BlackBerry Users First to Get Access to Foursquare Search Without Sign-up

Foursquare brought a new feature to its BlackBerry app today that is likely to spread to other mobile operating systems: local search, no log-in or user ID needed.

Foursquare brought a new feature to its BlackBerry app today that is likely to spread to other mobile operating systems: local search, no log-in or user ID needed.

Why BlackBerry? Because the product was developed in a recent hackathon, and it was the BlackBerry team that hit pay dirt with a viable product, according to the company blog.

“Nice to see someone put some effort into a BlackBerry app for once,” user ChrisInSD said.

“Of course, Foursquare gets even more powerful once you start checking in.

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