3 votes
This article attempts to relay my experiences and lessons learned in the making of PodTrapper, my first mobile application for BlackBerry. It will cover development, pricing, marketing and sales in addition to other items I thought were relevant.
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4 votes
Explosion of web applications pushing the boundaries of
online vs offline interactions
• AJAX, Gears, HTML
Why can’t developers write compelling apps entirely in web
technologies and leverage both local and dynamic server based
content and appear on the home screen like a native
application? read more »
online vs offline interactions
• AJAX, Gears, HTML
Why can’t developers write compelling apps entirely in web
technologies and leverage both local and dynamic server based
content and appear on the home screen like a native
application? read more »
4 votes
If you use certain BlackBerry APIs, you have to get code signing keys and sign your .COD file with them, before you will be able to install and run these applications on a BlackBerry device. You can learn more about which APIs need to be signed here.
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3 votes
Research In Motion today announced new versions of various BlackBerry developer tools that further support innovative, streamlined mobile application development for BlackBerry smartphones. The developer tool updates include a new public beta of the BlackBerry JDE Plug-in for Eclipse, as well as new releases of the BlackBerry Plug-in for Microsoft Visual Studio, BlackBerry MDS Studio, and Plazmic Content Developer’s Kit for the BlackBerry platform.
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3 votes
What you're seeing now is a first look at RIM's initial response to Apple's highly popular on-device iPhone App Store. Aimed to launch on the the BlackBerry Storm's version 4.7 operating system, the BlackBerry Application Center will allow the user to find, browse and install/upgrade 3rd party BlackBerry apps hosted by carriers.
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3 votes
This tutorial has helpful pointers for developers who are just getting started with Blackberry development. This includes information on tools, IDEs, tutorials, videos, etc.
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3 votes
The BlackBerry application marketplace might not be as easy to navigate at Apple's App Store and Java might not be as much fun as Cocoa Touch for developers, but there are still some great BlackBerry applications out there. 10 of my favorites: Opera Mini, Flickr, Facebook, NewsGator Go!, Blackbird, BBMetaBlog, Google Suite, Sudoku, Mobile Quotes and Analysis for BlackBerry, TV Guide Mobile.
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3 votes
The Blackberry Browser has very little javascript support, but it does have support to get GPS coordinates from a device with builtin GPS, like the Blackberry 8800, 8820, and 8310, which could be used to create some very cool location based websites.
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