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BlackBerry’s App World is growing quickly. It might seem like small fruit next to the 50,000 programs at Apple’s App Store, but it’s quickly risen to 2,000 and growing for the smartphone since its launch in March.

Of course, it’s aimed mostly at non-business customers, and RIM hasn’t said how many downloads there have been.

According to Information Week, however, the company is pleased with the numbers, especially as the cheapest program is $2.99.

RIM, the company behind the device, has said that App World will soon be launching in several countries, including Italy, France, Germany, Spain, Brazil, and India.

BlackBerry’s App World is growing quickly. It might seem like small fruit next to the 50,000 programs at Apple’s App Store, but it’s quickly risen to 2,000 and growing for the smartphone since its launch in March.

Of course, it’s aimed mostly at non-business customers, and RIM, the company behind the device, hasn’t said how many downloads there have been. According to Information Week, however, the company is pleased with the numbers, especially as the cheapest program is $2.99.

RIM has said that App World will soon be launching in several countries, including Italy, France, Germany, Spain, Brazil, and India.

As a sure sign that the BlackBerry has moved far beyond the business community, its app for MySpace recently broke all records at BlackBerry AppWorld, according to Information Week. And now Facebook has released a new version, 1.5, of its app for the smartphone.

Users can now send and receive Facebook messages or wall posts, poke users, and even add new friends using the handset. Facebook conversations now appear as an instant message thread. When users receive a call from a person in their Facebook friends list, the phone uses their profile picture as the caller ID.

Streaming television has made another (legal) stride toward the small screen. Earlier this week, TV.com launched an iPhone app that brings full episodes of many CBS, Showtime and CW shows right to the handset, even without Wi-Fi.

The free application offers access to episodes of CSI, the original Star Trek series, Late Night with David Letterman,NCIS, Beverly Hills 90210, and in an odd anachronism, MacGyver. Though the entirety of any given show is available from the app, they must be viewed as a series of clips.