What You Need to Know to Develop for BlackBerry 7 Webinar Tomorrow
Things are ramping up with BlackBerry 7 devices coming out soon and RIM already putting out the BlackBerry 7 SDK. Devs are starting to prepare their apps for BlackBerry 7 and even creating apps that are only possible with BlackBerry 7. RIM is running a webinar tomorrow promising to explain to developers what they need…
RIM Removing Streaming Apps from App World in the Middle East
A developer of popular BlackBerry apps, Shane, let me know that he was contacted by RIM with an interesting issue with his apps. According to RIM streaming applications are not permitted for sale in the Middle East. They are removing availability of streaming apps in App World for users in the Middle East for all…
BlackBerry WebWorks SDK for the PlayBook Tablet OS Updated to v2.1
RIM has updated their BlackBerry WebWorks SDK for the BlackBerry PlayBook Tablet OS just got a nice update today to v2.1. This update adds some more feature parity with the AIR APIs available along with adding the BlackBerry In App Payment API. That is interesting since the In App Payment API is not available…
Developer Successfully Ports SSH Client to PlayBook (First Steps)
I have been watching the PlayBook development scene with great interest since the device launched. RIM has been slow at releasing the BlackBerry PlayBook Native SDK which is promised to come this summer. Still that has not stopped devs from pushing the envelope. Marc Paradise, developer of the popular free BBSSH client, detailed some of…
RIM Explains What PlayBook OS Update Means to Devs
I am still trying to figure out what the benefit of Flash 10.3 and AIR 2.7 bring to the BlackBerry PlayBook in last nights update. I am assuming newer version numbers are better but the change log for AIR and Flash don’t really have much in terms of details for the PlayBook. From what I…
BlackBerry 9810, 9850, & 9360 Simulators Now Available
On the heels of the last announcement Ashley let us know RIM has put up new simulators in their Developer Zone. You can now download simulators for the unannounced and now officially RIM confirmed BlackBerry 9810 (Torch 2), 9850 (all touch), and 9360 (next gen Curve) from RIM. You would think they would just get…
RIM Explains BlackBerry 7 Screen Sizes & Encourages Devs to Update Apps
The upcoming devices from RIM are shipping with more than simply a new upgraded processor. They BlackBerry 7 OS has been updated to support the new screen sizes and other hardware. RIM has confirmed the screen sizes for upcoming devices along with their model numbers in this update for developers:
RIM Evolves BlackBerry WebWorks Tools with TinyHippos & Ripple Emulator
As a web developer I have always been interested in the WebWorks platform for BlackBerry. RIM seems to be really seeing the value of the platform and has been investing a great deal of effort into it. They recently purchased TinyHippos along with their Ripple emulator to expand the BlackBerry environment and the results are…