Engadget app updates: BlackBerry Storm is a go, Android widget fix is in!

Hey everyone -- a few quick updates for you on the Engadget apps. Firstly, for everyone who has been waiting for it (and we know you have), we now have a BlackBerry Storm-compatible version for you, which you can go and download right here. Thanks for your patience with the wait! Secondly, as a lot of you know we updated our Android app yesterday and were having some widget issues. That problem has been resolved and an update is now available in the Market. You can find a QR code for the app right here on our download page if you're too busy to click your icon. That's all for now -- thanks!

[Nokia N900 Posted Apr 14th 2010 11:48AM]

For Symbian ?

[Dking7 Posted Apr 14th 2010 11:51AM]

@Nokia N900 why you need symbian? are you forgetting that you are Maemo! what is intel doing to you!

[inept Posted Apr 14th 2010 12:09PM]

@Nokia N900

Yeah, no kidding. Take the time to customize an app for the Storm, which has what, a couple hundred thousand users while totally ignoring a platform with >50M users? The 5800 alone has 15M users and the E71 just as many, if not closer to 20M. Even if you assume that each Nokia device will need tweaks to customize, you can capture the bulk of the S60 market by targeting just its two most popular devices with specialized versions.

[Maxflame Posted Apr 14th 2010 12:35PM]

@Nokia N900
Sorry for jacking you post.
I get this error message when I'm trying to download.
"907 invalid COD File not found"

[anispace Posted Apr 14th 2010 1:04PM]

@Nokia N900

yeah how bout a symbian app? You guys do know that people outside the USA also read Engadget

[Santiago Posted Apr 14th 2010 1:07PM]

@Nokia N900 Yeah plz! Symbian has users too!!!

[MarkAnderson Posted Apr 14th 2010 1:59PM]

@Nokia N900

Yup. S60v5 compatible nao plz.

[tocharius Posted Apr 14th 2010 2:35PM]

@Nokia N900

I don't need a native app for Symbian, but I have some odd behaviour in Opera Mobile. Even though I have "Show mobile versions of websites" deactivated, Engadget shows me the mobile page. I click on "show full version", i get the full version. I click an article link in the full version, i get the mobile version of the article. No comments visible. HIGHLY annoying.

What's up with that?

In Opera Mini, there is no such problem.

[nomi49 Posted Apr 14th 2010 7:51PM]

@anispace Yes, I second you. I don't get it why they keep on ignoring the most commonly used mobile OS? (outside US)

[El Jefe Posted Apr 14th 2010 8:05PM]

@Nokia N900
I cast my vote as a US E71 user.
This phone owns for being more than two years old

[ALBGunner04 Posted Apr 14th 2010 8:43PM]

@tocharius: Get Skyfire. Full internet (including Flash) at your fingertips. Honestly, the best mobile browser that I think exists. It has the best compatibility with every site and even loads quickly. I sound like a fucking salesman lol

[ALBGunner04 Posted Apr 14th 2010 8:46PM]

Oh yeah, and I agree, bring a Symbian app forward... I'm a Nokia N95 8GB user (waiting for Nokia to unveil their first Symbian^3 phone before upgrading to a Symbian phone, or any other OS phone) and I'd love an app for S60v3. Make it happen Engadget. Symbian has a lot of users around the world, and Engadget has readers around the world. Put the two together.

[loginatnine Posted Apr 14th 2010 11:48AM]

Can I have a widget for my iphone app too?

Oh wait...

[inspiron41 Posted Apr 14th 2010 11:52AM]

@loginatnine

=P

[blitzfire911 Posted Apr 14th 2010 12:13PM]

@loginatnine lol lol lol lol lol

[martinsikjaer Posted Apr 14th 2010 12:18PM]

@loginatnine
That made my day :D

[whySoSerious Posted Apr 14th 2010 11:48AM]

Lol, thank god you gave us the Android App before the Blackberry (Storm) App - or else I really, really would have been offended.

[dibs oddjob Posted Apr 14th 2010 11:50AM]

Awesome!

Just in time to let me use it for two weeks before I dump it for an Incredible.

[PlatinumSkeet Posted Apr 14th 2010 11:52AM]

I had to read that title over 3 times... lol I'm going to download the app for my Storm now...

[Air Force One Posted Apr 14th 2010 11:53AM]

Thanks for the widget fix!! I had a spot all ready for the widget...just needed the fix and now I'm ready to rock!

[KungFuHamster Posted Apr 14th 2010 3:49PM]

@Air Force One Still crashes on me 3-5 times before it opens when going from widget :(

[One Love Posted Apr 14th 2010 11:55AM]

If you go to the market application on your phone and click on "My Downloads" this is an easy way to check for and install updates for any of your downloaded android applications.

[Platoesq Posted Apr 14th 2010 11:59AM]

Please hook us red headed step-children up, that are WinMo users... Just b/c WP7 is "coming" in whatever months, doesn't mean it will be all that ready for prime time, thus we're still here!!!

[SoCoolCurt Posted Apr 14th 2010 12:13PM]

@Platoesq

yea i feel left out. WinMo 6.5 is still relevant at least until WP7 drops and i know i'll still have it for about a year after that. so what gives?

