RIM's MySpace app shatters download records

Social networking giant MySpace announced its integrated mobile solution [1] customized for device maker Research In Motion's BlackBerry smartphones generated more than 400,000 downloads in its first seven days of release, an all-time high for both MySpace and RIM in terms of first-week downloads. MySpace adds that users collectively sent and received more than 15 million messages via the BlackBerry smartphone app and also updated their mood and status over 2 million times.

The MySpace application--which RIM co-CEO Jim Balsillie [2] first announced [3] in September during his keynote appearance at CTIA Wireless I.T. and Entertainment 2008--promises instant, push-based messaging of social content, complete with a full messaging interface, real-time status and mood updates, camera integration and optimized photo management and notification of new MySpace events like message and friend requests.

The MySpace app is presently available for BlackBerry smartphones including the BlackBerry Bold, BlackBerry Curve, BlackBerry Pearl and BlackBerry 8800 Series--it will also be available to BlackBerry Storm users beginning Nov. 24. In tandem with the application, MySpace launched a new community page for BlackBerry smartphone users offering access to content, videos, games, ringtones, skins and related features. The web page will also boast a product demo of the new BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8220 smartphone (including a tutorial for using the MySpace app) and BlackBerry smartphone cheats.

For more on the RIM/MySpace download record:
- read this release [4]