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RIM Releases BlackBerry Widget SDK 1.0 genus Beta 1

Oct 13, 2009 phones

BlackBerry (NSDQ: RIMM) developers, it’s meter to get your ‘appliance’ on. RIM has announced that the BlackBerry Widget SDK is now available for download. You can catch it at www.blackberry bush.com/developers/appliance.

The BlackBerry Widget SDK 1.0 Beta 1 contains the BlackBerry Widget Packager 1.0 Beta 1, a BlackBerry Device Simulator, and a lot of documentation and samples. So what tin you do with it? I think the functionary verbal description from RIM does nicely:

The BlackBerry Widget Packager 1.0 Beta 1 is a new tool that allows vane developers to parcel up their vane assets into BlackBerry Widgets (small, discrete, standalone web applications that manipulation HTML, CSS and JavaScript). A BlackBerry Widget looks, behaves and has the same security measures mechanisms as a native BlackBerry diligence. BlackBerry Widgets can be installed on a BlackBerry smartphone like any indigen diligence and can be extended to manipulation device-particular selective information and data exploitation the BlackBerry Widget APIs.

For more inside information, tutorials, samples and downloads, head on over to BlackBerry.

Note: This volition be a biggie for BlackBerry Developers look to get a jump on OS 5.0. Widgets volition be supported in 5.0, and volition be available for download/purchase via App World. Get on it developers!

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