BlackBerry Digger

San Francisco, Research In Motion (RIM) announced a new initiative to create a more friendly BlackBerry devices with gaming applications. If now Blackberry handheld is oriented to business, the entertainment will be highlighted on the next generation devices.

As reported by AFP, mobile phone manufacturers based in Canada that are improving the BlackBerry software to more easily accommodate the game. The developer will be easy to create 3D games and entertainment programs more intuitive type.

"We're making it easier for developers, gamers, and content providers to build graphics-rich experience for BlackBerry smartphones," said senior vice president of RIM's platform, Alan Brenner.

Such a move is issued as RIM's answer to the competition with Apple's iPhone smartphone and ranking using software made by Google's Android. iPhone has been featured multimedia platform to accommodate as many applications as possible to give the freedom of improvisation Android to third parties to use an open platform based on open source.

Source: KOMPAS.com

By chipteam

BlackBerry Developer Conference 2009 - San Francisco - Research In Motion (RIM) (Nasdaq: RIMM; TSX: RIM) today launched a new service platform for developers that will allow them to streamline business processes and develop applications very responsive, location-aware, and the rage for BlackBerry ® smartphones. The new service platform will offer advertising services, payments, content-push and a new location.

"Growing BlackBerry ecosystem and a new service platform that we announced today will help developers make more money from their applications and build innovative applications are very responsive, location-aware for BlackBerry smartphones," said Jim Balsillie, Co-CEO of Research in Motion. "RIM continues to provide the tools, technology and business services that developers need to create and market applications more powerful and successful at the BlackBerry Application Platform."

Advertising Service BlackBerry ® to Create New Revenue Opportunities for Developers

Advertising Service BlackBerry ® new and innovative, will allow developers to integrate ads into their BlackBerry applications, helping them earn income and simplify the process of mobile advertising business. With Ad Service BlackBerry, RIM plans to give developers access to the world of advertising quality, innovative and reliable and specifically advertising networks such as Jumptap, Lat49, Millineal Media, Navteq, 1020 Placecast, Quattro Wireless and Sympatico. ca. Services will display ads according to the guidelines Mobile Marketing Association's (MMA) as well as rich media ads that will be able to integrate with the BlackBerry application. Examples of deep integration between advertising and the application will include the ability to easily make the initiation of an ad, add the calendar or contact number from an ad, and directly into the application in menhubungkan BlackBerry App World ™ from advertising. This service is real-time, detailed, consolidated reports of the ads across advertising networks, including ad impressions, clicks, conversions, and revenue, and integration into the Omniture Online Marketing Suite ™ for a more comprehensive analysis.

BlackBerry Advertising Service, and software development kit (SDK) is planned to be available in the first half of 2010.

BlackBerry ® Payment Service Allows transactions through application and payment processes more efficiently

BlackBerry ® New Payment Service from RIM will present new opportunities for the BlackBerry developer to make money from the applications by selling digital content such as premium content, monthly or annual subscription, and repair or upgrade ratings for games and other entertainment applications from within the application them. BlackBerry ® Payment Service will also incorporate merchant services, including customer billing.

BlackBerry Payment Service and the SDK is expected to be available in mid-2010.

BlackBerry ® Push Services for Delivering Content and Applications for the warning to be generally available

BlackBerry ® Push Services, which was first made available exclusively to members of the BlackBerry ® Alliance Program earlier this year, will be made so available to all developers registered for the first half of 2010. BlackBerry ® Push Services allows developers and content providers to provide warnings (alerts) that are sensitive to time and up to 8 KB of data to the application.

More information about BlackBerry Push Services available at www.blackberry.com / developers / pushservice.

Location of New Services to BlackBerry Application For Location-Aware

To improve the ability of GPS are supported BlackBerry application platform this time, RIM will introduce the three location-based services (location-based services) for developers to create applications more responsive, and location-aware for BlackBerry smartphones. Three location-based services including the new geolocation, geocoding and reverse travel time.

