LinkedIn, the world’s largest professional social network with over 60 million members globally has launched the LinkedIn application for BlackBerry. The app can be downloaded via the LinkedIn website, and on BlackBerry App World. It complements LinkedIn’s existing mobile offerings for the iPhone and Palm Pre.
The specialty of the app is its native integration with the Blackberry. Users can use it within their Blackberry’s existing email, calendar and contacts applications. They can stay connected to the professional conversation, build professional network and also prepare for a meeting by quickly accessing LinkedIN profiles even while traveling.
According to LinkedIn Vice President of Search and Platform Products, Adam Nash, with the addition of the application for BlackBerry to their broader suite of mobile applications, LinkedIn is available to more business people than any other professional network in the world. He opines that this is an important step in their strategy to deliver business productivity tools to their members wherever their work takes them.
The app is available in six languages globally including English, Spanish, French, German, Japanese and Chinese language.
