Gaming on BlackBerry has never been what you would call breathtaking – a few low-key casual games here and there and the preloaded Brickbreaker could handle the lion’s share of twitchy boredom. Well, the platform is taking a big jump as OpenGL ES support has gone official and is currently available in the beta BlackBerry…
New Geolocation and Push Services Coming to BlackBerry
More goodies from the BlackBerry Developer Conference today: fresh location-detection options using cell site recognition, and push services for those who want to leverage RIM’s biggest advantage in mobile computing. First up, cell site recognition is a big one for location-based apps who want to keep battery drain down (GPS takes a significant toll). Anyone…
RIM Announces New Advertising Program and In-App Purchacing
One of the many announcements made at the BlackBerry Developer Conference is a new ad partner program that allows app creators to monetize their apps right away. The BlackBery Advertising Service will plug in ads from Jumptap, Lat49, Millennial Media, Navteq, 1020 Placecast, Quattro Wireless and Sympatico.ca – an impressive initial list, but I’m wondering…
RIM Announces Flash Tools for Developers
While Adobe might be taking potshots at Apple for not providing the footholds to get Flash on the iPhone, RIM has announced that upcoming versions of Creative Suite 5 will allow developers to import Flash content in a BlackBerry-friendly format through the Eclipse JDE plug-in. So, yeah, Flash on BlackBerry. We had heard this was…