New Features Coming to BlackBerry Foursquare App


As we know it, the iPhone got a Foursquare update today which adds a couple of new features. In the new version, iPhone users can now attach photos to check-ins and comments have been added to the app for the first time. Foursquare members can now post comments on their friends’ “check-ins,” as well as attach photographs to the directory listings for venues they visit and tips they leave behind. Foursquare also says that additional third-party tie-ins like Facebook and Flickr uploads are on the way.

How does this tie to BlackBerry? These new features will be available on Foursquare’s Android app later in the week and then on its BlackBerry application next month. It’s kind of surprising the BB version was left for last, as it has been a pioneer app for BlackBerry users.

My question is, will BlackBerry users even care when these “new” features reach the BB platform?


For starters, Facebook, which once expressed interest in acquiring Foursquare, now offers check-ins of its own through Facebook Places; Business reviews site Yelp also has added check-ins. Gowalla now offers a way to aggregate check-ins from multiple services including ex-competitor Foursquare.

This leaves Foursqaure in the hunt again as geo-tagged location  has become a specialty rather than a unique feature. Which geo-tagging location app do you use?

via foursquare