The BlackBerry App World got some love at the Developer Conference keynote, with the announced inclusion of web-based widgets and themes. We had heard themes were coming down the pipe, and the widget SDK has been out there for a little over a month, but combined with the show’s focus on the new theme builder…
More BlackBerry OpenGL in Action: PBA Bowling and Super Monkey Ball
Need For Speed played the poster boy role for RIM’s OpenGL ES announcement, but they’re definitely not the only ones who are excited about the new options for developers. Here’s a quick demo of Concrete Software’s PBA Bowling, coming to the BlackBerry Storm2. Sega also said that they have started work on getting their extremely…
BlackBerry Lookin’ Good with GUI and Theme Developer Tools
There’s no denying that the overall BlackBerry UI feels a bit old, but today at the BlackBerry Developer Conference, RIM took some big steps to freshen up. A new Theme Studio and will allow developers to really go to town, including options for screen transitions, animations, and all of the usual tools needed to put…
LinkedIn App for BlackBerry Announced
It’s about time. At yesterday’s keynote, RIM announced a LinkedIn application for BlackBerry, joining Facebook and MySpace as some of the platform’s pillars social networking pillars. BlackBerry was built from the ground up for professionals, so LinkedIn really is a perfect fit. All of the expected functionality is there, like notifications in the Messages folder,…
AT&T announces 2010 Developer Summit to be held in Las Vegas in conjunction with 2010 CES
AT&T Developer Summit has been announced recently. The event will be held at the Palms resort in Las Vegas on January 6 in conjunction with the 2010 CES, targeting developers who want to reach AT&T’s 81.6 million customers. Among the AT&T people who will attend the conference are CEO – Ralph De la Vega, CTO…
Video Demo: Xobni’s super-charged BlackBerry address book app
We can’t think of anyone that couldn’t use a personal assistant helping keep track of emails and contacts. It’s too bad a living, breathing personal assistant just isn’t feasible for everyone. That’s where Xobni comes in. Xobni is a super-charged, super-smart address book for your BlackBerry. The Xobni for BlackBerry app trawls through your emails…
Loopt for BlackBerry bests iPhone app with background location updates and Pulse suggestions
It’s not often that a mobile app for the BlackBerry platform out-plays its iPhone counterpart. But, when it happens, you can be sure it’s going to grab some headlines. Location aware friend-tracker Loopt is grabbing just those kinds of headlines today with a new update that enables background processing and things-to-do suggestions in the BlackBerry…
Video Preview: Need For Speed Shift shows what OpenGL ES graphics can do on a BlackBerry Storm2
RIM today announced at their BlackBerry Developers Conference in San Francisco that the BlackBerry OS will soon support OpenGL ES for 3D graphics acceleration. The arrival of 3D graphics support should finally bring the BlackBerry platform out of the dark ages, where BrickBreaker and other 2D games reigned supreme. RIM and EA Mobile took to…
OpenGL ES Arrives on BlackBerry, 3D Gaming in Tow
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…