BlackBerry Java Development Environment 5.0 Beta Now Available
By James Falconer on Thursday, May 28th, 2009 at 5:52 AM PST In BlackBerry, Developer, RIM (Research in Motion)
Look out BlackBerry (NSDQ: RIMM) developers, the BlackBerry Java Development Environment 5.0 is now available! It’s in Beta, and is available from BlackBerry.com right now. With this news, we can start looking forward to OS 5.0 goodness coming to our BlackBerry handsets in the not-so-distant future.
The official description from RIM:
The latest release of the BlackBerry® Java® Development Environment (BlackBerry JDE) provides an end-to-end set of tools for easily developing robust wireless applications:
- New APIs and enhanced capabilities
- Simplified wireless connectivity to the Internet or corporate intranets
- Easy to customize user interfaces
- Client-side logic
- Support for push content
- Local integration with email, Personal Information Management (PIM), multimedia and BlackBerry® smartphone applications
- Location-based services
Develop Superior Wireless Applications
The new BlackBerry JDE v5.0 beta:
- Increases developer productivity
- Simplifies application development
- Provides end-to-end tools and enhanced Java® APIs
- Communicates with most programming languages, protocols and data formats
Happy BlackBerry OS 5.0 developing… Developers! 
[Via: CrackBerry]
