October 2008
Research In Motion (RIM) has announced the availability of new developer tools for creating and testing innovative, mobile-savvy applications for the BlackBerry Storm, BlackBerry Bold and BlackBerry Pearl Flip smartphones.
The developer tools include new versions of the BlackBerry Java Development Environment (BlackBerry JDE) that enable the streamlined development of mobile applications, as well as desktop simulators for the BlackBerry Storm, BlackBerry Bold and BlackBerry Pearl Flip smartphones that accelerate mobile application testing.
The new BlackBerry JDE versions and simulators are available as free downloads and will be showcased at the BlackBerry Developer Conference in Santa Clara, California.
BlackBerry JDE v4.7, available in public beta, enables mobile application development for BlackBerry Device Software v4.7 which runs on the new BlackBerry Storm smartphone.
It includes the ability to develop an application that works seamlessly on both touch-screen and keyboard based BlackBerry smartphones.
In addition to the new APIs, developers can also take advantage of new features for the development of browser-based mobile applications, including improved web page rendering with AJAX, JavaScript 1.5, CSS 2.1, DOM L2 (including Core, HTML, Style, Events) and HTML 4.01, as well as support for downloading files via the browser.
Desktop simulators for the BlackBerry Storm, BlackBerry Bold and BlackBerry Pearl Flip smartphones accelerate mobile application development by enabling developers to easily test the end-to-end user experience and wireless network interactivity of their mobile applications.
"The latest versions of the BlackBerry Java Development Environment present developers with opportunities to create innovative, mobile-savvy applications that take advantage of the robust feature sets of the BlackBerry Storm, BlackBerry Bold and BlackBerry Pearl Flip smartphones," said Alan Brenner, Senior Vice President, BlackBerry platforms at Research In Motion.
"Each new BlackBerry smartphone presents an opportunity for mobile developers to create new applications or extend their innovations with the latest advances in mobile technology and application development."
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