The only way to get your hands on a developer edition is to navigate over to ATAP's Ara website and fill out
a developer device application.
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.
While online gaming and other real - time
applications work on LTE, 5G aims to provide a rock - solid base that network operators,
device makers and software
developers can rely on, paving the way for
applications that might be considered too complex today.
Previously, buyers had to go through an
application process to say they were
developers, before waiting for an invitation to purchase the
device.
Erik Murphy - Chutorian is the founder and CEO of 8th Wall, building cross-platform solution for
developers to build augmented reality
applications on all mobile
devices.
This team's assignment is to make it easy for
application developers to access Visa's 400 payment products and services in order to build their own payment experiences that can work across a broad range of connected
devices.
That means
developers have a way to generate revenue from their voice
applications on Alexa - powered
devices, like Amazon's Echo speakers.
Android offers a similar experience to Apple's iOS, and is available off the shelf, for free and with thousands of
developer - made
applications, to any
device maker in the world who wants to use it.
The
devices, however, will only ship to
developers, who will be using the
devices to write and test VR
applications.
To that end, in 1997 he teamed up with a software
developer to create CyberTracker, a GPS - supported
application for tracking data collection using smartphones or older handheld
devices.
Amazon promises the transition will be «easy» for
developers, but it's one more step they have to make to ensure their
applications run smoothly on Amazon's
devices.
In defense of that decision, a Samsung representative pointed eWEEK to Google's Android
developer Website, which says: «
Applications do not need to work with the actual physical size or density of the
device screen.»
Both Apple and Amazon, as well as third - party
developers, have until recently relied on Google's Maps API to power location - based
applications on iOS and Kindle Fire
devices.
In just 16 months, thousands of
developers have created 85,000
applications for that
device.
While Apple hasn't explicitly said how this will work, it appears that
developers can choose to write either a hybrid
application that figures out which
device it's running on, showing the appropriate interface, or code an entirely new version of their
application for the iPad and distribute it separately.
«As a
developer of e-reading
applications for e-paper
devices manufacturers and publisher of a famous e-reading
application, Mantano has contributed to the rise of e-reading by providing powerful, robust and smooth
applications that facilitate its adoption.
«To compete, Microsoft needs to create compelling ecosystem proposition for consumers and
developers across all mobile
devices, as tablets and smartphones become key
devices for delivering
applications and services to users beyond the PC,» writes Cozza.
Mantano «As a
developer of e-reading
applications for e-paper
devices manufacturers and publisher of a famous e-reading
application, Mantano has contributed to the rise of e-reading by providing powerful, robust and smooth
applications that facilitate its adoption.
The Edge tried to do too much too quick, they tried to make a new
device from scratch, make their own book store, tried to get Android
Developers to make
applications but without a supported market place in Edges plans, the ability for home brewed Indy apps is lacking.
Project Genesis is an online competition giving «millions» away to
developers who make great
applications to be shipped with the
device.
B&N is planning on introducing their Nook
Developer program in the UK where users of the Nook Tablet and Nook Color can download officially sanctioned
applications right to their
device.
It should also be understood that no solution is future proof:
developers that work on custom in - house projects leave or retire, third - party software vendors go out of business or sunset
application suites and cease their support, and technology changes... consider that 5 - 6 years ago, universities would have placed their entire mobile focus on BlackBerry
devices.
For
developers, updating their
applications to new
devices can be easy but when new screen resolutions are introduced that task does indeed become a little bit harder.
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.
The
application base will only continue to grow as it is implemented on more and more
devices and becomes more attractive to more
developers.
Given the Androids growing popularity and third party
developers creating
applications in abundance, all Android
devices would benefit from this effect.
However, the software is still a bit unstable, I had a few
applications crash with error messages, the Facebook app for instance (which is buggy on Froyo as well)-- but this could be the responsibility of the app
developer, not Android or the
device manufacturer.
Android is an Open Source Operating system, fostering a large community of
Developers that can see their games or
applications cross different
devices.
The
developers hype this is a niche
device, aimed at small companies to be able to make custom
applications for a myriad of uses.
Developers are also free to build on the USB support to add compatibility with additional
devices for
applications — great for more obscure USB
devices, or support for specific types of
devices (such as a game controller with proprietary buttons).
The context in which we received the
device must be considered — it was given to thousands of
developers for the purpose of pushing Honeycomb
application development along.
The company was planning to offer a number of options to
developers looking to support its first QNX - based
device, and adding support for Android
applications would give RIM access to Google's massive Android ecosystem.
The penultimate piece of news was when Apple contacted an
application developer, confirming for the very first time that the personal assistant
application Siri will not be coming to older iOS based
devices.
The BlackBerry Dev Alpha program is expanding to include a BlackBerry Dev Alpha C test
device for
developers who want to test
applications on a BlackBerry 10
device with a physical keyboard.
Developers can order the Tegra 3
Developer Kit to create
applications for
devices with Tegra such as tablets and super phones, at
developer.nvidia.com/tegra.
Some of the major book retailers and multiple third - party
developers offer free (and in some third - party cases, premium paid) e-reader software
applications (apps) for the Mac and PC computers as well as for Android, Blackberry, iPad, iPhone, Windows Phone and Palm OS
devices to allow the reading of e-books and other documents independently of dedicated e-book
devices.
Cruz is seeking Android
developers for exciting new content and
applications for its
devices.
Running iOS
applications on a BlackBerry
device may sound like witch craft but that's just what one plucky
developer has done.
The company on Tuesday said it established a
developer program to enable
application development for its Nook
devices.
But the growth isn't related solely to
device sales: Amazon has made a serious attempt to help
developers create or port
applications to the Amazon Appstore.
«An operator or someone else could take an early version of the code when those APIs are not locked down and start building
devices, and those
devices would be incompatible with third - party
developers building
applications.»
It's cool seeing the
application come to Android, as RIM will probably want to take on more Android
developers or those currently hooked to the
device knowing all its ins and outs.
Now as the launch is almost upon us those with a
developer device can get a taste of what this popular magazine
application will look like.
The size of the installed base is critical because it measures actual
devices in use, a key metric for content and
application developers.»
As you can see in the above pic from the video, the
application is there and running on the
device but to outright comfirm preloading of it shows that
developers are certainly onboard and highly interested in what the BlackBerry PlayBook is bringing to the table.
In the last few weeks,
developers who qualified for the Limited Edition
device have been submitting their
applications to trade up from their Dev Alpha.
This week we're introducing a set of features and updates across a variety of
devices and platforms and a better blending between web and
application environments for end users and
developers.
While we still don't have a date confirmed on the actual release of the
device, it looks like
developers are making use of the available tools and designing
applications for consumers to download once it's available.
The BlackBerry Playbook OS 2.0 is expected this month — on February 17 according to some rumors — after the world saw a demo at CES complete with the BlackBerry Runtime for Android Apps built - in (which will allow Android apps to run on the Playbook as well as BlackBerry 10
devices after
developers repackage the
applications).