Oftentimes we get excited when we see that a popular application has been updated. For me, the excitement comes from wondering whether any of the improvements I’ve thought about have been implemented. That makes it a bit disappointing when an update comes without a change log. Google has done this twice recently. They’ve updated their Google Maps and Gmail applications for BlackBerry, but haven’t let users know exactly what changed. That usually means there are just some bug fixes, which is fine. If you have these apps, you probably want the bug corrections.
I learned about the Maps upgrade from BerryReview. It is version 3.2.1, up from version 3.2, which brought layers to the BlackBerry platform. You can download it at http://m.google.com/maps from your BlackBerry browser.
I caught a bit about the Gmail application on BlackBerryOS. It’s a sneaky update from 2.0.6 to 2.0.7. Sneaky because it says version 2.0.6 when you visit the mobile site (or at least it did when the guys from BBOS went there), but when you click to download it, it shows 2.0.7. It apparently is not compatible with OS 5.0, so if you have a Storm with that OS or else have a leaked copy, you might want to hold off on this update. Also, someone claimed to already have this version installed? Does anyone else?
You can get the Gmail app at http://m.google.com/mail from your BB browser.
