It seems WordPress for BlackBerry has been updated to version 1.3, but the update is only visible in App World. If you go to the desktop version, it still shows version 1.2.1 and the official Automattic, Inc blog hasn’t posted about the update yet.
Research In Motion (RIM) has released updated Java and Web-based development tools for the BlackBerry platform. The BlackBerry Java Plug-In for Eclipse v1.1 and the BlackBerry Web Plug-in v2.0 offer new capabilities to create feature-rich applications. The BlackBerry Widget SDK (Software Development Kit) v1.0 and the BlackBerry Java SDK v5.0, which includes more than 20,000 APIs, provide unparalleled access to BlackBerry smartphone hardware features, native BlackBerry software applications and...
I am trying to design a Blackberry Application and I am wondering if there are any resources on how to create custom user interface elements, skin existing ones and what other possibilities are there?
I have developed a few iPhone applications with custom UI and stuff, so not sure what BB world offers in terms of UI development.
Any tips, suggestions or ideas would be great.
Here is a quick start guide for developing Apps for the Blackberry platform. There are several tools that can be used including a plain text editor and Blackberry command line tools. In my experience, I have found a combination of the open source Eclipse IDE and Maven2, an enterprise grade software management tool to be the most productive.
Buying a new BlackBerry phone but you'd rather have a touchscreen than a QWERTY keyboard? You're in luck because there are only two BlackBerry touchscreen phones available on the market today. Which is the best BlackBerry Touch Phone? Obviously it's the Storm 2 9550...
There are literally thousands of Blackberry Applications available for download online and direct to your Blackberry device. While many of those applications cost money to download, or charge a monthly fee, there are many free Blackberry applications...
As I dig deep into building applications for the BlackBerry, I'd like to employ test-driven development (TDD). I've constructed a simple assertion-based framework, BBTest, designed for unit testing BlackBerry applications, but so far it is only a domain model. A testing framework isn't of much value without a way of viewing its output, so I am building an as-simple-as-possible user interface for the framework. By using BBTest, you'll have a way to test-drive your applications as well.
BlackBerry supports Java 2 Platform, Micro Edition (J2ME) and ships with a complete Connected Limited Device Configuration/Mobile Information Device Profile (CLDC/MIDP) implementation. Although Blackberry devices run applications that use only the standard MIDP APIs (commonly referred to as MIDlets), developers can also tap into BlackBerry-specific APIs to take advantage features
So you just got a new BlackBerry but don’t know what applications to install? Look no further. We have gathered 40 of the best free BlackBerry apps available anywhere and posted them below in alphabetical order. Click on the links to open the app’s download site.
This tutorial will simply walk you through creating your first GUI app using RIM’s UI API (not MIDP). Only a skeleton will be created, that you can later expand on to create your own projects.