BlackBerry MDS Studio Autodemo

View a live flash demo of BlackBerry MDS Studio™ , a powerful visual application design and assembly tool that allows developers to quickly create rich-client applications that integrate with Web Services using a component-based drag and drop approach. See how BlackBerry MDS Studio makes it easier for developers to create line of business applications.

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Corporate Applications Awards

The envelope, please.

Your application has made a difference. Take your success and turn it into an opportunity to win grand prizes valued at over $14,000 US!

Show us how you integrated the BlackBerry Enterprise Solution™ with existing application systems to make mobile workers more productive.

3 amazing prizes for 3 different categories. This is your opportunity.
Visit www.blackberry.com/go/applicationawards for details.

Bring Efficiency to the BlackBerry Tool Box

Our tool box. Your tools. Enter any or all of your Productivity Tools for BlackBerry and you could win one of three great prizes. From calorie counters to shopping lists to location-based weather reports, your application could take the efficiency title and prize!

Grand prize valued at $15,000 US. Contest runs from March 1 until April 27th 2006.

Stay tuned to www.blackberry.com/developers/contests for more details!

Developing BlackBerry Applications for Lotus Domino

Get started developing BlackBerry® applications for IBM® Lotus® Domino® with a comprehensive selection of information and resources. BlackBerry provides a variety of options for developing wireless applications that connect to your IBM Lotus Domino Databases.

Learn more and download* the development resources you need.

* This resource requires a login and password for access.

Coming Soon! BlackBerry Application Web Loader

The BlackBerry® Application Web Loader v1.0 can simplify the deployment of third party applications to BlackBerry devices. It provides an alternative to using existing over-the-air (OTA) and BlackBerry Desktop Manager deployment methods.

Developers can centrally host applications on a company intranet or public web server, making it easy to post application updates for BlackBerry users to download as they become available. By simply connecting to a PC via USB connection and visiting this hosted website, users can load applications onto their BlackBerry device without installing the BlackBerry Desktop Manager or incurring airtime charges associated with OTA downloads.

No super powers here … just BlackBerry technical expertise from Guru! Our technical expert is in the know and ready to answer your burning development questions. Consult the Guru. Selected questions and Guru’s replies will be featured in each newsletter, so stay tuned!

Read the Guru's latest responses >>

Get quick info and shortcuts - in this issue, learn How To do a lot, especially when it comes to:

How to – Automate Testing with the Simulator
How to – Test for TCP Connectivity on GPRS/EDGE Handhelds

Learn more from these tips! >>

Events

The Server Side Java Symposium
March 23-25
Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, NV

CTIA Wireless 2006
April 5-7
Las Vegas Convention Center, Las Vegas, NV

JavaOne 2006
May 15-17
Moscone Center, San Francisco, CA

Webcasts

Domino Web Services and BlackBerry MDS Studio
Learn how to use BlackBerry MDS Studio™ to access your IBM Lotus Domino Web Services. Using examples and demonstrations, this session discusses in detail how to prepare your Domino Web Services.

Web Services for BlackBerry MDS Studio - Understand what makes a good Web Service for wireless
Understand what makes a good Web Service for wireless. This session discusses in detail how to prepare your Web Services for use with BlackBerry MDS Studio and some of the considerations around making your Web Service’s data wireless.

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Our technical journal is dedicated to software development, networking and all things BlackBerry. The BlackBerry Developer Journal gives you the inside scoop on development techniques from top RIM enterprise developers.

Hear Ye Hear Ye! Latest Edition of the BlackBerry Developer Journal has been released!

Check out the latest edition for exciting in-depth articles on:

B Reel: From concept to design - how to build a movie tracking database application
IPD File Format - provides all of the inner details about the IPD file format that is used for BlackBerry Back Up and Restore.
The BlackBerry Graphical User Interface: Part 2 - Direct Screen Drawing - explores how to use the Graphics class to draw directly to a screen or field.
Would you like some testing with that? - some common issues facing developers and testers in the industry.

Catch up on past issues.

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