The Wordpress for BlackBerry app is one of the biggest free releases of the year - it provides an admin interface to your Wordpress blog, allowing simple and direct publishing of new posts with tags, links, images and categories assigned.
Obviously this is a powerful blogging tool for any mobile platform - and BlackBerry users now have the chance to interact with their blogs and readers that leave comments thanks to this new tool.
However - a Wordpress for BlackBerry might just be confusing at first, due to the way in which the interface is arranged. Visually it is a far cry from any of the Wordpress admin interfaces.
Wordpress for BlackBerry is available only as an Over the Air installation from blackberry.wordpress.org/install. This is around 300 KB so you'll need to be in an area with good reception to download.
Once installed, you'll need to setup the connection with your own blog. This can be done by launching Wordpress for BlackBerry, and selecting Add Blog (this option is also available via the menu for that screen).
Next you need to enter your blog URL, your admin username and password as well as set a couple of options (which can be changed later) to resize any uploaded photos and how many recent posts to synchronise with your BlackBerry phone (10 is the least, 50 the highest).
Once this is done, select OK to continue - Wordpress for BlackBerry will synchronise your blog with your phone!
Posts, Pages and Comments can all be accessed via Wordpress for BlackBerry. As Posts and Pages are very similar, we'll look at adding a Post - as with the full version of Wordpress, adding a Page follows pretty much the same procedure until it is published.
Once your phone has synchonised with Wordpress, you will see your blog listed on the Wordpress for BlackBerry menu. Select your blog and then select Posts.
A list of posts will be shown along with a set of icons to create, view drafts and synchronise your blog. The pencil icon is button to create a new post.
The new post button leads to a screen headed Write. Here, enter a title, whatever tags are relevant, select from the categories already present on your blog or amend the status from Local Draft to Draft (a draft copy on your blog), Private, Pending Review or Published.