[Platoesq Posted Apr 14th 2010 1:16PM]

@SoCoolCurt Exactly. A lot of people are acting like WP7 is going to be AAA-ready right out of the box. First-adopters generally always get screwed, so expecting everything to be peachy keen out of the box is absurd, and to not support an on-going platform...? Come on, Engadget guys, hook us WinMo users up. Thanks!

[deliteguy Posted Apr 14th 2010 3:29PM]

@Platoesq
Really sucks not having it on windows mobile.... especially since i got the hd2. Makes me feel like it's old!

[sonicyoof Posted Apr 14th 2010 5:42PM]

@Platoesq

Guys, they HATE Windows Mobile. Seriously. They do. Releasing an Engadget app for the platform would be offensive to their style, it would strike against their very (hipster) nature and cause a mental schism deeper than any ocean. It would strike at their core and alter their very (stylish) DNA (meaning it would literally be carcinogenic for them). They would literally vomit (and it would be super-cool, bright, multi-colored vomit like their homepage, also there would be a few Apple logos), preferably on a Windows Mobile phone, yet not one can be found in the Engadget office. As mental disorders set in, chaos ensues. "Where does one get a Windows Mobile phone? Can not I vomit onto it in peace?!? WHERE??!?!?!?" can be heard echoing through the vast, empty, lonely canyon formerly known as the mind of an Engadget editor.

[chandler Posted Apr 14th 2010 11:59AM]

Hey Engadget! On your download page you suggest I "Mouseover QR code for Bigger Image". This would be a great idea! Except, when I mouseover the image, I get a bigger QR code with a mouse pointer on it. My QR code scanner doesn't like to scan that.

You might want to change it so users click the QR code to show the big image.

[RayKinStL Posted Apr 14th 2010 12:28PM]

@chandler Seriously? When it gets bigger, just move your mouse to the bottom right, still on the pop up, but out of the way of the bar code. You need someone to tell/explain this to you??? With your high level computing skills, I am suggesting you ditch your Android and move "up" to an iPhone...you are obviously ready for it!

[JustinB Posted Apr 14th 2010 12:56PM]

@RayKinStL Dude. Not cool to be a dick.

[gpmoo7 Posted Apr 14th 2010 1:41PM]

@chandler the best solution will be that when we click on the QR code from the Android browser, it open the market:
market://search?q=pname:com.aol.mobile.engadget

[incubusmac Posted Apr 14th 2010 12:04PM]

I know that I have a good browser application, but wouldn't an iPad app be cool? The iPhone app doesn't scale very well.

[windsorsean Posted Apr 14th 2010 12:28PM]

@incubusmac I second that, would love to see an iPad app... that supports video

[stoney1973 Posted Apr 14th 2010 12:50PM]

@windsorsean


perhaps they could code it with........Flash?

[ashasaur Posted Apr 14th 2010 12:05PM]

Engadget...there is no app for Windows Mobile....why?

[alexwilks88 Posted Apr 14th 2010 12:06PM]

How about pretty please fixing the WebOS app which hangs after doing the 1.4.1 update? :)

[killplay Posted Apr 14th 2010 12:08PM]

The Blackberry Turd?
You're condoning it Engadget! haha jk

[NYC_ROCK Posted Apr 14th 2010 12:09PM]

Wow, the Blackberry app is awful. No video's? No comments? Ugh.

[mrspiteri Posted Apr 14th 2010 12:09PM]

why are the apps so different? I've got a bb and an android phone, and while I like both apps, they offer different behaviour and functionality.

[viditbhargava Posted Apr 14th 2010 12:15PM]

Ok...trying it right now
I don't care about the widget...the app was force closing too much after the update yesterday...hope its better now.

[TheBear Posted Apr 14th 2010 12:18PM]

JUST IN TIME FOR ALL THOSE ENGADGET USERS WHO USE BLACKBERRIES... OH WAIT!

[guitarkid Posted Apr 14th 2010 12:19PM]

Still waiting for that Symbian app.

[Skyeclad Posted Apr 14th 2010 12:19PM]

First off, thank you Engadget for showing some Storm love. The Storm doesn't often receive love so we appreciate it when we get it. Unfortunately, I can't say that this prog has much more functionality than a simple RSS feed viewed through Google Reader on Opera Mini. In fact, I like to view all of Engadgets topics and Google Reader Mobile only shows the topics that you haven't viewed yet making it incredible easy to differentiate between new and old posts.

Also, it's the Storm, so every KB is precious, so until Google comes out with their own Mobile Prog, I'm going to stick with Google Reader viewed on Opera Mini as my "Engadget Prog".

[awalk Posted Apr 14th 2010 12:20PM]

I know that engadget developers want to produce an iPad app....just think of the screen space just waiting for a creative mind.

[Elad Posted Apr 14th 2010 12:43PM]

Still waiting on an offline reader...

[SDreamer Posted Apr 14th 2010 12:45PM]

. Windows Mobile please :)

[Platoesq Posted Apr 14th 2010 1:17PM]

@SDreamer WORD!!!

[outlaw85 Posted Apr 14th 2010 1:30PM]

@SDreamer YES PLEASE!!!!!

[weeman Posted Apr 14th 2010 12:59PM]

Written from my HTC desire which arrived in the post this morning!

[JerryE Posted Apr 14th 2010 1:47PM]

Look, all you stupid people asking for an iPad app -- why can't you just BROWSE to the damn website?