WorldMate Inc. today announced the release of WorldMate Live v3.0 for BlackBerry.

WorldMate is known as an industry leader in mobile travel services with over 3 million active customers worldwide. With a reputation like that, this app has to rock! Here are the updates/changes in version 3.0:

• Yelp Local Search Services
  Find restaurants, shopping, night-clubs and other businesses wherever you go. Make the most of your time while traveling. Use Yelp to provide you information and reviews for hundreds of thousands of businesses in North America and the UK. Click-thru to reserve a restaurant table, get a map to the shopping mall or compare reviews for night-clubs.
• Calendar Sync Changes
  WorldMate synchronizes your travel itinerary with your calendar. Get your flights in Outlook / Notes. Get your meetings in the itinerary at the correct time-zone – automatically!
• Hotel Booking Improvements (Smart Hotel Search)
  WorldMate’s Hotel booking service was already available for both free and Gold users. In the improved version, hotels now appear in a list layout with thumbnail images and include special offer notifications. The hotel list is arranged according to the WorldMate optimization engine, which takes into consideration all of the user’s preferences, as well as the distance from the selected landmarks. The user can also sort hotels by specific criteria: Price, distance, star rating.
• Rail Support in Automatic Itinerary Generation
  WorldMate’s parsing system now supports rail booking confirmations. Users can forward confirmation emails from Amtrak, Eurostar, TheTrainLine and others and have these bookings automatically integrated in their itineraries – just like flight, hotels and car rentals.
• Map & Directions
  The “Map & Directions” feature opens the BB map service instead of a static map.

WorldMate Live is available for free at m.worldmate.com or as a premium Gold version available in the store for a yearly subscription of $99.95 with a free trial available.

The Gold version includes everything the free version has plus customized flight-update alerts, flight status, flight schedules, a travel directory and eligibility for customer support.

OpenTable has just released a free BlackBerry application available only through the BlackBerry App World.

With OpenTable for BlackBerry you can make free, instantly confirmed restaurant reservations at over 10,000 restaurants. Plus, OpenTable members earn valuable Dining Rewards Points redeemable for Dining Cheques good at any OpenTable restaurant.

Features:

• Search by address or use your GPS to find restaurants closest to your current location (GPS depends on carrier and device capability)
• Refine restaurant list by cuisine, price or availability
• Invite fellow diners via email
• Manage upcoming reservations

OpenTable is available for all BlackBerry devices running OS 4.5 and higher. You can find this application in the BlackBerry App World by searching for “OpenTable.”

By the way, if you’re ever in NYC I highly recommend checking out Rosa Mexicano if you like Mexican food, or if you want to try it for the first time. A little on the pricey side but well worth it.

The free WHERE application has been launched for the BlackBerry Tour 9630!

WHERE on the BlackBerry Tour functions very similarly to our versions for the BlackBerry Storm & BlackBerry Bold. WHERE on the Tour features an at-a-glance homescreen layout, for easy access to your favorite local information. WHERE comes pre-packed with some of our most popular GPS based widgets including, News, Weather, Gas Station Locator, Yelp & Eventful, plus many more. WHERE’s newest social networking venue, the WHERE Wall is also available on the BlackBerry Tour.

I just want to point out that WHERE’s Gas Prices has helped me find cheap gas on more than one occasion. This and the other features are very useful.

To download it visit WHERE.com from your BlackBerry Browser or from your desktop computer for more info.

WHERE has been updated to v1.3.0.1 for the BlackBerry Curve 8900, Bold and Storm!

Not sure what WHERE is?

WHERE is a mobile app that provides you with information about the people, places and things around you. Local content available through WHERE includes everything from the weather, news, and restaurant reviews, to the cheapest gas, movie show times, and the ability to connect with other users through Buddy Beacon™ and the WHERE Wall™. WHERE also helps you reach your destination with easy to use maps and directions.

Not to mention it’s FREE! Check out the updates and enhancements in the new version:

• New Gas Features – The WHERE Gas widget got a total redesign in this update. All gas grade prices are now available on main screen. Gas station amenities are now also included on the station detail page.
• Improvements to WHERE Wall – In this latest update you will notice larger gravatar images, auto re-fresh mechanism, the ability to add links into posts, and a new Sports wall.
• Changes to the way location is handled
• Other minor bug fixes.

You can download WHERE by going to where.com from your BlackBerry Browser, or from your desktop computer to have the download link sent to you via SMS.

PinPoints let me know that they have just released their free BlackBerry application.

PinPoints lets you find and transmit a location, address or business to your BlackBerry as an instant landmark . It uses Google Maps as the focal point for the web search. There is also a desktop browser plugin for PinPoints that allows you to search and send addresses right from your email client or web browser.

Features:

• Store PinPoints
• Organize PinPoints
• Works with Google Maps & BlackBerry Maps
• Geotag yourself
• Send your buddies saved PinPoints or your location

The PinPoints BlackBerry client works on the Pearl, Curve, Bold and Storm, to name a few.

Register for PinPoints at yourpinpoints.com and download the BlackBerry app. Once downloaded all you have to do is select an address and press ‘Send as PinPoint’.

Don’t forget to let me know how this works for you in the comments!

See some examples of how the desktop browser plugin works after the jump.

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In March I posted about the SuperPages application for the Storm being available. SuperPages let me know  that version was just a beta release, and the official version is now available with some cool new features.

The new version includes the SuperGuarantee program where services provided by select advertisers on SuperPages.com and the Verizon Yellow Pages are guaranteed. The new version also allows you to review businesses directly from the application with a fun thumbs up/thumbs down scale.

Some other features:

• Add Photos: Did your food taste as good as it looked? Take a snap shot before you chow down and upload it when you rate your experience.
• Find Movies Fast: Search by movie or theater and see show times, read reviews, watch trailers or browse movie posters.
• Get Directions: Get step-by-step interactive driving directions with an option to have multiple stops on the way to your destination.
• Locate Local WiFi Hotspots: Find free and pay-for-use WiFi hotspots near you.
• See your local five-day forecast with current conditions, conduct a reverse lookup of people or businesses and access your My Superpages account to easily see your previous searches.

With SuperPages Mobile you have access to more than 17 million U.S. businesses right on your BlackBerry Storm.

You can download the new version of SuperPages Mobile for your Storm through the BlackBerry App World or visit SuperPages.com. A version for the BlackBerry Pearl and Bold will be available soon.

Full press release after the jump.

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