RIM announces Java and Android runtimes for the Playbook, beta of native SDK

By tim, on March 24th, 2011 Follow tim on Twitter

RIM has announced several new options for developing apps for its PlayBook tablet.

RIM will launch two optional “app players” that provide an application run-time environment for BlackBerry Java® apps and Android v2.3 apps. These new app players will allow users to download BlackBerry Java apps and Android apps from BlackBerry App World and run

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March 24th, 2011 | Tags: , , , , , , , | Category: adobe, java, professional, software development | Leave a comment

RIM’s new BlackBerry tablet, WebWorks developer platform – but who wants small tablets?

By tim, on September 28th, 2010 Follow tim on Twitter

Blackberry has announced its pitch for the emerging tablet market, the 7” screen PlayBook. It has a new OS base on QNX Neutrino, a webkit-based web browser, Adobe Flash and AIR – offline Flash applications – front and rear cameras for video conferencing as well as taking snaps, and includes a USB port and HDMI

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September 28th, 2010 | Tags: , , , , , | Category: development, mobile, professional, software development | 3 comments