11/21/08

Yowza! Here’s something we didn’t expect. Those staid business users who tout their Blackberries wherever they go…are also big MySpace users. MySpace said that 400,000 people downloaded the MySpace Blackberry application in the last week alone. The app was launched earlier this month on November 12.

Blackberry maker RIM and MySpace also said that no other application has been downloaded so quickly onto Blackberry devices, nor has MySpace ever had an application on any platform be downloaded as often. More that 15 million messages have been sent and received via the mobile app, and users have updated their mood and status more than 2 million times.

The Blackberry MySpace app was modeled on Facebook’s Blackberry deployment which was released a year ago. Blackberry also got its own MySpace page out of the deal which further pushes downloads.

Will MySpace help give the Blackberry a cool factor like the iPhone? Let us know and leave a comment below.