Archive for the ‘Platforms: BlackBerry’ Category

RIM Opens Public Beta Testing Possibilities

December 7th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: BlackBerry | No Comments »

BlackBerry developers can now attract consumers to test their Beta applications and games. Consumers can find the latest Beta released in a category called Test Center.

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DevCon: Rim Announces OpenGL Support

November 11th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: BlackBerry | No Comments »

At the BlackBerry Developer Conference, RIM announced to start implementing OpenGL ES into their handsets. With the implementation of OpenGL, the company is increasing its commitment toward the mobile games industry.

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DevCon: Age Ratings Coming to BB App World

November 11th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial, Platforms: BlackBerry | No Comments »

Good news for developers of adult games and applications. RIM is working on an age rating system to allow mature themed content to be sold on BlackBerry App World.

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DevCon: RIM and Adobe Team up

November 10th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: BlackBerry | No Comments »

RIM has announced a new collaboration with Adobe to bring rich internet content to the BlackBerry platform. The collaboration will allow Flash developers to bring their creations to the platform.

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DevCon: RIM Announces In-Game Billing and more…

November 10th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: BlackBerry | No Comments »

At the BlackBerry Developer Conference yesterday, RIM announced a whole lot of new goodness for BlackBerry developers like a new advertising network, In-Game Billing, LBS and Content Push services.

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BlackBerry Announces Widgets Platform

October 7th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: BlackBerry | No Comments »

BlackBerry seems to be on overdrive lately when it comes to attracting new developers to their platform. Today, they announced their brand new Widget platform to bring smaller developer on board.

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BlackBerry Security Policies Outlined

September 24th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: BlackBerry | 1 Comment »

Over at the BlackBerry Develop Blog, the company started a three part series on BlackbBerry's IT policies. With business safety in mind, it could very well be the case that consumers are not allowed to install your games.

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App World Launched in Latin America

August 27th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: BlackBerry | No Comments »

The RIM team announced that they have anabled access to App World for consumers in Brazil, Venezuela, Argentine, Chile and Mexico. This is the first step toward full coverage of Latin America.

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RIM’s App World Goes Web Based

August 27th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: BlackBerry | No Comments »

Shopping online through a mobile phone will not limit users to where they are, but some might still prefer a normal screen to check out what they want to purchase. RIM has now opeped the web based version of their App World store.

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RIM Launches Developer Blog

August 14th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: BlackBerry | No Comments »

In an effort to further commit to their developers, RIM has opened up a new blog aimed at the BlackBerry OS development community. With the launch of a 2 part API special, the company already made a head start.