A new version of the Gist app for BlackBerry® smartphones has launched today and is now available in BlackBerry App World™ as a free download. Jennifer has posted details over on the Gist blog, check it out to learn the details about this release. As for new features, here’s an example:

The “Get the Gist” feature now works on contact groups in the BlackBerry Contacts app. Simply open the Contacts app on your BlackBerry, highlight the group, press the BlackBerry menu button on your device and select “Get the Gist”. The Gist app will open displaying the list of people in your contact group. From here you can easily navigate profile information and social updates to learn more about the people in your group. -via the Gist Blog

Grab the new version of Gist today and let us know your favorite features in the comments!

It’s a very popular question from BlackBerry® Internet Service users: My contacts and calendar information synchronized with the BlackBerry Internet Service after my email address was integrated, so why doesn’t my email synchronize? Today I’d like to share my answer to that question and provide a little bit of insight into how the BlackBerry Internet Service works with your BlackBerry® smartphone.

So what exactly is the BlackBerry Internet Service? It’s designed to provide you with automatic delivery of your email messages and, depending on which email provider you use, your contacts and calendar information. One of the best things about the service is how it performs reconciliation and synchronization of your personal data. Let’s see how this applies to the email, contacts and calendar features offered by the BlackBerry Internet Service.

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