Sentences with phrase «blackberry app developers»

And if RIM can get some more momentum going for the PlayBook on the app front, be it from native BlackBerry app developers or its support for Android apps, it might even have a shot at sliding into home plate.

There is more to 10.2.1 than updating the runtime from Gingerbread 2.3 to Jelly Bean 4.2.2 — this is also the update that allows BlackBerry app developers to build headless apps — a much sought after feature by native BlackBerry app...

Not exact matches

The tablet is the only product running the QNX operating system until the new BlackBerry handsets are released, and RIM needs developers writing applications for the platform to counteract the perception that BlackBerry devices suffer from a dearth of apps.

BlackBerry is smart to allow Android app porting, which will help, but that still adds an extra layer for developers to support and maintain.

The biggest challenge, however, is getting developers to write apps for the new operating system that will run on BlackBerry 10.

RIM will also hand out roughly 2,000 BlackBerry 10 prototypes to developers in May to help them get started designing apps before the official launch.

App developers will start creating for BlackBerry 10 if there are a lot of users to reach, but a lot of users won't switch if they have to give up their favourite apps.

For the most part, I've not had a problem in keeping up to date with news, or checking my Instagram feed and checking my stock portfolio — whilst BlackBerry 10 has had trouble with gaining developer interest, that hasn't stopped a number dedicated developers to develop third party native apps such as Snap2Chat (Snapchat client), iGrann (Instagram client), Whine (Vine client), Reddit2Motion (Reddit client) All these apps work wonderfully and fit nicely on the 5» screen, so screen estate isn't an issue here, unlike the Q10 / Q5.

None has the sheer volume of the iPhone's store yet, but few technology analysts think Apple will remain the dominant purveyor of apps for long: Android offers significantly more freedom for developers than Apple, so could lure many of them away from the iPhone; Palm has been in the apps game for years; Research in Motion has the business market cornered with its Blackberries; Nokia has legions of loyal European customers; and Microsoft is, well, Microsoft.

In an interview with eWEEK, Paxton Cooper, senior director of platform product management at RIM, said the company is continuing to better enable its developers to more easily and effectively deliver apps for the 50 million BlackBerry users the company claims as customers.

The other day when we wrote about IM + Plus for PlayBook having issues getting approved into BlackBerry App World we did so in an effort to help improve the overall situation for not only SHAPE services but also for BlackBerry developers out there who may be facing similar challenges.

BlackBerry Appworld unlike every other mobile application market out there today is poorly stocked with just over 60,000 applications to date but for folks like me, 99 % of the apps we need are readily available there or via developer websites.

RIM says that more than 3,000 apps have been submitted so far to BlackBerry App World, and there are some pretty heavy - hitting developers and publishers backing the platform.

BBM, BlackBerry Protect and BlackBerry Travel certainly are useful apps to have on your device, and developers are submitting new apps every day to BlackBerry App World.

Recently, the company let go their entire developers relations team and a number of engineers responsible for native apps in Blackberry World.

Game and software developers confirmed with Good e-Reader that Blackberry is starting a section in their app store for straight Android ports.

Millions of users and developers have employed our APK to BAR converter to test apps and install them on their Playbook and any Blackberry 10 device.

All the arguments that the new generation of blackberry devices won't have apps will probe to be wrong, developers got a sudden interest after seeing what they can do with the tools rim is giving us

It will also hinder the development of Native Apps that Blackberry developers for their own platform and is perhaps an indication the company is embracing Android to a large degree.

It tremendously simplified the process for developers who wanted to take their Android apps and see how they functioned on Blackberry devices such as the Playbook, Z10 and Q10.

Blackberry also has a super complicated system for developers to port their apps over to the BAR format.

We have developed an extensive system over the years to allow you to download free / paid apps for Android and Blackberry and a developer system so companies can upload their own apps.

This move will give BlackBerry access to a number of popular apps, especially those that app developers did not port to BB10.

The new Analytics Service SDK is only available for Java BlackBerry Smartphone apps so that keeps PlayBook and WebWorks developers out in the cold for now.

You can also run multiple Android apps at the same time and in - app payments through the BlackBerry Payment SDK are also made available for developers.

