Wirelessly posted

Now it really "grinds my gears" to see what RIM is doing with the new AppStore.

RIM must know that they have a very huge market outside of Canada and the USA and I think its just in poor taste (maybe even an insult) for them to be doing this. Its as if we're good enough to buy their product and get their balance sheet looking great, but not good enough to participate in their new venture. And to date they have given no reason for this.

What also bugs me is the fact that you have developers now who are only providing their application via the AppStore (vPost most recent I can remember). So eventually anyone living outside of Canada and the USA, may not be able to get updated applications for their devices.

I wish RIM would make a statement about the AppStore segregation (or if they have someone point me there). It really rubs me wrong when I encounter that message telling me that my device does not me the specific requirements. Its just wrong.

I would like to ask the developers to not do as RIM has done and forgotten about the hundreds of thousands (maybe millions) of BlackBerry users outside Canada and the USA and not place your applications only in the AppStore. We are still out there and we still use our devices.

We use to laugh at iPhone users only being able to get stuff on their phone when Steve says its ok. But now it looks like we might be heading in the very same direction.

Please RIM release the AppStore and let us all enjoy it just the way we all enjoy our BlackBerry smartphones. Release the AppStore so that we will all be able to talk about it on our forums and at our water coolers and coffee stands.

Release the AppStore RIM!!!!!