WATERLOO, ON - Research In Motion (RIM) has debuted a new BlackBerry application programming interface (API) that will let developers ‘push’ real-time content applications to consumers' BlackBerry smart phones. Push technology provides a proactive mechanism for developers to deliver data to BlackBerry smart phones as it becomes available. It brings immediacy to mobile communications that deliver real-time content - such as news, weather, banking, medical, IT services applications and games - as well as preserving battery life and minimizing data usage by eliminating the need for ‘poking’ and ‘polling’ servers, the press release detailed. “Push technology has previously been available to corporate developers with...
