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RIM Makes Major Announcements Regarding BlackBerry OS

Monday, November 9th, 2009 by Christopher Meinck

RIM today kicked off their BlackBerry Developer Conference in San Francisco with a host of announcements regarding the BlackBerry OS. While it’s not as exciting as a new BlackBerry device, this is good news for developers. That usually translates to good news for end users, so that’s all we need to know.

RIM Announces BlackBerry Application Platform Enhancements to Foster Rich Content Development

Research In Motion today announced  enhancements to the BlackBerry Application Platform that will further enable developers to rapidly develop rich content and applications. The enhancements include support for OpenGL ES for the development of 3D games and graphics; an upcoming Java GUI builder for the rapid development of user interfaces for BlackBerry applications; and BlackBerry Theme Studio for the creation of themes for BlackBerry smartphones.

RIM and Adobe to Simplify Delivery of Rich Content and Applications for BlackBerry Smartphones

At the 2009 BlackBerry Developer Conference, Research In Motion and Adobe Systems Incorporated  today expanded their collaboration and announced that creative professionals and application developers will be able to use the Adobe Flash Platform technology and Adobe Creative Suite content development and authoring tools to easily create rich content and application experiences for BlackBerry smartphones. Read entire press release.

RIM Unveils New Services Platform for BlackBerry Developers

Research In Motion today unveiled a new services platform for developers that will enable them to streamline business processes and build highly responsive, location-aware, revenue-generating applications for BlackBerry smartphones. The new services platform will offer advertising, payment, content push and new location services. Read entire press release.

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BlackBerry OS 5.0 Released for Storm 9500 Series

Monday, October 26th, 2009 by Christopher Meinck

In advance of the BlackBerry Storm2 release, RIM has released OS 5.0 for the first generation BlackBerry Storm. There are a host of improvements as detailed by RIM.

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New Power / Lock button usage

Using the Power or Lock button on the top of the BlackBerry smartphone, you can perform the following tasks depending on the state of the BlackBerry smartphone:

State of the BlackBerry smartphone: Unlocked and the back light is turned on

Action: Press and release button.
Result: Locks the BlackBerry smartphone and turns off the back light.

Action: Press and hold button.
Result: Turns off the BlackBerry smartphone.

State of the BlackBerry smartphone: Unlocked and the back light is turned off

Action: Press and release button.
Result: Turns on the back light.

Action: Press and hold button.
Result: Turns on the back light and displays the power off prompt.

State of the BlackBerry smartphone: Locked and the back light is turned off

Action: Press and release button.
Result: Turns on the back light and displays the unlock prompt.

Action: Press and hold button.
Result: Turns on the back light and presents the power off prompt.

State of the BlackBerry smartphone: Locked and back light is turned on

Action: Press and release button.
Result: Presents the unlock prompt.

Action: Press and hold.
Result: Presents the power off prompt.

You can download BlackBerry OS 5.0 update directly from Verizon.

[via GearDiary]

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RIM Hiring WebKit Developer, iPhone-like browser in the works

Wednesday, October 21st, 2009 by Christopher Meinck

The BlackBerry is no doubt a fierce email machine, but the browser still falls short when compared to webkit browsers found on the iPhone and Palm Pre. RIM is looking to hire a WebKit developer as per this listing on LinkedIn, so it certainly appears that a WebKit browser is in the works.

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WebKit browsers tend to offer desktop-like experience on a mobile device, featuring fast and accurate rendering of web pages. If and when a WebKit browser gets released for the BlackBerry, it’s not clear if this will be available on current generation BlackBerry devices or a future, unreleased BlackBerry. In any event, this is certainly good news for those frustrated with the browsing experience on a BlackBerry.

[via Ubergizmo]

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BlackBerry Browser To Offer Full Flash and Silverlight Support

Wednesday, August 19th, 2009 by Christopher Meinck

RIM is reportedly planning to include full support for Flash and Silverlight in upcoming versions of their BlackBerry web browser. They are not talking Flash-lite, but full Flash. If RIM is able to deliver their next generation browser that is on par with Safari, they might just one-up Apple if able to offer support for Flash. To date, Apple doesn’t seem interested in supporting Flash. Palm’s webOS browser will likely see an update to offer support for Flash lite.

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Word has it this will not find it’s way to devices until next summer, but it’s certainly encouraging. It appears RIM is taking on the challenge of developing a browser that will compete with the best of them.

[via BGR]

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