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Get Smarter on the Go with Dictionary.com’s Free Dictionary & Thesaurus Application for BlackBerry

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It’s been six months since we launched our iPhone app and three million+ downloads later, we’re excited to take the next major step towards offering our unique experience to even more Smartphone users. With our new application for BlackBerry® we are expanding Dictionary.com's addressable market to a potential 65 percent of U.S.* smartphone users.

Our pocket English dictionary and thesaurus application is the only free dictionary and thesaurus app currently available for BlackBerry® smartphones. The app was designed to meet the specific professional needs of Blackberry®  smartphone users, so several of the features help them get essential information and answers on the go. 

In addition to providing users with more than 500,000 words, definitions and synonyms, the app features audio pronunciations, spelling suggestions, recent history and Dictionary.com’s popular Word of the Day for both English and Spanish. 

 



The new app also allows users to instantly access a definition or synonym while reading or drafting an email, a feature unique to the Dictionary.com experience on BlackBerry smartphones. You can also email or SMS text any word and its definition to yourself or others right from the app.

Check it out and let us know what you think! The app is available now on BlackBerry App World™ (www.blackberry.com/appworld) and http://dictionary.com/apps/blackberry.  A link to the app can be immediately delivered to your BlackBerry smartphone by texting BBAPP to 44636.  The app is currently available for the BlackBerry® Pearl™, BlackBerry® Curve™ and BlackBerry® 8800 series of smartphones, as well as the BlackBerry® Bold™ and BlackBerry® Tour™ smartphones.  If you have a BlackBerry Smartphone model that is  not yet supported, you can still access Dictionary.com through our mobile website at http://m.dictionary.com.

Thanks for reading and we hope you enjoy!

 – The Dictionary.com Team

*Source: m:metrics, three months ending August 2009 (42% RIM, 23% Apple)