Geolocation Cell Site

Cell site geolocation is a new service that will provide developers with an alternative to GPS, which provides approximate location of smartphones based on cell tower triangulation. Geolocation cell site is generally faster than GPS, uses less battery power (which makes it ideal for applications that run as multi-tasking), and is ideal for indoor use where line-of-sight to satellites is needed by the GPS receiver is not always available.

Cell Site geolocation services is planned to be available in the first half of 2010. BlackBerry smartphones will be supported using the BlackBerry OS 5.0 or higher.

Reverse Geocoding

RIM to introduce new services that reserve geocoding geolocation coordinates change into a particular address to be used in BlackBerry applications. Reverse geocoding is available today with the BlackBerry smartphone using OS 5.0 or higher. A reverse geocoding APIs available with BlackBerry ® Java ® Software Development Kit 5.0 (BlackBerry Java SDK 5.0) is available in beta at http://na.blackberry.com/eng/developers/devbetasoftware/javasdk5.jsp

Time Travel

RIM also will launch a new time travel services. Using a simple API call, the developer will be able to combine approximate travel time of their application for almost any destination in the United States and Canada. The calculation of travel time will be based on distance, speed limits and traffic conditions.

Time travel services is expected to be available in the first half of 2010.

For more information and updates about new services available to the developers at the BlackBerry application platform, visit www.blackberry.com / developers.

Source: Press Release

Smart note on your hand

For Blackberry users, an application that (probably) have been waiting for, has been present. That application, Evernote, can now be downloaded directly here. VERY This application will help you to keep track of many things in many ways. Among others with notes (notes), voice, and snapshots.

To run this application requires OS 4.6 or higher yg (BlackBerry Bold, BlackBerry Curve 8900 series and BlackBerry Storm).

You interested? Please download the

• BlackBerry OS 4.6 and up: ZIP | OTA: http://s.evernote.com/bbota
• BlackBerry Storm: ZIP | OTA: http://s.evernote.com/stormota

(description: earmarked ZIP file if you want to install the BlackBerry Download Manager. While OTA is a method of On The Water, you download and install directly from the site.)

Reference: PhoneMag

Your loyal reader Wall Street Journal (WSJ)? WSJ Mobile Reader has presented a special dedicated BlackBerry users. Surely this Reader application will facilitate the enjoyment of reading the WSJ news with your BlackBerry.

Here the benefits provided by the Mobile Reader:

1. Simple user interface and differentiated content tabs - What's News, Tech, MarketWatch, Columns and more - with the option to customize categories and news sources for a personalized experience.
2. "My Stocks" allows users to track select companies with stock quotes (up to a 30-minute delay) and headlines.
3. "My Keywords" lets users track news most important to them by choosing keywords and receiving alerts directly from select search engines.
4. "My Feeds" tab allows users to add RSS feeds from other sites and blogs
5. Articles can be saved or shared via social bookmarking and social networking sites.
6. Seamless integration with a user's BlackBerry smartphone address book, allowing articles to be easily shared with friends and colleagues.
7. Headlines, article summaries and previously downloaded articles are still available when offline for true anytime access.

Thus, you can still comfortably read the WSJ while driving or traveling. That is the purpose mobile, anywhere and anytime, with the BlackBerry.

Get ready to buy BlackBerry Storm - yeah, who knew you were in the United States? Crackberry has just post BlackBerry Storm 9530 manual 249 pages thick! Please download the file here (1.14 MB).

BlackBerry Storm (formerly called the BlackBerry Thunder) is immediately available to users Verizon Wireless and Vodafone began this month.

When will enter Indonesia ya? I think the old still deh - waiting for the BlackBerry Bold was definitely out.

[via Slashphone]

Well, in this beloved homeland, the BlackBerry is phenomenal. If Uncle Sam in the country this device is more widely used by businesses, in our country precisely BlackBerry widely circulated in the hands of the teenagers, housewives, and celebrities.

