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BlackBerry 4.6 JDE Public Beta Released!

by Ronen Halevy on Jul 22nd, 2008 at 1:49 pm EST
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Richard just let me know that the BlackBerry 4.6 JDE (Java Development Environment) was just released in public beta. This has to be a first for RIM. A public beta. Who would have thought… RIM IS listening!

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Developers have been complaining to RIM for quite awhile that OS 4.6 and the Bold are right around the corner. The problem is that other than some RIM partners, many developers did not have the BlackBerry 4.6 JDE Beta to develop or update their applications for the Bold.

Well the tides have turned. RIM does not seem ready to do an official release but a public beta is better than nothing.

You can pick up the public beta from:
http://na.blackberry.com/eng/developers/devbeta.jsp#tab_tab_jde

Now the big issue that developers are going to run into is that there is still no simulator available for the 4.6 OS to test the applications on. That means that unless you have a Bold your out of luck when it comes to testing. On that same note RIM has yet to release a OS 4.5 simulator to the public… My mistake. Turns out that the device simulators are now bundled into the JDE for the 4.5 and 4.6 OS versions.

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5 Comments to “BlackBerry 4.6 JDE Public Beta Released!”

  1. Posted by: Richard Puckett II
    July 22, 2008 at 2:32 pm EST

    The Bold (9000) simulator *is* included with JDE 4.6.

    JDE 4.5 includes the following simulators:
    8100
    8110
    8120
    8130
    8300
    8310
    8320
    8330
    8700
    8703
    8800
    8820
    8830

  2. Posted by: Ronen Halevy
    July 22, 2008 at 2:57 pm EST

    I stand corrected. :) it has been awhile since I played with the blackberry JDE.the simulators up to 4.3 were packaged seperately… My bad

  3. Posted by: Richard Puckett II
    July 22, 2008 at 3:51 pm EST

    Well, kudos to RIM for getting a public beta out there. It really makes a big difference *for everyone* to have early access to development tools before hardware hits the street. Some other company recently found out how successful new product launches can be when there’s a thriving application ecosystem available on Day One.

    According to RIM support on their new developer forum, 4.6 is addressing many issues that developers have been requesting, such as finally allowing access to the screen’s indicator area.