This week I took the plunge and bought a Blackberry Storm. I’ve been looking at the apps available and came across this open source announcement I thought you might be interested in. I signed up for Brightkite a while ago, but don’t really use it because I never think about it - but maybe if I have a mobile device I will … and it’s open source so I have to give it a whirl right??

BrightBerry, which is available here, has been quite the hit with our community — offering most of the basic functionality that makes Brightkite on the go so much fun.

Currently, you can use the app to:

• View and navigate your streams (Friends, Nearby, Universe, Mentions, and User)

• Post a Note to your current location
• Check in to Placemarks
• Send and receive Direct Messages
• View and post comments on a post

You can also check-in via GPS and via Place Search, but both of those still need some tweaking. This is a big undertaking for one person, so Chris has decided to make the app open source and we’re hoping that there might be a developer or two out there with some free time that would be willing to contribute.

This entry was posted on Saturday, June 6th, 2009 at 6:23 am by Nicole C. Engard and is filed under Mobile Apps, Open Source. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.