Nueva versión de SO disponible Blackberry Playbook V2.1.0.1526

Una nueva versión de Sistema Operativo se encuentra disponible para BlackBerry playBook, se trata de la v2.1.0.1526, en la cual se ha cambiado el nombre de la antigua tienda App World a BlackBerry World, se han mejorado los servicios con integración de cuentas de correo, además de incluir mejoras en el navegador, mejoras en el pago de dentro de las aplicaciones y potenciador de audio.

Todo listo para el lanzamiento de BlackBerry 10

                                     

Thorsten Heins, director general de Research In Motion, dará  conocer el primer teléfono con el nuevo sistema BlackBerry 10 el miércoles en Nueva York. Repetidas demoras han dejado a la alguna vez pionera BlackBerry como un remedo a la sombra del vanguardista iPhone de Apple y de los teléfonos que usan el sistema Android deGoogle.

Ahora hay algo de optimismo. Avances del software han recibido críticas favorables en los blogs. Los analistas financieros han empezado a vislumbrar una pequeña posibilidad de un regreso.

La mayoría de los analistas consideran crucial el éxito de BlackBerry 10 para la viabilidad de la compañía a largo plazo.

"Los viejos modelos se vuelven obsoletos rápidamente", dijo Colin Gillis analista de BGC Financial. "Aún hay una amplia base de usuarios, pero se irán. La cuestión es: ¿a dónde emigrarían?".

El teléfono BlackBerry, precursor en 1999, ha dominado el mercado de los usuarios de negocio. Los directivos de tecnología de información de las corporaciones prefieren el teléfono porque son relativamente seguros y fáciles de administrar.

Sin embargo, cuando apareció el iPhone en 2007, fue evidente que los teléfonos podían hacer mucho más que sólo enviar correos electrónicos y hacer llamadas. Abrió la puerta a los juegos, música y películas. Luego llegó Android a ofrecer incluso más opciones. Aunque la gente de tecnologías de información de los corporativos aún prefiere elBlackBerry, los empleados empezaron a llevar sus propios teléfonos al trabajo, una tendencia que, reconoce Heins, RIM tardó en aceptar.

Ahora, RIM rediseñó el sistema para adoptar las aplicaciones y la multimedia, junto con una pantalla sensible al tacto que prevalecen actualmente. El nuevo sistema operativo promete una mejor capacidad de ejecutar múltiples programas simultáneamente, incluso superior que la del iPhone o los teléfonos con Android.

BlackBerry 10 Dev Alpha OS Update – January 30th

With the BlackBerry 10 launch event just around the corner, we’re also making an update available for the BlackBerry 10 Dev Alpha A and B testing devices. That’s right – on January 30th we’ll be providing an updated version of the BlackBerry 10 SDK and OS for the BlackBerry 10 Dev Alpha A and B testing devices. This SDK and OS upgrade will be delivered in the same manner as the previous target OS version, as an available target OS update in the Momentics IDE and as an OS upgrade for your BlackBerry 10 Dev Alpha testing device. Please check out the details from the previous blog post on how to download the latest target OS from within Momentics, and how to upgrade your BlackBerry 10 Dev Alpha OS.

Just like the previous target OS update, this one brings simply a newer version of the BlackBerry 10 SDK OS but with a slight twist. This January 30th update will also include the BlackBerry Hub, phone, and BlackBerry Maps applications. Adding these three new applications will go further to help developers test their end-to-end integration with core BlackBerry 10 applications.

So get ready for the launch event next week, and also prepare your development environment and test devices for an update.

BlackBerry 10 Dev Alpha A and B – What Developers Need To Know

 

I have always found hardware specs pretty fascinating, so if you are like me, you will be very interested in this blog post. Based on some questions that developers have asked regarding differences between the BlackBerry® 10 Dev Alpha A and Dev Alpha B hardware and other questions about getting SIM cards, we wanted to put a post together to help clarify some of the hardware details.

As we mentioned before, these are prototype devices and not final BlackBerry 10 phones. They are exclusively for our BlackBerry developers so they can get their applications ready for launch. In fact, as of October 10th, the BlackBerry App World™ storefront is open for submissions for the launch device. Now, let’s see the hardware specs on these devices:

A fair bit of the details are the same, but there are obviously some differences that are important for developers. Moving from the OMAP 4460 to the OMAP 4470 has an impact on performance, in particular for graphics with the new SGX544 graphics chip. The next most important differences are in radio connectivity. Both devices have Quad Band HSPA/UMTS, but the 4 bands supported are slightly different. If you plan on getting a microSIM card for your Dev Alpha, check which bands are required for your carrier. For example, the Dev Alpha B is limited to EDGE on T-Mobile USA, while the Dev Alph A can get HSPA. Also, the Dev Alpha B has expanded Wi-Fi capabilities, with 5GHz frequency support for 802.11a\n.

BlackBerry Infrastructure

There are some APIs that use connections to BlackBerry Infrastructure, such as BBM™ and Push. These APIs should work over Wi-Fi® without setting up any special ports, and you will be able to see the BlackBerry symbol in the homescreen titlebar, which indicates connectivity to the BlackBerry Infrastructure.

Should you decide to get a microSIM for your Dev Alpha, you do not need to have “BlackBerry Data” turned on for the account. Connectivity will work with regular Internet access alone. There may be some carriers where data connectivity doesn’t work, but Wi-Fi will work for you in that case. Please note that this is the case just for the Dev Alpha device and not BlackBerry 10 launch devices, which will need to have BlackBerry data on the wireless plan.

I hope that answers many of your questions and gets you even more interested in doing some development for BlackBerry 10. If you have further questions, post a comment below or in the forums, or tweet to us@BlackBerryDev. Remember, these Dev Alpha devices are not final BlackBerry 10 hardware; they are your opportunity to build BlackBerry 10 applications before the devices launch. Developers who get their applications in before the deadline will earn an upgrade to a special BlackBerry 10 device.