Buzzd: Free Location-based City Guide for BlackBerry

Buzzd is an online location-based city guide combined with a social network, and today its free downloadable application is available on BlackBerry App World. buzzd.com unveils its revamped desktop website, the design is touted to be reminiscent of Miami Vice, well, I am not sure about that but I like the look and feel. Using content from various providers such as CitySearch, Flavorpill, Time Out, MyOpenBar, last.fm, Clubvibes, Upcoming.org and many others, buzzd provide event feeds with pricing, location, description, real time updated reviews and ratings from buzzd members. Features after the jump, you can watch the demo video here.

New Features in the buzzd Application for BlackBerry:

• Live Search which helps users find anything from an “Open Bar” to “Chinese Food”
• Compatible with BlackBerry OS 4.2 and higher (including the BlackBerry Pearl and BlackBerry Curve series, as well as the BlackBerry Storm and BlackBerry Bold smartphones)
• Autodetection of location and proximity-based event recommendations
• Map integration
• Click-to-call venues
• Send events and listings to friends in your address book
• Add events to BlackBerry Calendar
• Add venues to BlackBerry Contacts
• Buzz updates also broadcast to Twitter
• Photobuzzing (tagging a photo from the camera to venue/event)
• 1.5 million venues available and over 50,000 events/month across US, UK, Canada

New Features on buzzd.com’s desktop Site:

• Autodetection of location and proximity-based event recommendations from your desktop
• Live Search
• Geo-tagged Twitter and Facebook integration

Eliane Fiolet
Categories: Cellphones, Top Stories
Tags: application, BlackBerry, blackberry app, GPS, location, Smartphones