RIM Explains Platform Strategy Including Lack of BlackBerry Java on BBX Platform

RIM stated at DevCon last week that the upcoming BlackBerry platform named BBX will not support Java.  Alec Saunders, VP of Dev Relations and Ecosystem Development, released a statement detailing the reasoning behind to lack of Java support on the BBX platform.

Now Available: BlackBerry WebWorks SDK for BlackBerry Smartphones v2.2!

BlackBerry WebWorks SDK for BlackBerry Smartphones v2.2 is now available for download! What is new in this release? Hit the break to find out!

Salesforce HTML5 App Demo Adds Groupon and Salesforce Getting BBM Social

We told you earlier today, that the Blackberry Playbook with its new BBX update comes about new HTML5 mobile applications. Well it seem that Salesforce is already getting an early start. They gave us a preview of their new application running in the Playbook browser and it looks great. They also included Groupon and BBM integration so you can go [...]

BlackBerry Advertising Service SDK for BlackBerry WebWorks Enters Public Beta

Research In Motion has announced today the public beta for the new BlackBerry Advertising Service SDK for BlackBerry WebWorks. With this beta, BlackBerry WebWorks developers can now easily and quickly integrate an additional source of recurring revenue into their applications. All they need is the BlackBerry WebWorks SDK and a few lines of code to gain access to [...]

Devs: Polar Mobile Open Sources PlayBook WebWorks ChildBrowser Extension

The image above may be confusing to some of you; it is an open source folder for Polar Mobile’s ChildBrowser Extension.  Michael Russo from Polar Mobile released this today.  The extension allows devs to embed external web pages into the WebWorks app.

RIM Releases BlackBerry WebWorks SDK for Blackberry Smartphones v2.1

RIM has annouced the update version of webworks, BlackBerry WebWorks SDK v 2.1 for BlackBerry Smartphones. This new update comes shortly after the BlackBerry Webworks SDK v 2.1 for Tablet OS, which brings new APIs to BlackBerry Smartphones’ OS. The new capabilities that WebWorks developers can now leverage include NTML & BASIC Authentication support, Camera API, Top [...]

Blackberry Webworks Evolved with tinyHippos and Ripple Emulator for WebWorks

RIM acquired tinyHippos a short while ago, and leaving beta Webworks APIs now supports tinyHippos Ripple Emulator. With these new tools developers can compile codes within the simulator without having to edit your source code. This is a great way to develop and take advantage of HTML5 code as well as cross platfrom compatibility. Here are a [...]

tinyHippos Ripple Emulator Beta Now Supports WebWorks APIs Along With Better Documentation

RIM’s acquisition of tinyHippos has started to shape into a strategy. RIM just announce that tinyHippos crew has refreshed their Ripple emulator Beta Program to support most of Blackberry’s WebWorks APIs.  For those of you that are not familiar with what tinyHippos does; think mobile HTML 5 applications and you will be right where you [...]

Now Available: BlackBerry WebWorks SDK for Tablet OS Beta 3!

RIM has updated their BlackBerry WebWorks SDK for Tablet OS Beta 3! Adam over at the BlackBerry Developer Blog notes “Important architectural changes have been implemented in v1.0.0.23 of the BlackBerry WebWorks SDK, so developers will need to re-compile existing applications using this SDK in order for them to successfully run on the new BlackBerry® [...]