A few days ago I told you about the free Vodafone Update client for BlackBerry that allows you to update your Twitter and Facebook statuses. Widgetlabs left a comment letting me know that they have released Vodafone Update v2.0.1 with the following features:

• Copy&Paste
• AutoText
• BIS Connections

Vodafone Update is currently available for the BlackBerry Curve 8900 and Bold 9000. Visit vodafone.de/update from your BlackBerry Browser to download this app OTA.

Vodafone has released Vodafone Update, a social network BlackBerry application that allows you to update your Twitter and Facebook profiles.

Features:

• See status updates from your Twitter and Facebook contacts at a glance
• What are you doing right now? Post tweets to one or both of your social networks
• Reply to your friends’ messages directly from your BlackBerry
• Search for real-time news in Twitter
• Share what you see with others instantly! Take photos with your BlackBerry and send them to one or both of your networks with just one click
• Easy to use – just download, start and you’re done

Vodafone Update is currently available for the BlackBerry Curve 8900 and Bold 9000. Visit vodafone.de/update from your BlackBerry Browser to download this app OTA.

If you check it out let me know what you think in the comments, especially if you’ve used other BlackBerry Twitter apps.

Thanks @TorontoWireless!

David let me know that he has recently launched a new BlackBerry community site called BerrySocial.

Here’s what this site is about:

BerrySocial is a, you guessed it, social networking site aimed at BlackBerry users near and far. We hope to bring together regular users, business users, providers, developers, technicians and anyone else in the BlackBerry loop closer together for a richer, fuller BlackBerry experience.

BerrySocial has some neat features. Here are a few:

• Create groups for anything (Join the BlackBerry Rocks! group)
• Twitter and Facebook integration
  • You can update your status for both
• Chat with other BerrySocial users with a chat bar located at the bottom of the screen
• Add widgets like Activity, File widget, Friends, Gamer Card, Google Maps and more

For more info or to sign up head to berrysocial.com.

Back in July I mentioned that the MyBlackBerry social network would be launching. Well, it’s been pushed back but the MyBlackBerry social network has finally gone live to the public!

Learn about new applications. Connect with others. Share stories or tips and tricks. It’s everything you need in one convenient place.

Head on over to blackberry.com/myblackberry to check it out. Don’t forget to let me know what you think in the comments!

A new social network by RIM called MyBlackBerry will be launching tomorrow, according to TechCrunch.

Here’s what I was able to get from the intro video:

• Connect to BlackBerry users around the world
• Rate and review  applications, accessories, and more as well as see the reviews of others
• Ask and answer questions
• Community tips and tricks

TC says your MyBlackBerry profile will be personalized according to your BlackBerry model. This way you won’t have to worry about seeing items about another BlackBerry that wouldn’t apply to you, unless of course you wanted to, in which case it seems like that won’t be possible right now.

I think this is a great idea and can’t wait to try it out personally. For more info visit the MyBlackBerry page. Right now you can only view a splash screen and the intro video, but the actual site is supposed to be launching tomorrow.

Thanks @buzzedword!

XING, a leading business network in Europe, has launched a free application for BlackBerry smartphones.

By downloading XING business professionals will have access to their personal network directly on their BlackBerry in addition to keeping track of all their contacts, phone numbers, email addresses and being automatically updated online by the members themselves.

XING will work on any Internet-enabled BlackBerry running OS Version 4.2.1 or higher with at least 64 MB internal memory and 170 KB of available memory.

You can download it by visiting XING.com from your BlackBerry Browser, or get more info by visiting the same link from your desktop computer.

Full press release after the jump.

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