Support for wireless messaging and push e-mail that it managed a free BlackBerry to the popularity ladder. But be careful!

It is precisely its ability to receive and send e-mail anywhere and anytime BlackBerry vulnerable to attack. BlackBerry hacking could lurk anyone. Especially in the ground water, BlackBerry users typically use BIS (BlackBerry Internet Service). This means that he himself is responsible for the security configuration of the device.

Ahmad Muammar WK, an IT consultant from Hernis Consulting, has been testing the robustness of BlackBerry defense. The result, SSL security features, encryption, proxy, and others in that the device was not powerful. There are still gaps that could be exploited by an attacker.

Two attacks that can be done on the BlackBerry by Ahmad is ARP spoofing and DNS spoofing. Fortunately for ARP spoof attack, the attacker difficult to get a full state routing. "This we prove after repeated test," said Ammar, Ahmad nickname is also known by the alias y3dips.

Well if you want to know more about security on the BlackBerry, please follow the seminar Hacker's Day 2009 which will be held on November 7 at the Summit ROOM, JCC, Jakarta. There Ammar will describe attacks on the BlackBerry and how to recognize it.

Besides Ahmad Muammar WK, was also present and spoke for several internet network security expert others. Call it Richardus Eko Indrajit (Head of Indonesia Security Incident Response Team on Internet Infrastructure / ID-SIRTII), Budi Rahardjo (Senior IT Security Concultant), Anselm Ricky, Gildas Deograt (Head of Indonesia Safety Community), and Anvie Ansav (Antivirus Consultant AVI) . They each will discuss Hacking Facebook, BlackBerry Hacking, Cyber-6 (Six), IT Security Trend, IT Security Illusion, and Antivirus Trend.

By chipteam

Research In Motion (RIM) (NASDAQ: RIMM, TSX: RIM) today announced the BlackBerry Widget Software Development Kit (SDK) that allows third-party application developers create applications that are integrated and rich for BlackBerry ® smartphones using web technology normal.

With this new BlackBerry SDK Widget, developers can create web based applications for BlackBerry smartphone with advanced features and functionality, a capability previously only available for BlackBerry applications written in Java ® programming language.

BlackBerry Widget using the BlackBerry ® browser engine to render the application using the HTML, CSS, and JavaScript user interface. The developer can use Web content that already exists to create widgets and extending the BlackBerry capabilities of their Web applications using the BlackBerry Widget API.

Using BlackBerry's new widget API, developers can, for example, makes the interaction between a widget and BlackBerry email and calendar applications, produces widgets with the ability to view and edit files and documents stored in the smartphone, to access location-based services or media player , and many more. The developers also can use RIM's push technology with a unique optimum, allowing a dynamic widget that can be running in the background and provides proactive alerts to the user at the appointed time.

"BlackBerry Widget presents wider opportunities for developers to create and market a web application for BlackBerry smartphones that offers the experience of leading, integrated functions and always on for users," said Alan Brenner, Senior Vice President, BlackBerry platforms at RIM. "We are very excited about the prospect of a new widget development platform which combines this ease of manufacture standard web programming language with a rich functionality of the Java development."

BlackBerry widget can easily be distributed over-the-air, through the BlackBerry App World ™ (www.blackberry.com / appworld) or through the BlackBerry ® Enterprise Server for corporate environment.

Widget support for BlackBerry will be available on BlackBerry smartphones running BlackBerry ® OS 5.0, which will include advanced BlackBerry browser with support for Gears, SQLite and the new BlackBerry Widget API. A beta release for the BlackBerry Widget SDK is available today at www.blackberry.com / developers / widgets.

Developers are interested in learning more about the making of widgets BlackBerry BlackBerry encouraged to attend the Developer Conference 2009 (www.blackberrydeveloperconference.com), on 9-12 November in San Francisco. Further information is also available in the BlackBerry Developer Zone (www.blackberry.com / developer).

Source: Press Release