Just out from RIM… I am still checking out some of this information but it looks pretty cool. The fact that you will be able to package HTML, Javascript, and XML into a BlackBerry application. It could be interesting for a company directory or such in a simple on device app…
RIM to Bring the Power of the Web to BlackBerry Application Development
Announces New Developer Tools and Support for Gears to Enable Next Generation Web Application Development
Santa Clara, CA – BlackBerry Developer Conference – Research In Motion (RIM) (Nasdaq: RIMM; TSX: RIM) today announced plans to introduce powerful new tools and technologies for web application developers to build highly-responsive, interactive, standalone web applications on BlackBerry® smartphones. The new tools and technologies will include a new plug-in for Eclipse developers and new features for the BlackBerry® Plug-in for Microsoft® Visual Studio® that support web development capabilities; as well as support for Gears, enabling web applications to run as standalone applications on BlackBerry smartphones.
“As the BlackBerry Browser evolves to provide customers with a richer, more desktop-like experience, we are introducing powerful new web development tools and technologies to help developers create a more robust and optimal web experience for BlackBerry smartphone users,” said Alan Brenner, Senior Vice President, BlackBerry Platform at Research In Motion. “Supporting web technologies and services is part of our ongoing commitment to providing best-in-class tools and services for mobile application development on the BlackBerry platform.”
New Developer Tools for Web Development, planned for availability in 2009, include a new plug-in for Eclipse developers and new features for the BlackBerry Plug-in for Microsoft Visual Studio that support web development capabilities, enabling developers to create rich, dynamic BlackBerry applications that leverage the push capabilities, security and efficiency of the BlackBerry® platform. Developers will be able to build applications using HTML, JavaScript and XML that get packaged and executed as native Java applications on BlackBerry smartphones.
Gears Support, planned for availability in 2009, will enable developers to create highly-responsive, standalone web applications on BlackBerry smartphones that can be used both in and out of network coverage. Support for Gears will include local cache, database and multi-threaded JavaScript execution, which allows web application functions to run in the background.
RIM also separately announced the availability of BlackBerry Web Signals today, which leverages BlackBerry push APIs to enable content providers to push relevant and timely alerts to BlackBerry® smartphone users based on a customer’s opt-in preferences.
Bla1ze Not Registered
Posted: October 23, 2008 at 5:29 AM EST from my BlackBerry 9000
This is gonna be pimp, on board caching of sites basically meaning even if you are out of coverage or anything like that, you can still enjoy a certain amount of content,much like how you can still read older articles in viigo without being connected.
Jacklee Not Registered
Posted: June 1, 2009 at 8:43 AM EST
I believe smarty has it’s own output buffer / cache…