RIM just made my day by releasing the Mac OSX Java Plugin in a tech preview. That means you can now develop BlackBerry Java apps on a Mac which is what users have been asking for months already.
You can pick it up now at this link
Features include:
- On device loading and debugging over USB. No BlackBerry Smartphone Simulator required
- Includes all the features of the BlackBerry Java Plug-in for Eclipse v1.1.2, including:
- The ability to package a BlackBerry smartphone app project for multiple versions of BlackBerry® Device Software
- Support for Eclipse project artifacts and folder structures
- The ability to leverage familiar Eclipse functionality for BlackBerry smartphone app development
- Mac OS X v10.6
- Java v1.5
To use the BlackBerry Java Plug-in for Eclipse Tech Preview for Mac OS X, you’ll need: