The on-device application store brings together a wide range of free personal and business applications for users to discover, including applications specifically built for the Indian market, a release issued here today stated.

With this, the users can now download BlackBerry App World to their BlackBerry smartphone by visiting these websites -- www.blackberry.com/services/appworld/ or mobile.blackberry.com from their handsets.

BlackBerry App World is designed to automatically present the relevant catalogue of applications available for a user¿s specific BlackBerry smartphone model. It also can be accessed over both Wi-Fi and cellular networks.

BlackBerry App World features include, Front Page Carousel, Top Downloads, categories like games, entertainment, IM and social networking, news, weather, productivity and others, Search/Filter, reviews, recommend, Application Storage and Application Archiving along with Update Notifications.

BlackBerry App World is available for BlackBerry smartphones that include a trackball, touch-sensitive trackpad or touch-screen running BlackBerry OS version 4.2 or higher.