Thursday, April 5, 2012

App Blaq version 1.7.1 Released for BlackBerry PlayBook

Blaq version 1.7.1 Released for BlackBerry PlayBook

Kisai Labs has pushed out a new update to their popular Twitter app.Â Here’s what’s new:

Timeline position is held if new tweets are loaded while scrolled (instead of jumping to top)Reduced application sizeReduced memory footprintBig performance improvementsImproved scrollingNew splash screenE-mail TweetFont appearance preview

And here are some significant bug fixes:

Real-time streaming fixes (caused by server changes to Twitter’s streaming on Monday)Long urls in tweets sometimes overflow into the tweet below themMini browser does not rotate when moving from portrait to landscape and vice versaTweets over 140 characters are still sendable if the virtual keyboard’s return key is usedWhen tweeting a photo, a lack of space between the link and surrounding text make it unclickableWhen replying to a retweet, replies should be directed to original tweeterDuplicate tweets

The update should get pushed to you in App World on the PlayBook. Otherwise, you can check out Blaq in App World here.