Research In Motion offers developers a look at new enterprise application middleware the company plans to deliver in beta later in 2010 that will make it easier to create enterprise apps for the BlackBerry smartphone platform.

Cooper said BlackBerry Enterprise Application Middleware will include a set of APIs, libraries and server software that will make it easier for developers to build «super apps» that can access instant data push and alerts, use efficient file transfers with enterprise applications, and make it easy to query a user's device for geo - location, presence, current camera image, calendar availability, device type and much more.

«By introducing this BlackBerry application middleware offering, we want to make it easy for enterprise middleware developers to build apps to a server back end and have users get access on the device,» said Paxton Cooper, senior director of platform product management at RIM, in an interview with eWEEK.

Developers will be able to repackage, code sign and submit their BlackBerry Java and Android apps to BlackBerry App World where once they're approved, the apps will be distributed through the RIM application software repository.

Many Android developers could care less for a paltry Blackberry QNX platform that requires apps to be developed for a singular device.

Many Android app developers basically just don't have the time or willpower to get involved in the Blackberry ecosystem.

This gives existing Google Android and Blackberry Playbook developers the ability to upload free and paid apps.

to me it seems the blackberry hype is clearly over and repeating the worn out anthems of blackberry being so professional while the rest is merely toyland won't help here, especially not in an article with focuses on emulating another platforms apps on a system that obviously not enough developers show interest in.

Developer who goes under a code - name «Businesscat2000» posted something really interesting - looking on the CrackBerry forum, an app player of sorts which can run native iOS apps on Research In Motion's BlackBerry PlayBook tablet.

I was wondering if RIM, in addition to allowing individual developers to submit their Android apps to BlackBerry App World, would try and work on injesting apps from some of these other Android app sources in voluApp World, would try and work on injesting apps from some of these other Android app sources in voluapp sources in volume.

Luis and I ran into the Occipital developers at BlackBerry World about a year ago when they starting bringing their awesome app to BlackBerry 10.

Earlier this year it was revealed that one in five BlackBerry 10 apps were in fact Android apps running on an emulator, a method which is intended to help app developers offer software on the platform by reusing existing Android assets.

RIM's BlackBerry PlayBook is not due until 2011 and while it has a similar 7 - inch form factor, it is running one a completely new OS which doesn't have an established developer network (nor does it have the tens of thousands of apps that are available for Android).

All BB10 phones have the ability to run Android files, which makes it easier for developers who submit apps into Blackberry World.

The Good e-Reader App Store is a viable solution for Android developers who want to port their apps over to Blackberry.

For the avid gamers, BBX supports both 2D and 3D gaming while those keen to develop apps for the PlayBook or the new gen BlackBerry smartphones can do so using regular C++ programing language and submit them using RIM's developer toolkit.

ekke (Ekkehard Gentz) is BlackBerry Elite developer: International development of mobile apps for BlackBerry 10, Cascades workshops, trainings, bootcamps and consulting.

Whether they're writing Java apps, native apps, using RIM's WebWorks kit to create HTML5 - based apps, repackaging Android apps for the upcoming Android emulator, or using one of the third - party app frameworks, ultimately developers can make money on the BlackBerry platform, and that's going to draw more apps, Saunders said.

Encouragingly, more than 15,000 apps for BlackBerry 10 were submitted by more than 1,000 people at RIM's most recent developer events.

Well, good news as BlackBerry hopes that will change very soon as they announced this morning at a developer conference the software will eventually support Android 4.1 Jelly Bean apps.

Cascades will be the design language for BlackBerry 10: a mixture of core user interface elements and gestural «languages» that both RIM and developers will use to develop apps.

Even though the iPhone and though Android get all the press for apps, BlackBerry also has the backing of a pretty solid developer community for applications, so there are tons of applications to download and install, even if they aren't quite as shiny as what's on the iPhone or Android or available from a convenient storefront (yet).

As we now know from BlackBerry 10.3 OS leaks and developer builds, BlackBerry is working on improving their voice recognition app on BlackBerry 10 to bring it more in line with the likes of Siri on iOS, Google Now on Android, and Cortana on Windows Phone.

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As we had mentioned before, RIM is giving out BlackBerry PlayBooks to developers who submit apps to App World and get approved before the launch date of the device.