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By: Kyle McInnes

Kyle McInnes — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 19:33:26 +0000

I think we're going to see some really big news from RIM about preloading App World. It's one of those constant complaints that is heard throughout the company, and the higher ups are under a lot of pressure to fix. I'm not sure how they'll do it, as the carrier has never been interested in a preload before, but I suspect we won't be complaining about this a year from now.

I'll bet you that I write the post "App World Now Preloaded on All OS 5 Devices" before 2011.

By: Kyle McInnes

Kyle McInnes — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 19:33:26 +0000

By: Kyle McInnes

Kyle McInnes — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 19:31:29 +0000

At the moment, it's true, it's not too bad. Especially since the older devices like the Pearl Flip are quickly becoming obsolete. Also, the new devices they're adding like the Slider, while the screen ratio is maintained, more input methods are added. This is just another headache. You can't deny the beauty in having only 1 device to write code for.

By: Kyle McInnes

Kyle McInnes — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 14:33:26 +0000

By: Kyle McInnes

Kyle McInnes — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 14:31:29 +0000

By: Malcolm

Malcolm — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 03:24:40 +0000

Please stop using device fragmentation as an excuse for BB developers who are being lazy and stupid. There are only 6 screen size combinations in BB, and 2 of them are just rotated variations.

Device types and screen resolution in width x height:
71xx/81xx - 240 x 260
82xx - 240 x 320
83xx/85xx/87xx/88xx - 320 x 240
95xx Portrait - 360 x 480
89xx/95xx Landscape/96xx/97xx - 480 x 360
90xx - 480 x 320

Android and Windows Mobile have far more serious device frag issues than BB. Any good developer can easily write code that adapts for small realignment, screen rotation and spacing changes. And if for some reason a developer can not easily adapt their app's UI on the fly then they have a poorly designed UI and should head back to the drawing board.

By: Billy

Billy — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 03:02:42 +0000

I also wonder how this ties in with RIM competing with developers (which BBCool talked about). There are a lot of BlackBerry devices out there and I know lots of people frustrated by the lack or delay of popular applications. (Yes, I know 'people I know' is not a sample size worthy of any weight).

However, this was a hot topic among people at SXSW this year (at least at the bars). I went to some of the mobile device after hour specials and would pull out my BB and ask where my app was? It was fun!

RIM also has a fractured OS and I would like to see them get a hold of their OS and dictate the future and upgrades instead of the carriers.

RIM has the ability and a competitive advantage in many areas. I hope 2010 is the year they harness some of their potential.

Go 2010 and RIM!

Thanks for the post Kyle!! Great job!

By: Eric at Ebscer

Eric at Ebscer — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 00:53:56 +0000

A few thoughts...

On RIM not promoting an app culture, the one thing they have done very wrong is to not include AppWorld by default on new BlackBerries. There are alot of people who primarily buy the device for email and the qwerty keyboard, and are unaware that apps are even an option. The default "app stores" by the carriers do not have much of anything in them and do not compare to AppWorld at all. This is a very easy problem to fix, but RIM needs to go ahead and just do it.

As for OpenGL, until it is on more devices there will not be many apps that make use of it. At this point is is hard to justify spending time and money on an application that supports so few devices. Most developers make sure to support all the way back to OS 4.2. With the rollout of OS 5.0 now more or less done (as of today) hopefully that is the minimum device specification in a year or so from now (although at this rate OpenGL still has a way to go).

By: Kyle McInnes

Kyle McInnes — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 22:45:11 +0000

Android is an interesting platform, and they've clearly done something right when they have in excess of 40 or 50 thousand applications in their store. They've also done a lot wrong. We're seeing a lot of device fragmentation, which is going to cause them the same headaches it has caused BlackBerry developers. Also, where are the paid apps for Canadians? I heard that was being addressed but have yet to hear much else.

By: bryan

bryan — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 21:45:04 +0000

i hate to say it because i do love blackberry and have used several different models over the course of the last 8 yrs, but this article illustrates the exact reason why my new android phone arrived in the mail today.
now i'm only experimenting at the moment, but i according to everything i've read and i everything i see in the devices, the market, the carriers and the developers, blackberry is going to get left in the dust if they don't do something soon