WATERLOO, ON – There could soon be a lot more applications available for the BlackBerry smart phone.
Parent company Research in Motion (RIM) has released a widget software development kit which will allow third party software developers to build integrated web-based applications for the popular smart phones, a capability only previously available for BlackBerry applications written in Java.
"BlackBerry widgets open up a world of opportunities for developers to build and bring to market web applications for BlackBerry smart phones that offer advanced, integrated functionality and an always-on user experience," said Alan Brenner, SVP for BlackBerry platforms at RIM, in the announcement. "We are very excited by the prospects of this new widget development platform which combines the ease of development of standard web languages with the rich functionality of Java development."
