Free BlackBerry News App For PlayBook Updated To v1.1.0.1, For Smartphones Updated To v1.1.0.23

By Mauricio

RIM today let me know they’ve updated the free and official BlackBerry News App for PlayBook to version 1.1.0.1 with a handful of new features. The BlackBerry News app for smartphones was also updated but they didn’t mention this update, version 1.1.0.23, and I couldn’t find a changelog for it since nothing seems to be different from version 1.1.0.21 which added support for BlackBerry 7. Version 1.1.0.1 of the News App for PlayBook includes the following changes:

• Portrait mode support for all screens
• “Read” articles are marked as such
• “New” content indicator on home screen
• Ability to update channels through data tethering
• Ability to switch channels in magazine view
• In the article view, ability to go to previous/next article
• View a feed immediately after subscribing to it

For more info and to get the updated apps go to one of the following App World links:

• BlackBerry News for Smartphones
• BlackBerry News App for PlayBook