blame the app developer in these situations. But given the complaints we&'ve heard about BlackBerry versions of popular apps like Foursquare, we&'re wondering if RIM&'s aging platform and inconsistencies in behavior from device to device aren&'t equally to blame.
Foursquare, based in New York City and founded in 2009, has raised more than $21 million in funding. It currently has more thanあ40 employees in its hometown and a new engineering office ita4ぎa4г opening in San Francisco.
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Companies: Foursquare, Research In Motion, RIM
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Cody Barbierri is a social and digital media consultant. He works for Piehead and blogs about social media at Social Tab. (None of his posts are about clients or their competitors.) Reach him at Cody@venturebeat.com. You can also follow Cody on Twitter.
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