Tag Archives: HTML

Working around the backlight timeout with JavaScript and meta tags

Using JavaScript and meta tags to bypass the BlackBerry smartphone backlight timeout.

Use HTML5 in Your BlackBerry Web Content!

How to use HTML5 in BlackBerry web content development.

BlackBerry WebKit Browser Preview at Mobile World Congress!

New webkit-based BlackBerry Browser demo video from Mobile World Congress 2010.

File Access In a BlackBerry Widget

The BlackBerry® Widget API allows web developers to very easily access files that are stored on the BlackBerry® smartphone or on the SD Card. Web developers are able to store JavaScript, CSS or any media files locally on the BlackBerry smartphone to allow for quick access to those files. This can go a long way […]

Update your BlackBerry WebWorks application without Recompiling

I’d like to share a useful practice that can help to improve the efficiency of your BlackBerry® WebWorks™ development: how to get around recompiling your BlackBerry WebWorks application after small edits are made. Web developers have the ability of being able to make quick changes to their applications, such as tweaks to verbiage, style or […]

More BlackBerry Widget Tools Now Available!

We are excited to announce that the BlackBerry® Web Plug-in version 2.0 Beta1 editions of our web tooling for Eclipse® and Microsoft® Visual Studio® are now available for download. You will also notice that with this release there have been some naming changes for these two tools which show their common purpose. Beta1 of the […]

Bloggers Pick: Community Sessions at Dev Con (Mike Kirkup)

The BlackBerry® Developer Conference is fast approaching, bringing with it a truckload of exciting sessions for both the experienced and budding developer. While we highly recommend you check out the Session Catalog yourself, who better to fill you in than the esteemed blogging team at the BlackBerry Developer’s Blog? Below you’ll find Director of Developer […]

Bloggers Pick: Web Presentations at Dev Con (Adam Stanley)

The BlackBerry Developer Conference is fast approaching, bringing with it a truckload of exciting sessions for both the experienced and budding developer. While we highly recommend you check out the Session Catalog yourself, who better to fill you in than the esteemed blogging team at the BlackBerry® Developer’s Blog? Below you’ll find Application Development Consultant […]

Bloggers Pick: Widget Presentations at Dev Con (Prosanta)

The BlackBerry Developer Conference is fast approaching, bringing with it a truckload of exciting sessions for both the experienced and budding developer. While we highly recommend you check out the Session Catalog yourself, who better to fill you in than the esteemed blogging team at the BlackBerry® Developer’s Blog? Below you’ll find Application Development Consultant Prosanta Bhattacherjee’s three most […]

BlackBerry Widgets are Here!

With the explosion of web applications pushing the boundaries of online vs. offline interactions using technologies such as AJAX, Gears® and HTML 5, the lines between a website and an application are becoming much more blurred.  To help bridge this gap,  RIM has released the BlackBerry Widget SDK 1.0 Beta 1, which will enable widgets starting […]