Contents
About the BlackBerry App World storefront............................................................................................................................................................................................ 2
Browsing and searching............................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 3
Browse featured items............................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 3
Browse top items........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 3
Search for an item by category................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 3
Search for a specific item.......................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 3
Read reviews for an item........................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 3
Sort items while searching or browsing.................................................................................................................................................................................................. 4
Buying and downloading.......................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 5
About downloading items......................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 5
Download a free or trial item.................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 5
Buy an item................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 5
Pause downloading an item...................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 6
Write a review for an item......................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 6
Recommend an item.................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 6
Update an item........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 6
Contact a vendor........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 7
Check the amount of available memory for items................................................................................................................................................................................. 7
Managing items......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 8
About archiving, removing, and re-installing items............................................................................................................................................................................... 8
Archive an item on the media card.......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 8
Restore an archived item from the media card...................................................................................................................................................................................... 8
Remove an item.......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 8
Re-install an item....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 9
Re-install items on a different device...................................................................................................................................................................................................... 9
About security............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 10
Troubleshooting.......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 11
Free or trial items do not appear.............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 11
An item appears as "Unavailable for this device".................................................................................................................................................................................. 11
I cannot install an item because there is not enough memory............................................................................................................................................................ 11
Glossary....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 12
Provide feedback........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 13
Legal notice................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 14
User Guide
About the BlackBerry App World storefront
About the BlackBerry App World storefront
The BlackBerry App World™ storefront allows you to search for and download applications for your BlackBerry® device. From BlackBerry App
World, you can browse featured and top downloaded items, such as games, social networking applications, and productivity applications. You
can view applications by category and search by keyword. You can also read and write reviews and recommend items to others.
Using an existing PayPal® account, you can buy and download items over the wireless network to your device. Items that you buy are stored
in BlackBerry App World on the My World screen.
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User Guide
Browsing and searching
Browse featured items
1. On the Featured Items screen, press the Menu key.
2. Click Next or Previous.
You can also browse items by clicking the arrows on the screen.
Browse top items
1. On the Featured Items screen, press the Menu key.
2. Perform any of the following actions:
• To view the top-downloaded free items, click Top Free.
• To view the top-downloaded purchased items, click Top Paid.
Browsing and searching
Search for an item by category
1. On the Featured Items screen, press the Menu key.
2. Click Categories.
3. Click a category type.
4. If necessary, type the name of the item that you want to search for.
Search for a specific item
You can search for an item by the item name or by a keyword.
1. On the Featured Items screen, press the Menu key.
2. Click Search.
3. Type the item name or the keyword you want to search for.
Read reviews for an item
Some items in the BlackBerry App World™ storefront might have star ratings, which are based on information that users of BlackBerry® device
applications provide.
1. Click an item.
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2. Press the Menu key.
3. Click Read Reviews.
Browsing and searching
Sort items while searching or browsing
You can sort items by popularity, newest items, vendor name, star rating, price, and item name.
1. In a list of items, press the Menu key.
2. Click Sort By.
3. Click the criteria.
To sort items in reverse order after you sort by vendor name, price, or item name, press the Menu key. Click Sort By. Click the criteria again.
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