Blackberry map applications are productive for businesses

GPS capabilities in a smartphone are amazing, especially in BlackBerry devices. With help of GPS data an app can do a lot of operations. It helps in knowing where you locate even when you are on the move. All an app needs is GPS connectivity.  BlackBerry devices, in this context, provide far more accurate result. BlackBerry® Maps, together with GPS capabilities, provides support to marvelous map application development. 

GPS and map based apps help companies in monitoring the geographical location of a device hence the location of employees or vehicles can also be discovered. GPS map based applications also provide support to taxi companies. Using GPS based maps the driver can easily find its customer or taxi companies can also track its driver location.

A GPS or map based app may also let you conduct local search of particular area. You can find a number of favorite places using a GPS map based application. Most of the BlackBerry smartphones now feature in-built GPS capabilities which further helps in developing a variety of location based applications. Some of them are as follows.

o   You can plan your route and go accordingly

o   You can list favorite places on highway, and set reminder when they come close.

o   You can also receive step by step directions for driving

o   You can also calculate point-to-point distance between two locations

o   You can a search local area for discovering places like restaurants, hotels, movie theaters, etc.

o   Business can do resource tracking, dispatching and more.

 Given below is the list of BlackBerry Phones supporting GPS and GPS based map capabilities:

o   BlackBerry® Bold™ 9000,  9650, 9700, 9780,  9900, 9930

o   BlackBerry® Curve™ 3G,  8350i , 9350, 9360, 9370  

o   BlackBerry® Pearl™ 3G

o   BlackBerry® Storm2™ 9550

o   BlackBerry® Style™ 9670

     o  BlackBerry® Torch™ 9800, 9810, 9850, 9860  

Blackberry Curve 9360 – It is one of the best Curve devices!

BlackBerry Curve is an ultimate mobile phone series by RIM. And the most popular mobile phone in this range is BlackBerry Curve 9360. It is doubtlessly the best Curve phone to date. Although, it is not that fancy as its cousins are. But, the features of this mobile have been satisfying users for so long. New phones in this range come with feature like BBM, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, and others. It supports to a number of mobile phone applications as well. 

It is so thin and you can check this if you take a close look of the device. Its weight is 99 grams that make it a lite handset. It is a perfect mixture of black plastic and brushed metal materials. This Curve comes with precise edges giving user a stylish and edgy impression. Its size is 109 X 60 mm which is quite perfect to any pocket. 

The upper part has 3.5 mm headphone jack and the lock button as well. The left side has micro USB charging and a port of syncing. The other side has volume rocker and convenience key. All features make it a typical BlackBerry design. This device comes with 5MP camera and LED light. 

Including this, BlackBerry’s most of the devices have become widely popular among users. This has also led development of applications that can run in these devices. A fleet of companies is working with dedication to develop highly professional range of Blackberry apps for devices like BlackBerry Curve and BlackBerry Pearl.

The method to setup BlackBerry software development environment

You can easily go for blackberry development if you are aware of the right tools you need to install on your computer.  The initial things you need are a Java Software Development Kit (JDK) and BlackBerry Java Development Environment (JDE).  These are available free on the websites of Sun Microsystems and Research in Motion. JDK is used as a basic tool, complying Java source code into bytecdoe. This is done using Java Interpreter. Java interpreter comes with JDK and is used to run various development tools in JDE. 

JDE comes with tools targeted to the BlackBerry development. They transform Java bytecode into the format used on BlackBerry devices. It has editing tools and debugging tools for serious BlackBerry Programming. 

When developing software for BlackBerry, first determine which version of OS you want to target. This decides the version of JDE you have to use accordingly. 

There is a general rule to determine this. You should use a JDE version equal to or less than the version of operating system you want to target. So, if you have to target OS 4.3, the JDE version should be 4.0, 4.1, and 4.3. This assures that your application will work on Blackberry devices working on OS 4.3. 

After determining the JDE version, it is time to download and install the accurate version of JDK. You can use JDK version 1.5 for JDE version 4.1 and 4.2. For JDE version 4.0.2 and prior, use JDK 1.4.  For JDE 4.3, use JDK 1.6. Most of the versions (not the quite old) for JDK are available on the website of Sun Microsystems. 

Once you’ve installed the right JDK, you can download appropriate JDE from the BlackBerry developer site. Here, you need to register for free account. 

You can install different versions of JDK and JDE on the same machine. They can co-exist on the same machine if you install them in a correct order. First install the lower version of JDK and then the compatible version of JDE. Higher versions should be installed after installing lower versions. If you don’t follow this method, you can also alter the path.

Concept of BlackBerry Business Application Development

When it comes to choose a smartphone for business development, BlackBerry is the only choice. BlackBerry is a wireless smartphone, used by millions of businesspersons across the world. Apart from accessing email account, businesspersons use this mobile for a range of business tasks. 

BlackBerry is leading platform for the safe and secured wireless access. It provides perfect environment to a host of business applications such as email, corporate data, phone, SMS, web and organizer features. Also, developers are working to develop more and more business-targeted and dedicated applications that can help people in easing their business operations. 

Deciding the concept is major thing for each BlackBerry business application development. Developers should work on unique and business-oriented concepts. As a service, BlackBerry application development requires good investment for solutions offered. 

So Blackberry application development, regardless of good investment in application development, can offer truly amazing business applications. There are a variety of ideas for BlackBerry apps development which work in association with email, calendar, networking, finance news & services and personal information management tools.  

The world of Blackberry is getting big in size and new devices by BlackBerry have extended support to Android apps as well. Therefore, for its each user, BlackBerry has an app because most of the BlackBerry users are specific, and by using BlackBerry device, they want to see their working needs realized. 

The matter of fact is that mobile has become integral part of life, and it needs 24/7 service, access, and performance, and if believed on reputation of BlackBerry, it is known for the same…

Hey BlackBerry game developers! It’s time to have fresh breath.

It is totally wrong perception that RIM’s BlackBerry OS is used only for serious business tasks. This thing has been disappointing game developers for so long.  Yes, this device is more often seen in the hands of high-level executive and businessman but it doesn’t mean that BlackBerry OS does not have capabilities to provide entertainment and support to games. In fact, it is one of the most stable operating systems and this feature turns it a foremost contender in the domain of game development.  

RIM has packed BlackBerry with high-end features such as simple interface, outstanding graphic, seamless support to Java games, full support to various audio & video formats, big screen with high resolution, that provide enough space to BlackBerry game developer to bring latest range of games in market.  

The market for BlackBerry game developers quickly got new dimension since the launch of BlackBerry Tablet OS. The first device came with this OS was BlackBerry Playbook. In February 2012 BlackBerry again revised their OS and extended its support to Android apps. Android apps can now also run on Blackberry devices installed with OS 2.0. 

RIM’s new BlackBerry® Playbook is expected to launch in February. This news came out from the blogging site N4BB. The Mobile Syrup – a popular Canadian blog site have also revealed that BlackBerry’s upgraded OS – the new avatar, is arriving among users in February.   

These instant changes by RIM in its new devices have excited both users and BlackBerry game developers who used to ignore BlackBerry for games. 

The market for BlackBerry is on boom with numerous scopes to BlackBerry game developers.