BlackBerry Theme Studio 6 Gold Release Now Available
RIM is rolling out betas into production today. BlackBerry Theme Studio 6 has been in beta for awhile now and just got an update in late January. It is kind of crazy to think that the beta came out months after BlackBerry 6 devices started shipping and now it is releasing into Gold status right…
The BlackBerry Playbook Native SDK (NDK): What Is It Good For? (A Developer’s Perspective)
Intro: Chris Balavessov is the developer behind the popular BlackBerry personal organization app Viira and its MS Outlook companion the Viira Outlook Suite. On Thursday I tuned in to RIM’s Webcast on the Playbook’s Native SDK (NDK). As a BlackBerry developer my goal was to get a feel for the various ways you can make…
Developer Manages to Convert Flash and AIR Apps for BlackBerry PlayBook
One of our long time development contributor on the forums, Keeper, has figured out how to take flash games and port them to the BlackBerry PlayBook as apps. Right now it seems to be a bit hit and miss but if you are into messing around with code and JRE’s you might want to check…
tinyHippos Ripple Emulator Beta Now Supports WebWorks APIs Along With Better Documentation
RIM’s acquisition of tinyHippos is starting to shape into a strategy. They have just announced that tinyHippos crew has updated their Ripple emulator BETA program to support “most of the BlackBerry WebWorks APIs.” You can find out which ones are available at this link. In case you don’t remember tinyHippos expertise is in mobile development…
BlackBerry Tablet OS Native Developer Kit (NDK) Webinar
RIM talked a bit about the upcoming BlackBerry PlayBook OS Native Developer Kit at BlackBerry World but they have a follow up webinar this week. On Thursday May 12th RIM will be giving everybody who missed out on BlackBerry World a chance to hear about the upcoming development environment and talk to the product manager…
BlackBerry DevCon 2011 Registration Now Open – October 18th-20th
At the end of BlackBerry World last week RIM announced the dates for BlackBerry DevCon (Developer Conference) 2011 in San Francisco. The dates this year are October 18th through the 20th which is a real pain for me since just like last year it falls right in the middle of the Jewish Sukkot holiday. I…
Developer Hacks QNX Native SDK Code Onto BlackBerry PlayBook! Provides Instructions
Developer Adam Bell managed to beat RIM to the punch in figuring how to get native QNX SDK code to run on the BlackBerry PlayBook. Currently PlayBook developers are limited to the Adobe Air and WebWorks for development though RIM has announced and demoed a Native SDK along with Android and Java Player support. What…
BlackBerry WebWorks Platform Gaining Serious Traction
The BlackBerry WebWorks platform that RIM rebranded and announced a bit back is really starting to coming into its own. Even before BlackBerry World I have see the platform grow and the BlackBerry PlayBook only helped it along. I have even been dabbling myself with a few apps that I created in the WebWorks SDK….